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“He discovered the concept of ‘Surgery’.”
Who is Al Zahrawi? Arab Muslim physician and surgeon who lived in Al-Andalus. He is considered the greatest medieval surgeon to have appeared from the Islamic World, and has been described as the father of surgery.
“She set up the first university in the world”
Who is Fatima al-Firhi? Was an Arab Muslim woman who is credited for founding the oldest existing, continually operating and first degree-awarding educational institution in the world, The University of Al Quaraouiyine in Fes, Morocco in 859 AD.
“This country was the first to brew coffee.”
Where is Yemen?
“He’s the first person to attempt a flying machine.”
Who is Abbas ibn Firnas? He was an Andalusian polymath: an inventor, physician, chemist, engineer, Andalusian musician, and Arabic-language poet.
"He's the third Best-Selling Author in the world."
Who is Gibran Khalil? A Lebanese writer, poet, and visual artist. Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Laozi.
In 2016, she collaborated with Swarovski for a project “Hexalite”, an outdoor Kaleidoscopic Installation the received world recognition.
Who is Zeinab Al Hashemi?
She is a contemporary artist who often takes inspiration from Emirati cultural traditions. She has a unique ability to look at what is popular and then interpret it into something totally unique. She specializes site-specific installations and public artworks, which she refers to as ‘Construction Design Art’ that straddle the boundary between art and design.
“He proved that humans see objects by light reflecting off of them and entering the eye”
Who is Ibn Al Haytham? A mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age. He made significant contributions to the principles of optics and visual perception in particular.
"He won the the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature."
Who is Najib Mahfouz? Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He published 34 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie scripts, and five plays over a 70-year career.
1990 NCAA AP Player of the Year, 4x NBA Champion, 3x NBA Finals MVP, 15-time NBA All-Star, 1993 NBA Rookie of ther Year
Who is Shaquille O'Neal?
"She's the first woman in the world to receive the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture."
Who is Dame Zaha Hadid? Iraqi-British architect. The first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 2004.She received the UK's most prestigious architectural award, the Stirling Prize, in 2010 and 2011. In 2015 she became the first and only woman to be awarded the Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Named Forbes’ most powerful woman in the Middle East in 2015.
Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi
The UAE’s Minister for Tolerance she also won the title of the most powerful Arab woman in government again in 2017.