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One of the two awards presented annually by the Abu Dhabi chapter is the Sh. Mubarak Award, named for Sheikh Nahyan's father. [8] He is chairman of Sandooq al Watan, a social initiative. [9] Since 2021, Sheikh Nahyan holds the honorary degree of Doctor of Social Sciences by the University of Balamand. [10]
Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical and Dental College was established and inaugurated in 2009 by then president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari. [2] Shaikh Zayed Hospital is attached to the college as a teaching hospital. [3] The college started off in 2009 and the first batch graduated at the end of 2014. [4]
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (Arabic: مؤسسة قطر) is a state-led non-profit organization in Qatar, [2] founded in 1995 by then-emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his second wife Moza bint Nasser Al-Missned.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic: محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم, romanized: Muḥammad bin Rāšid Āl Maktūm; born 15 July 1949) is an Emirati politician and royal who is the current ruler of Dubai, and serves as the vice president and prime minister. [1]
Khalifa University of Science and Technology was established in February 2017, following a decree issued by the UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on the merger of three universities – Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, The Petroleum Institute and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. [39]
Vayalil was a radiologist for 12 months at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE. In 2007, he opened his first hospital – LLH Hospital in Abu Dhabi. Over the next twelve years, his company VPS Healthcare started 20 hospitals in three countries and now has over 23 medical centres and about 13,000 employees in the Middle East and Vayalil ...
Formerly, the biggest mosque in use in the city was that of Shaikhah Salamah, [11] mother of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the father of Sheikh Khalifa. [ 12 ] Nearby, a 1000-year-old mosque dated to the Islamic Golden Age , besides other remains relevant to the region's history , was unearthed in September 2018.
The original Al Jazeera channel was launched 1 November 1996 by an emiri decree with a loan of 500 million Qatari riyals (US$137 million) from the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] By securing its funding through loans or grants rather than direct government subsidies, the channel seeks to maintain independent editorial policy.