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May Al-Ibrashy
May al-Ibrashy is an Egyptian architectural engineer, the co-founder and principal of Megawra and chair of Megawra-Built environment collective (BEC). Al-Ibrashy works on community engagement projects through heritage conservation, rehabilitation, preservation, and re-signification centered in Cairo's marginalized communities. Education Al-Ibrashy was born in Cairo in 1970. She obtained a degree in architectural engineering from Ain Shams University in Cairo. She continued her education to complete a master's in the history of Islamic Art, architecture, and archaeology from the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) followed by a PhD in archaeology, also at SOAS. Her thesis, ''The Southern Cemetery of Cairo from the 14th century to the present: an urban history of a living cemetery'', focused on themes which have subsequently formed the basis of her career. Career Al-Ibrashy began her career working as an architect and a professor prior to co-found ...
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Architectural Engineering
Architectural engineering or architecture engineering, also known as building engineering, is a discipline that deals with the engineering and construction of buildings, such as environmental, structural, mechanical, electrical, computational, embeddable, and other research domains. It is related to Architecture, Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Civil Engineering, but distinguished from Interior Design and Architectural Design as an art and science of designing infrastructure through these various engineering disciplines, from which properly align with many related surrounding engineering advancements. From reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the construction of resilient buildings, architectural engineers are at the forefront of addressing several major challenges of the 21st century. They apply the latest scientific knowledge and technologies to the design of buildings. Architectural engineering as a relatively new licensed profe ...
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Egyptian Streets
''Egyptian Streets'' is an English language independent news website and organization founded in July 2012 by Egyptian journalist Mohamed Khairat as a blog, but later developed into a media company in March 2014. It claims to be the number one English media outlet in Egypt by reach. In February 2015, more than 800,000 visited the website. The website tries to bring attention to cultural, social and environmental issues in Egypt, such as sexual harassment and the campaigns aimed at stopping it, through collaborations with a number of non-governmental organizations and movements. Its readers mostly consist of both bilingual Egyptians and non-Egyptians who either live in Egypt or abroad. Content The stated goal of ''Egyptian Streets'' is to provide its readers with "an alternate depiction of events that occur on Egyptian and Middle Eastern streets" and particularly aims to cover a wide range of topics and stories related to Egypt in a neutral manner. It also managed to establish a ...
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Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ...
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1970 Births
Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 are killed and 30,000 injured. * January 15 – After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon, ending the Nigerian Civil War. February * February 1 – The Benavídez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina (a rear-end collision) kills 236. * February 10 – An avalanche at Val-d'Isère, France, kills 41 tourists. * February 11 – ''Ohsumi (satellite), Ohsumi'', Japan's first satellite, is launched on a Lambda-4 rocket. * February 22 – Guyana becomes a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. * February – Multi-business Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Virgin Group is founded as a ...
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ArchDaily
ArchDaily is a website covering architecture, architectural news, projects, products, events, interviews and competitions, opinion pieces, among others, catering to architects, designers and other interested parties. It is currently based in Santiago, with offices in Berlin, Shanghai, and Mexico City. Description ArchDaily is one of the most popular architecture websites worldwide, with 17.9 million monthly readers and about 283 million page views per month . Founded in March 2008 by Chilean architects David Basulto and David Assael, ArchDaily includes three regional websites in Spanish language, Spanish (Plataforma Arquitectura, ArchDaily México, ArchDaily Colombia, and ArchDaily Perú), Portuguese language, Portuguese (ArchDaily Brasil), and Chinese (ArchDaily China). It has a partnership with the Pritzker Architecture Prize and was one of five finalists for the Best Online Magazine prize on Mashable's 2009 Open Web Awards. In 2020, ArchDaily was acquired by Swit ...
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Alain Gomis
Alain Gomis (born 6 March 1972) is a French-Senegalese film director and screenwriter. His 2017 film '' Félicité'' was selected as the Senegalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards The 90th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2017, and took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was held on March 4, ..., making the December shortlist. Selected filmography Gomis's films include: References External links * * . Video duration 1h 27m 16 s. Uploader Culture Tube 2017. * . Video duration 36m 46 s. Uploader Film at Lincoln Center 2023. 1972 births Living people French film directors French screenwriters Senegalese film directors Senegalese screenwriters Place of birth missing (living people) {{Senegal-bio-stub ...
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Hassan Darsi
Hassan Darsi (born 1961) is a Moroccan artist and a native of Casablanca. Biography Hassan Darsi was educated at Plastic and Visual Arts School in Mons in Belgium. After receiving his degree, he returned to his native Morocco, where he became an artist. His art works and practices reflect the Moroccan style of the time that opens to the contemporary art style. Darsi's artistic method contrasts with the Moroccan art market, where in many art galleries the work retains an essentially commercial orientation, looking to meet the expectations of customers who are more interested in the object of decoration rather than contemporary art. In 2000 and 2010, he participated in a renewal of Moroccan artistic creation in Casablanca that included the participation Mohamed El Baz and the FJ gallery of Fatma Jelal. In 2014, one of his works ( ''The model project''  ) was presented during the exhibition ''Une histoire, Art, Architecture, Design, From the 1980s to the present day'', which ...
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Ailton Krenak
Ailton Krenak (born 1953) is an Indigenous peoples in Brazil, Indigenous writer, philosopher, journalist, environmentalist, and activist of the Krenak people. He became widely known after his protest at the Brazilian Constituent Assembly (1988), Brazilian Constituent Assembly on September 4, 1987, when he painted his face with black jenipapo dye while delivering a speech against the violation of Indigenous peoples rights. He participated in the drafting of the Brazilian Constitution of 1988 (known as the "Citizen Constitution") as a representative of Indigenous peoples. He is the author of ''Ideas to Postpone the End of The World'' (2020), ''Life is not useful'' (2023), and ''Ancestral Future'' (2024), among other books, essays and interviews. His ideas on predatory human activity against the planet, non-anthropocentric humanity, the institution of dreaming, and the relevance of orality as a way to reconnect with community and the planet, developed in books such as ''Life is Not U ...
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Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara (born December 2, 1987) is a Cuban performance artist and dissident, known for his public performances that openly criticize the Cuban government and its policies. A self-taught artist, Alcántara lives in the El Cerro neighborhood of Havana. Since 2018 Alcántara has been arrested dozens of times for his performances in violation of Decree 349, a Cuban law requiring artists to obtain advance permission for public and private exhibitions and performances. Protests and arrests In 2017, Otero Alcántara was arrested for "being in illicit possession of construction materials" in relation to his work as a cofounder of the ''#00 bienal de la Habana'', an alternative event to the official Havana Biennial. In April 2019, Otero Alcántara was arrested by the Cuban police during his participation in a satellite event of the Havana Biennial. On August 10, he was arrested in Havana during part of his performance ''Drapeau''. In the work, he wore a Cuban flag d ...
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Mario Medrano
Mario Medrano was an Argentine actor. He starred in the acclaimed Silver Condor-winning 1943 film ''Juvenilia''. Other notable roles include in '' Ragged Football'' (1948), '' ...Y mañana serán hombres'' (1939) and ''Back in the Seventies'' (1945). Selected filmography * '' Our Natacha'' (1944) * ''Back in the Seventies ''Back in the Seventies'' (Spanish:''Allá en el setenta y tantos'') is a 1945 Argentine historical melodrama film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Francisco Múgica and starring Silvana Roth, Carlos Cores and Felisa Mary. R ...'' (1945) * '' Ragged Football'' (1948) References External links * Argentine male film actors Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Argentina-actor-stub ...
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University Of North Carolina At Charlotte
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte, or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs through nine colleges. It is classified among "R1: Very High Research Spending and Doctorate Production". The university experienced rapid enrollment growth in the late 2000s and early-mid 2010s when it was the fastest-growing institution in the UNC System. It has two campuses: the Main Campus, located in University City, and the Center City Campus in Uptown Charlotte. The main campus sits on 1,000 wooded acres with approximately 85 buildings about from Uptown Charlotte. History Prior to UNC Charlotte's founding, Charlotte had long sought a public university. In the late 1880s, the city bid for what would become North Carolina State University, but lost to Raleigh after a local farmer offered to donate land for the campus.Sanford, Ken. ...
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Architectural League Of New York
The Architectural League of New York is a non-profit organization "for creative and intellectual work in architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ..., urbanism, and related disciplines". The league dates from 1881, when Cass Gilbert organized meetings at the Salmagundi Club for young architects. In early years, members took turns assigning sketch problems with solutions then critiqued by established architects. In 1886 it was restarted by architect Russell Sturgis with exhibitions, lectures, dinners, tours, and juried annual exhibitions. In 1934, the league allowed women to become members; Nancy Vincent McClelland was the first woman to join among many others. During its history, many of New York's most prominent architects have served as president, includi ...
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