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2003 Prince Faysal bin Fahad Tournament for Arab Clubs Final

2003 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs Final, was the 19th final of the UAFA Club Cup, and the 2nd under the name of Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs, The match took place on 20 July 2003, at Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, between Zamalek from Egypt, and Kuwait SC from Kuwait, Zamalek won the match 2–1 and earning their first UAFA Club Cup title.

Al Shamal Islamic Bank

According to public records, 19 percent of the Faisal Islamic Bank is owned by the Dar Al-Maal Al-Islami Trust, or simply DMI Trust, also headed by Prince Faisal.

Augustine Soares

For much of his ministry he served as a dedicated Parish Priest, first as Pastor of St. John's Church in Drigh Colony and later at the new parish of St. Thomas' Church across the Drigh Road.

Battle of Salkhad

After Faisal's army was defeated in the Battle of Maysalun, French forces gained control of Syria, later dividing into several autonomous entities, including Jabal Druze State based on the southeastern, mainly Druze-inhabited Jabal al-Arab mountain region.

Charlie Davao

Among his films associated with Mindanao were Bad Boy from Dadiangas, starring then world champ Rolando Navarrete, and Magindanao with Muhammad Faisal, both in 1982.

Faisal Al-Muslim Al-Otaib

Faisal Al-Meslim Al-Osaimi Al-Otaibi is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the third district.

Faisal al-Qassem

Faisal Al-Qassem, also written as Faisal Al-Kasim (Arabic:فيصل القاسم ) is an internationally-renowned British-Syrian veteran and television personality based in Qatar, who is known for hosting the famous and controversial live debate show The Opposite Direction (Arabic:الاتجاه المعاكس ) on Al Jazeera, where two guests with extremely opposed view points debate on current affairs.

Faisal Ali Hassan

Faisal Ali Hassan Salem bin Aqeel (or romanized as bin Akil) (born 28 December 1981) is an Emarati footballer who currently plays for Dubai CSC.

Faisal bin Turki Al Faisal Al Saud

In 1999, Faisal founded Blue Reef Divers which currently has three scuba diving schools across the Kingdom and runs a series of coastal conservation projects.

In November 2008 Faisal was invited as a guest of honour to attend the Global Summit for Ecology in Tokyo, Japan where both Al Gore and Michael Nobel Nobel Foundation were present as guest speakers.

Faisal Gill

After being appointed by George Bush as a policy director for the Department of Homeland Security, Frank Gaffney of FrontPage Magazine raised questions regarding Faisal Gill's disclosure of this employment on his security clearance application as well as Gill's ties to violent jihadists.

Faisal II of Iraq

King Faisal was the model used by Belgian comic writer Hergé for his character Prince Abdullah of Khemed in The Adventures of Tintin.

Faisal's political situation deteriorated in 1956, with uprisings in the cities of Najaf and Hayy.

In 1952, Faisal visited the United States, where he met President Harry Truman, Dean Acheson, the actor James Mason, and Jackie Robinson, among others.

At the time of his death, King Faisal was engaged to be married to HH Princess Sabiha Fazila Hanım Sultan, the only daughter of HE Damat HH Prince Muhammad 'Ali Ibrahim Beyefendi of Egypt and HIH Princess Zahra Hanzade Sultan.

Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein – The cousin of Faisal II who currently lives in Iraq and has a political platform to establish a constitutional monarchy in Iraq.

Faisal Rehman

Faisal portrayed the role of Danish, a possessive and shallow man who, on his mother's insistence marries a girl half his age and also keeps his friend, portrayed by Deepti Gupta, on her toes.

Faisal Saigol

Faisal Saigol is the CEO of Saigol DDC, a large super-prime London property investment fund.

Funaadu

Faisal Naseem: Former Member of Parliament for Fuvahmulah (Gnaviyani Atoll) and founder of Faisal Foundation, which is famous for its social work, philanthropic contributions and donations for the development of Fuvahmulah.

Also, father of former Minister of Defence, Ameen Faisal and former Maldivian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Dr.Farahanaz Faisal.

Haifa bint Faisal

Although there are still many questions about al-Bayoumi and Basnan, the 9/11 Commission Report asserts, in footnote 122, that the hijackers al-Midhar and al-Hazmi did not receive any funding from them: "We have found no evidence that Saudi Princess Haifa al Faisal provided any funds to the conspiracy, either directly or indirectly.".

Hani Shennib

Dr. Shennib has four children: Sarah Besan Shennib (born 1978), Faisal Shennib (born 1983), Selma Shennib (born 1988) and Lara Shennib (born 2007).

International Union of Muslim Scholars

Other notable figures in the IUMS, which is reportedly connected to the Muslim Brotherhood, include Faisal Malawi, Jamal Badawi, and Essam Al-Bashir.

James Loembe

On 5 November 2008, he featured for Kumasi Asante Kotoko in a trial match against King Faisal Babes in Memory of the late Honour Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu at the Baba Yara Stadium which Kotoko lost by a lone goal to a King Faisal side that had the entire 1st team squad except Goalkeeper Osei Boateng and Ebo 'Nani' Andoh of Black Starlets fame.

Mahdi Abdul Hadi

Together with Faisal Husseini he co-founded the Jerusalem National Committee in 1992 which later became the Jerusalem Arab Council (1993), as Abdul Hadi functioned at the Orient House under Faisal Husseini’s leadership.

Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden

In 1964, Prince Faisal deposed his half-brother, King Saud, and began rebuilding the kingdom after the wasteful excesses of the Saud era.

Mohammed Zouaydi

In Saudi Arabia he was known as accountant for the al-Faisal branch of the Saudi royal family, which included Prince Turki al-Faisal.

Muhammad Al-Hafiz Hamzah

In 2004, where Malaysian football introduced with Malaysia Super League, Al-Hafiz became a second choice goalkeeper behind Megat Amir Faisal after Mirandinha brought him into the senior squad.

Muhd Affizie Faisal Mamat

Affizie Faisal Mamat (born 14 March 1989 in Terengganu) is a Malaysian footballer currently playing for Harimau Muda A in the Malaysia Super League.

Plan for Greater Baghdad

In July 1958, the Hashemite monarchy collapsed, King Faisal II was killed, and a new government led by Abd al-Karim Qasim took over the country.

Princess Ayah bint Al Faisal

Princess Ayah bint Al Faisal of Jordan (born 11 February 1990) is the daughter of Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein and Princess Alia and is a niece of King Abdullah II of Jordan.

Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

He is a founding member of the King Faisal Foundation and chairman of the board of directors for the King Faisal School and Al Faisal University in Riyadh.

Vasl

It is directed by Mehreen Jabbar and written by Sameera Fazal, the serial had an ensemble cast composed of Faisal Rehman, Adnan Siddiqui, Imran Abbas Naqvi, Juggan Kazim, Ahsan Khan, Ayesha Khan, Tooba Siddiqui, Shahood Alvi, Badar Khalil, Ayesha Khan (senior), Salma Azfer and Eshita Mehboob.


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