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Mortada Mansour
Mortada Ahmed Mohamed Mansour (; born 17 June 1952 in Cairo) is an Egyptian lawyer who served as president of Zamalek SC in several tenures. Education and politics Mansour studied law at Ain Shams University, and graduated in 1974. He later worked at Ismailia Procuracy, before he became a president court. After two failed attempts in 1990 and 1995, he became a member of the Egyptian Parliament, from 2000 to 2005, then from 2015 to 2020, representing Dakahlia Governorate. Mansour announced his intention on 6 April 2014 to pursue the presidency in the Egyptian presidential election, 2014, 2014 Egyptian presidential election, though he withdrew on 19 April and announced his support for former defense minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for the presidency. Career at Zamalek Mansour joined Zamalek in 1992, then he served as a board member from 1996 until 2001, when he became vice-president to Kamal Darwish, before winning the club's presidential election against the latter in April 2005. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Zamalek SC Presidents
Zamalek Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system. Since the foundation of the club in 1911, 22 different presidents ran the club. The first president of Zamalek SC is George Merzbach Bey, who is also the founder of the club. The longest-running president in the history of Zamalek SC is Mohammed Haidar Pasha, as he was the president of the club from 1923 to 1952, with a total of 29 consecutive years. List of presidents Below is the presidential history of Zamalek SC until the present day. Source: Notes References {{Zamalek SC Zamalek SC Presidents President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud El Khatib
Mahmoud Ibrahim Ibrahim El Khatib (; born 30 October 1954), popularly nicknamed Bibo (), is an Egyptian retired footballer and current President of Al Ahly. He is considered as one of the best forwards in the history of African football. Early life and education El Khatib was born on 30 October 1954 in Qarqirah, El Senbellawein, Dakahlia. He studied in local schools and obtained his college degree from the Cooperation Institute. Career El Khatib played his entire career in Al Ahly, where he won ten Egyptian Premier League titles, five Egypt Cup titles, two African Cup of Champions Clubs titles and three African Cup Winners' Cup titles with Al Ahly. He won the Egyptian League top scorer twice. Although he did not achieve the success he achieved with the club with his country and was usually fitter with Al Ahly than Egypt's national team, he was always included in the starting lineup. El-Khatib played for Egypt a total of 54 caps and scored 24 goals. He played with his co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Abdel Aal
Ali Abdel Aal Sayyed Ahmed (; born 29 November 1948) is an Egyptian law professor and politician. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives between 10 January 2016 and 12 January 2021. As law professor he worked at Ain Shams University and specialized in constitutional law. Career Abdel Aal was born on 29 November 1948, in Nagaa El-Shaikh Ibrahim, Daraw, Aswan Governorate. He studied law and obtained a degree from Ain Shams University in 1972. The next year he started working as a deputy to a prosecutor. In 1974 he became a university lecturer. Ten years later he obtained his PhD in State at the University of Paris. Abdel Aal was cultural attaché in the city of his alma mater from 1987 to 1991. The next year he served as constitutional advisor to the Parliament of Egypt. In 1993 he helped with the drafting of the Constitution of Ethiopia. As a constitutional advisor he was employed by the Royal Court of Kuwait between 1993 and 2011. Abdel Aal worked as constitutional law p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amr Fahmy
Amr Mustapha Mourad Fahmy (28 August 1983 – 23 February 2020) was an Egyptian football administrator who served as the General-Secretary of the Confederation of African Football from 2017 to 2019. He worked at the France-based Lagardère Sports and Entertainment as the director of operations for Africa. Fahmy also worked at the CAF Competitions Division between 2007 and 2015, notably serving as the director for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea. In March 2019, he sent documents to the FIFA Ethics Committee accusing CAF's President Ahmad Ahmad of corruption, bribery, and sexual harassment. On 3 December 2019, Fahmy announced he would run in the 2021 CAF Presidential elections. Fahmy was known as one of the founders of Ultras Ahlawy, the largest supporters' group of Egypt's football giants Al Ahly SC. He died on 23 February 2020 at the age of 36 after a battle with cancer. Early career Born in Cairo, he is the son of Mustapha Fahmy, who served as the general s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Ahmad
Ahmad Ahmad (born 30 December 1959) is a Malagasy politician and football administrator best known for serving as the 7th president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and vice-president of FIFA from 2017 to 2021. Biography Ahmad Ahmad was born in Madagascar, in the town of Mahajanga, on 30 December 1959. In 1972, he obtained his CEPE at the primary school of Tambohorano, then his BEPC in 1976 and a baccalauréat A in 1979 at the High School of Maintirano. From 1979 to 1981, Ahmad Ahmad followed a preparatory course in public and private law. In 1981, he entered the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Madagascar, the Tananarive, in the Physical and Sports Education (PES) programme, from which he graduated with a master's degree in 1986. In 2006, after continuing his studies at the Claude Bernard University of Lyon, Ahmad Ahmad obtained a Master 2 in Sport Management, specializing in "Management of Sports Organisations". Ahmad passed his coaching diplomas with the Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederation Of African Football
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the ''Grand Hotel'' in Khartoum, Sudan. At the FIFA Congress in 1954 held in Bern, Switzerland, it was voted to recognize Africa as a Confederation. Representing the African geography of association football, confederation of FIFA, CAF organizes runs and regulates national team and football team, club #CAF competitions, continental competitions annually or biennially such as the Africa Cup of Nations and Women's Africa Cup of Nations, which they control the prize money and broadcasting of sports events, broadcast rights to. CAF will be allocated 9 spots at the FIFA World Cup starting from 2026 FIFA World Cup, 2026 and could have an opportunity of 10 spots with the addition of an intercontinental play-off tournament involving 6 teams to decide the last 2 FIFA World Cup places (46+2). The main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia (robot)
Sophia is a female social humanoid robot developed in 2016 by the Hong Kong–based company Hanson Robotics. Sophia was activated on 14 February 2016, and made her first public appearance in mid-March 2016 at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, United States. Sophia was marketed as a "social robot" who can mimic social behaviour and induce feelings of love in humans. SOPHIA has been covered by media around the globe, and has participated in many high-profile interviews. In October 2017 Sophia was granted Saudi Arabian nationality law, Saudi Arabian citizenship, becoming the first robot to receive legal personhood in any country. In November 2017 Sophia was named the United Nations Development Programme's first Innovation Champion, and is the first non-human to be given a United Nations title. According to David Hanson (robotics designer), David Hanson Sophia's source code is about 70% open source. A paper describing one of Sophia's open-source subsystems, called "Open Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genies
Jinn or djinn (), alternatively genies, are supernatural beings in pre-Islamic Arabian religion and Islam. Their existence is generally defined as parallel to humans, as they have free will, are accountable for their deeds, and can be either believers (Muslims) or disbelievers (''kuffar'') in God. Since jinn are neither innately evil nor innately good, Islam acknowledged spirits from other religions and could adapt them during its expansion. Likewise, jinn are not a strictly Islamic concept; they may represent several pagan beliefs integrated into Islam. Islam places jinn and humans on the same plane in relation to God, with both being subject to divine judgement and an afterlife. The Quran condemns the pre-Islamic Arabian practice of worshipping or seeking protection from them. While they are naturally invisible, jinn are supposed to be composed of thin and subtle bodies () and are capable of shapeshifting, usually choosing to appear as snakes, but also as scorpions, lizar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Magic
Black magic (Middle English: ''nigromancy''), sometimes dark magic, traditionally refers to the use of Magic (paranormal), magic or supernatural powers for evil and selfish purposes. The links and interaction between black magic and religion are many and varied. Beyond black magic's historical persecution by Christianity and its inquisitions, there are links between religious and black magic rituals. For example, 17th-century priest Étienne Guibourg is said to have performed a series of Black Mass rituals with alleged witch La Voisin, Catherine Monvoisin for Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, Madame de Montespan. During his period of scholarship, A. E. Waite provided a comprehensive account of black magic practices, rituals and traditions in ''The Book of Ceremonial Magic'' (1911). The influence of popular culture has allowed other practices to be drawn in under the broad banner of black magic, including the concept of Satanism. While the invoca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Economist
''The Economist'' is a British newspaper published weekly in printed magazine format and daily on Electronic publishing, digital platforms. It publishes stories on topics that include economics, business, geopolitics, technology and culture. Mostly written and edited in London, it has other editorial offices in the United States and in major cities in continental Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The newspaper has a prominent focus on data journalism and interpretive analysis over News media, original reporting, to both criticism and acclaim. Founded in 1843, ''The Economist'' was first circulated by Scottish economist James Wilson (businessman), James Wilson to muster support for abolishing the British Corn Laws (1815–1846), a system of import tariffs. Over time, the newspaper's coverage expanded further into political economy and eventually began running articles on current events, finance, commerce, and British politics. Throughout the mid-to-late 20th century, it greatl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Revolution Of 2011
The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January Revolution (;), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police holiday" as a statement against increasing police brutality during the last few years of Hosni Mubarak's presidency. It consisted of demonstrations, marches, occupations of plazas, non-violent civil resistance, acts of civil disobedience and strike action, strikes. Millions of protesters from a range of socio-economic and religious backgrounds demanded the overthrow of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Violent clashes between security forces and protesters resulted in at least 846 people killed and over 6,000 injured. Protesters retaliated by burning over 90 police stations across the country. The Egyptian protesters' grievances focused on legal and political issues, including police brutality, state-of-emergency laws, lack of political freedom, civil liberty, freedom o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
