Khalifa al tunaiji biography
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Nidal Al Tunaiji
Emirati academic and politician
Nidal Al Tunaiji | |
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| In office 2007–2011 | |
| In office 2015– | |
| Constituency | Ras al-Khaimah |
Nidal Mohamed bin Shirbak Al Tunaiji (Arabic: نضال محمد بن شرباك الطنيجي) is an Emirati academic and politician. In 2007 she was one of the first group of women to enter the Federal National Council.
Biography
[edit]The oldest of nine children, Al Tunaiji was educated in the United States.[1] After earning a doctorate in education leadership, she became an assistant professor in information technology at the United Arab Emirates University.[1]
Following the 2006 parliamentary elections she was one of eight women appointed to the Federal National Council alongside the one elected woman, Amal Al Qubaisi.[2][3] She left the FNC after the 2011 elections, but was appointed again in 2015 and 2019.[4][5] She is also currently director general of the Zayed House f
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Tunaij
Bedouin tribe of the United Arab Emirates
The Tunaij (Arabic: الطنيج), also spelled as Tanaij (singular Al Tunaiji Arabic: الطنيجي), is an Arab tribe of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).[1] The Tunaij mostly settled in Dhaid, the inland oasis town of Sharjah, and the Ras Al Khaimah town of Rams.[2][3] A small number of Tunaij also settled at Hamriyah.[4]
At the turn of the 19th century, there were some 4,000 Tunaij in the Northern Emirates, of whom 1,500 were Bedouin. Influential in tribal politics because they could raise a force of some 500 fighting men,[1] the Bedouin Tunaij used Dhaid as a centre and a fortified tower protected the 70-odd Tunaij houses there (the Na'im maintained a similar arrangement at Dhaid). The Tunaij have been linked to the Bani Qitab.[5]
The Tunaij of Rams were mostly involved in pearl fishing and, during the pearling season, both Bedouin Tunaij and Shihuh would come to the coast to
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Sheikh Khalifa Musabah Al-Tunaiji fryst vatten a famous Emirati person; he fryst vatten known as a Quran reciter and a successful civil engineer in the UAE government where he works in the housing sector as his main work. Sheikh Khalifa was born in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates in 1969. He completed memorizing the Quran at the age of 13 at Quran memorization centers, then he went to Medina (Saudi Arabia) to become proficient in Quran recitation with the help of famous reciters of Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi especially Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Akhdar, who gave him ijazah (permission) to recite and teach the Quran in Hafs from Asim reading (most popular method of recitation), as well as ijazah in Warsh and Qaloon readings. Sheikh Khalifa Al-Tunaiji led people in prayer as an imam in many famous mosques in the UAE such as: Grand Rashidiya Mosque in Dubai, Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Ajman, Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque in Sharjah and many other mosques. Sheikh Khalifa recorded the entire Holy Quran with his voice in addition to