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2 unusual facts about Mena


Nasser Saidi

He is co-chair with the OECD of the MENA Corporate Governance Working Group and established the Lebanon Corporate Governance Task Force.

Unit Colour Patch

While some are recent creations many date back to World War I, when on 8 March 1915 1 Division Order No 81 was issued at Mena, Egypt authorising their creation.


Belfield, New South Wales

Three streets are named after World War I sites of importance to Australians; Bazentin Street (after the town Bazentin in the Somme, France), Persic Street (after the SS Persic, a ship that transported Australian soldiers to Europe during the war) and Mena Street (an Australian Army training camp in Egypt during World War I).

Bob Lee Swagger

Bob Swagger is a retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant who was born in 1946 and raised in Blue Eye (a fictionalized version of Mena, Arkansas) in Polk County, Arkansas.

Daley Mena

Daley Yesid Mena Palomeque (born on 7 February 1985 in Quibdó) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Deportivo Cali on loan from Mexican club Dorados de Sinaloa.

Dubomedy

Co-Founder Ali Al Sayed is a renowned comedian in the MENA region acting as Dubai’s first Local Professional Comedian.

Ezequiel Palomeque

Ezequiel Palomeque Mena (born 7 October 1992 in Quibdó) is a Colombian footballer (defender) who is currently a free agent.

House of Silva

Memorias de algunos linages antiguos e nobles de Castilla, Juan de Mena's work of the first half of the 15th century that is much prone to giving families mythical ancestries to link them to the glorious past, indicated that the Silva were "very old and noble knights and noblemen of high rank" with some writings claiming for them descent from the mythical Latin kings of Alba Longa (and hence from Aeneas of Troy).

Ilocos Sur

Some illustrious Filipino and Ilocanos among whom were Pedro Bukaneg, the Father of Ilocano literature; Diego Silang, the first Filipino emancipator; Josefa Gabriela Silang, the Filipino Joan of Arc; Dr. José Burgos, the Father of Filipino nationalism; Leona Florentino, the Ilocano poetess; Ventura de los Reyes, the first Filipino delegate to the Spanish Cortez; Mena Crisólogo, the Ilocano Shakespeare; Isabelo de los Reyes, the Father of Filipino socialism and unionism; Msgr.

KENA

KENA-FM, a radio station (102.1 FM) licensed to Mena, Arkansas

KRMN

KRMN-LP, a radio station (101.1 FM) licensed to Mena, Arkansas

Minerva Mena

Minerva Mena (September 11, 1930 – December 10, 2004) was a Mexican actress and university professor.

Néstor Ortiz

Nestor Ortiz Mena (born September 20, 1968 in Turbo, Colombia) is a former Colombian football player who played defense.

No-knock warrant

Jefferson County District Attorney Dave Thomas investigated the matter and cleared the officers involved with the raid on the grounds that Mena had pointed a gun and fired it at SWAT officers, although who fired first remains unknown.

Raketa mena

To calm their thirst and hunger, many villages eat "raketa mena", a cactus whose scientific name is Opuntia stricta.

Solar Euromed

Located at Ghisonaccia in Corsica, Alba Nova 1 is Solar Euromed's CSP demonstration plant for which a construction permit was already secured for a net power output of 12 MW producing electricity equivalent of the consumption of 10 000 households, thus serving as a bridge between the pilot phase and the anticipated deployment in the MENA region.


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