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  "text": "Passage 1:\nKhalfan Mubarak\nKhalfan Mubarak Khalfan Obaid Alrizzi Al Shamsi (Arabic: خلفان مبارك خلفان عبيد الرزي الشامسي; born 9 May 1995) is an association football player who plays for Al Jazira.\n\nClub career\nKhalfan was born in Ajman to father Mubarak Khalfan, a colonel in Ajman police, former footballer in Ajman club. In 2001, at the age of 6, his father enrolled him in the Ajman youth academy till he reached 12 years. In 2008, he moved to Al Ahli.\n\nAl Jazira\nOn 12 July 2013, Khalfan signed a three-year deal with Al Jazira. The agreement also stipulates that Al Jazira will pay €375.000 thousand for Al Ahli for the player care.\n\nInternational career\nKhalfan Mubarak made his international debut for the senior team in 2018.\nKhalfan in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup scored his first international goal against India.\n\nInternational goal\nScores and results list the United Arab Emirates' goal tally first.\nPassage 2:\nEmpress Shōken\nEmpress Dowager Shōken (昭憲皇太后, Shōken-kōtaigō, 9 May 1849 – 9 April 1914), born Masako Ichijō (一条勝子, Ichijō Masako), was the wife of Emperor Meiji of Japan. She is also known under the technically incorrect name Empress Shōken (昭憲皇后, Shōken-kōgō). She was one of the founders of the Japanese Red Cross Society, whose charity work was known throughout the First Sino-Japanese War.\n\nEarly life\nLady Masako Ichijō was born on 9 May 1849, in Heian-kyō, Japan. She was the third daughter of Tadayoshi Ichijō, former Minister of the Left and head of the Fujiwara clan's Ichijō branch. Her adoptive mother was one of Prince Fushimi Kuniie's daughters, but her biological mother was Tamiko Niihata, the daughter of a doctor from the Ichijō family. Unusually for the time, she had been vaccinated against smallpox. As a child, Masako was somewhat of a prodigy: she was able to read poetry from the Kokin Wakashū by the age of 4 and had composed some waka verses of her own by the age of 5. By age seven, she was able to read some texts in classical Chinese with some assistance and was studying Japanese calligraphy. By the age of 12, she had studied the koto and was fond of Noh drama. She excelled in the studies of finances, ikebana and Japanese tea ceremony.The major obstacle to Lady Masako's eligibility to become empress consort was the fact that she was 3 years older than Emperor Meiji, but this issue was resolved by changing her official birth date from 1849 to 1850. They became engaged on 2 September 1867, when she adopted the given name Haruko (美子), which was intended to reflect her \nserene beauty and diminutive size.\nThe Tokugawa Bakufu promised 15,000 ryō in gold for the wedding and assigned her an annual income of 500 koku, but as the Meiji Restoration occurred before the wedding could be completed, the promised amounts were never delivered. The wedding was delayed partly due to periods of mourning for Emperor Kōmei,  for her brother Saneyoshi, and the political disturbances around Kyoto between 1867 and 1868.\n\nEmpress of Japan\nLady Haruko and Emperor Meiji's wedding was finally officially celebrated on 11 January 1869. She was the first imperial consort to receive the title of both nyōgō and of kōgō (literally, the emperor's wife, translated as \"empress consort\"), in several hundred years. However, it soon became clear that she was unable to bear children. Emperor Meiji already had 12 children by 5 concubines, though: as custom in Japanese monarchy, Empress Haruko adopted Yoshihito, her husband's eldest son by Lady Yanagihara Naruko, who became Crown Prince. On 8 November 1869, the Imperial House departed from Kyoto for the new capital of Tokyo. In a break from tradition, Emperor Meiji insisted that the Empress and the senior ladies-in-waiting should attend the educational lectures given to the Emperor on a regular basis about national conditions and developments in foreign nations.\n\nInfluence\nOn 30 July 1886, Empress Haruko attended the Peeresses School's graduation ceremony in Western clothing. On 10 August, the imperial couple received foreign guests in Western clothing for the first time when hosting a Western Music concert.From this point onward, the Empress' entourage wore only Western-style clothes in public, to the point that in January 1887 \nEmpress Haruko issued a memorandum on the subject: traditional Japanese dress was not only unsuited to modern life, but Western-style dress was closer than the kimono to clothes worn by Japanese women in ancient times.In the diplomatic field, Empress Haruko hosted the wife of former US President Ulysses S. Grant during his visit to Japan. She was also present for her husband's meetings with Hawaiian King Kalākaua in 1881. Later that same year, she helped host the visit of the sons of future British King Edward VII: Princes Albert Victor and George (future George V), who presented her with a pair of pet wallabies from Australia.On  26 November 1886, Empress Haruko accompanied her husband to Yokosuka, Kanagawa to observe the new Imperial Japanese Navy cruisers Naniwa and Takachiho firing torpedoes and performing other maneuvers. From 1887, the Empress was often at the Emperor's side in official visits to army maneuvers. When Emperor Meiji fell ill in 1888, Empress Haruko took his place in welcoming envoys from Siam, launching warships and visiting Tokyo Imperial University. In 1889, Empress Haruko accompanied Emperor Meiji on his official visit to Nagoya and Kyoto. While he continued on to visit naval bases at Kure and Sasebo, she went to Nara to worship at the principal Shinto shrines.Known throughout her tenure for her support of charity work and women's education during the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–95), Empress Haruko worked for the establishment of the Japanese Red Cross Society. She participated in the organization's administration, especially in their peacetime activities in which she created a money fund for the International Red Cross. Renamed \"The Empress Shōken Fund\", it is presently used for international welfare activities. After Emperor Meiji moved his military headquarters from Tokyo to Hiroshima to be closer to the lines of communications with his troops, Empress Haruko joined her husband in March 1895. While in Hiroshima, she insisted on visiting hospitals full of wounded soldiers every other day of her stay.\n\nDeath\nAfter Emperor Meiji's death in 1912, Empress Haruko was granted the title Empress Dowager (皇太后, Kōtaigō) by her adoptive son, Emperor Taishō. She died in 1914 at the Imperial Villa in Numazu, Shizuoka and was buried in the East Mound of the Fushimi Momoyama Ryo in Fushimi, Kyoto, next to her husband. Her soul was enshrined in Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. On 9 May 1914, she received the posthumous name Shōken Kōtaigō (昭憲皇太后). Her railway-carriage can be seen today in the Meiji Mura Museum, in Inuyama, Aichi prefecture.\n\nHonours\nNational\nGrand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown, 1 November 1888\n\nForeign\nShe received the following orders and decorations:\n Russian Empire: Grand Cross of the Order of St. Catherine, 13 December 1887\n Spain: Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa, 29 November 1889\n Siam: Dame of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri, 12 October 1899\n German Empire: Dame of the Order of Louise, 1st Class, 19 May 1903\n Kingdom of Bavaria: Dame of Honour of the Order of Theresa, 29 February 1904\n Korean Empire: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Auspicious Phoenix, 27 July 1908\n\nAncestry\nSee also\nEmpress of Japan\nŌmiya Palace\n\nNotes\nPassage 3:\nNasser al-Qudwa\nNasser Al Qudwa, also spelled Nasser Al-Kidwa (Arabic: ناصر القدوة; born 1953), is the nephew of the late Yasser Arafat.\n\nEarly life and education\nAl Qudwa was born in 1953. He attended Cairo University, graduating with a degree in dentistry in 1979. Then became an executive member of the Palestinian Red Crescent shortly after.\n\nCareer\nAl Qudwa joined Fatah in 1969. He became president of the General Union of Palestinian Students in 1974. He is also a central-committee member of Fatah.Qudwa represented his uncle Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization as an unofficial observer in the United Nations in 1987, then as a permanent observer in 1991. In 2005, he was succeeded by Riyad H. Mansour, when he became Foreign Affairs Minister in the Palestinian Authority Government of February 2005. Nasser served as United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Al Qudwa was appointed deputy to Kofi Annan, then special envoy to Syria for the U.N. and Arab League in March 2012. He was responsible for the contacts with Syrian opposition groups. In 2014, Al Qudwa resigned from his position as U.N. Deputy Mediator on Syria.\n\nPersonal life\nA current resident of New York City, al-Qudwa is the head of the Yasser Arafat Foundation.\n\nSee also\nForeign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority\nForeign relations of Palestine\nPassage 4:\nHissa Abdulla Ahmed Al-Otaiba\nHissa Abdulla Ahmed Al-Otaiba is a diplomat from the United Arab Emirates who serves as ambassador to Switzerland since June 2022, having previously held this position in the Netherlands. As of 2012 she was Ambassador to the Holy See. Al-Otaiba was born in Abu Dhabi and has lived in Egypt, North Africa, Europe, South America, and North America. Al Otaiba's husband, Abdulaziz Al Shamsi, serves as the UAE Ambassador to Italy. Her relative, ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, serves as the UAE Ambassador to the United States.\nShe earned her PhD in Business Administration from Lausanne Business School, a master's degree in Computer Administration from Webster University and a bachelor's degree in Commerce and Business Administration from Cairo University.\n\nCareer\nAl-Otaiba was one of the first women ambassadors of the UAE when she was appointed Ambassador to Spain in 2008, a position she continues to hold.\nAs the first UAE Ambassador to the Holy See, Al-Otaiba presented her credentials to Pope Benedict XVI on May 20, 2010.\nShe is a member of the International Forum for Women at the United Nations.\nPassage 5:\nMohamed Al Shamsi\nMohamed Hasan Khalifa Mohamed Al-Shamsi (Arabic: مُحَمَّد حَسَن خَلِيْفَة مُحَمَّد الشَّامسِيّ; born 4 January 1997) is an Emirati footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Wahda.\n\nCareer\nAl Shamsi made his professional debut in the UAE Pro-League for Al-Wahda on 16 September 2017, starting in the away match against Dibba Al-Fujairah, which finished as a 5–0 win.Al Shamsi was included in United Arab Emirates's squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.\n\nCareer statistics\nInternational\nAs of 17 December 2017\nPassage 6:\nAgatha (wife of Samuel of Bulgaria)\nAgatha (Bulgarian: Агата, Greek: Άγάθη; fl. late 10th century) was the wife of Emperor Samuel of Bulgaria.\n\nBiography\nAccording to a later addition to the history of the late-11th-century Byzantine historian John Skylitzes, Agatha was a captive from Larissa, and the daughter of the magnate of Dyrrhachium, John Chryselios. Skylitzes explicitly refers to her as the mother of Samuel's heir Gavril Radomir, which means that she was probably Samuel's wife. On the other hand, Skylitzes later mentions that Gavril Radomir himself also took a beautiful captive, named Irene, from Larissa as his wife. According to the editors of the Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit, this may have been a source of confusion for a later copyist, and Agatha's real origin was not Larissa, but Dyrrhachium. According to the same work, it is likely that she had died by ca. 998, when her father surrendered Dyrrhachium to the Byzantine emperor Basil II.Only two of Samuel's and Agatha's children are definitely known by name: Gavril Radomir and Miroslava. Two further, unnamed, daughters are mentioned in 1018, while Samuel is also recorded as having had a bastard son.Agatha is one of the central characters in Dimitar Talev's novel Samuil.\nPassage 7:\nAbdullatif M. Al Shamsi\nAbdullatif M. Al Shamsi (Arabic: دكتور عبداللطيف الشامسي‎) is an Emirati academic and author focused on technology-oriented educational management. He was the President & CEO of the non-profit, UAE government owned Higher Colleges of Technology, which is the largest higher education institution in the UAE. He has held this role since March 2015 when he was appointed by Federal Decree by UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.Al Shamsi has authored a series of books and published more than 40 research papers in international journals. He speaks regularly at conferences on topics such as pedagogical approaches in education, mechanical engineering, change management during crises, and technology integration in educational practices.\nAs head of HCT, which has 23,000 enrolled students attending 16 campuses, he introduced a 'hybrid' system, which combines traditional classroom education with remote learning. This was implemented throughout the pandemic, allowing classes to continue uninterrupted.\nIn recognition of attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework in higher education (Advance HE), Al Shamsi is the first Emirati to achieve the status of Principal Fellow (PFHEA).\n\nEducation\nAl Shamsi received his Ph.D. from Duke University (Durham, North Carolina), and his M.Sc. and B.Sc. both from Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts).\n\nCareer\nAl Shamsi started his academic career at UAE University as an associate professor, later holding the position of assistant vice chancellor for research where he founded a University-wide Internship and Work Integrated Learning (iWIL) program. Prior to his appointment in HCT, Al Shamsi was the managing director of the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT) from 2007 until the end of 2014, where he managed the Applied Technology High Schools (ATHS), Fatima College for Health Sciences, and Abu Dhabi Polytechnic since the inception. \nAl Shamsi is also the vice chairman of the board of trustees of the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT), and vice chairman of the board of directors of the Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy (ADMA). He has previously been a board of trustees member of the Emirates College for Advanced Education (ECAE), and a member of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Schools Establishment. These are in addition to his memberships of several higher committees and educational advisory councils, such as the Emirates College for Advanced Education, and the Higher Committee for Aqdar World Summit.\n\nInitiatives and achievements\nUnder Al Shamsi's tenure Higher Colleges of Technology has launched several notable initiatives.\nHigher Colleges of Technology 4.0 Strategic Plan\nAl Shamsi led the HCT 4.0 Strategic Plan (2017-2021), which was announced UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in 2019. saw the establishment of Sector Skills Academies to provide students with multiple career pathways, coupled with flexible and agile workforce development programs. The plan also offered Professional Certification Qualifications (where students gain an academic and professional qualifications concurrently) and a Fast-Track degree system for high-achieving students to receive a bachelor's degree in three years\nHCT 4.0 has three pillars at its core, including Technical Leaders, No Emirati Left Behind, and Graduating Companies, all designed to make Emiratis more employable and help them to become entrepreneurs and innovators. As part of the pillar of graduating companies, HCT is the first institution to establish an economic free zone within the campuses in order to fulfilling its mandate, not only to graduate students, but also to graduate companies.\nCOVID-19 & Digital Transformation\nWith the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the resultant closure of in-person classes in the UAE, Al Shamsi led HCT's transformation from on-campus to 100 per cent online or remote learning.A new Hybrid Education Model, based on a blend on online classes and assessments and on-campus learning, has been implemented at HCT based on the university's COVID-19 experience. These are detailed in the whitepaper, From Crisis to Achievement Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic.\nThe 3D Persona\nAl Shamsi formulated a human resource development model he calls \"Future Persona 4.0\", which seeks to create well-rounded individuals through a combination of the 'Digital Persona', 'Professional Persona', and 'Entrepreneurial Persona'. Designed to help graduates succeed in the post-COVID-19 era, the \"3D Persona\" includes a set of valuable traits that future students should have to be able to invest their skills and abilities, and deal with the changes and challenges in the labor market.\nAwards\nIn March 2021, Al Shamsi was named among the top CEOs of 2020 in CEO Today Magazine. He was also among the winners of CEO Today Global Awards 2021. In 2017, he won the 5th Federal Personality Award, which is presented by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Chairman of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR).  The award recognized Al Shamsi's contributions to furthering higher education in the UAE.\n\nRecent list of publications\nAl Shamsi has published and presented more than 40 research publications in world-class scientific journals and at international conferences. His latest publication is a series of books published in Arabic entitled: \"The Make of Education.\"\n\nAlShamsi, A. M., (2014) \"Welcome to iPad Generation\". Kalima Press, Abu Dhabi, UAE.\nAlShamsi, A. M., (2011) \"The Make of Education\". ISBN 978-9948-14-449-6, 1st Ed. (132 pages). The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research Press, Abu Dhabi, UAE.\nAlShamsi, A. M., (2005) \"Partnership between Educational Institutions and Society: Education is a Societal Responsibility.\" ISBN 9948-03-205-5, 1st Ed. (111 pages). Dar AlKhaleej Press, Sharjah, UAE.Education Blogs published\n\nThe Professional Learner, published 13-04-2020 Sharik.ae\nEmpowering through Emiratization, published 17-11-2019 Sharik.ae\nProfessional Persona, published 10-06-2020 Sharik.ae\nDisrupting Education, published 28-05-2020 Sharik.ae\nThe Economics of Education, published 08-06-2020 Sharik.ae\nDigital Persona, published 07-05-2020 Sharik.ae\nFuture Persona, published 06-05-2020 Sharik.ae\nEmbracing Remote Student Life, published 06-05-2020 Sharik.ae\nYes, We Are Ready, published 13-04-2020 Sharik.ae\nWhat Does the Post-Remote Learning Future Hold?, published 06-05-2020 Sharik.ae\nThe CEO - The Pedagogue, published 12-07-2020 Sharik.aeHarvard Business Review (Arabic)\n\nThe Persona 4.0 outlines the attributes of graduates for the post-COVID times, published October 2020. Business Review (Arabic)Higher Education Digest\n\nPersona 4.0: A quantum leap in Education outcomes, published 14-10-2020 Education Digest, October 14, 2020ITP Media Group\n\nHCT preparing Graduates for Life & WorkAl Ittihad newspaper interview\n\nAl Shamsi, HCT President & CEO interview Ittihad newspaper, November 2, 2020\nPassage 8:\nSaeed Mohammed Al Shamsi\nDr. Saeed Mohammed Al-Shamsi is a lawyer, diplomat, and a former assistant foreign minister for international organizations affairs with the rank of an ambassador. Ambassador Dr. Al Shamsi was UAE's former ambassador to Australia. He's married and has three children.As of 2023, Al-Shamsi is the current UAE ambassador to the Maldives.\n\nAcademic Qualifications\nPh.D in International Relations - College of International Services, American University, Washington.\nM.A. in International Public Policy - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.\nBachelor in Political Science - Arizona State University, Arizona.\n\nDiplomatic career\nDr. Al Shamsi started his diplomatic career in 1974 and held the following positions:\n\n25/10/1981 - UAE Embassy in Washington, United States.\n26/6/1988 - 12/3/1992 Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.\n31/1/1989 – 12/3/1992 Non Resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway.\n10/2/1989 – 12/3/1992 Non Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Finland.\n16/3/1989 – 12/3/1992 Non Resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark.\n28/4/1989 – 12/3/1992 Non Resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden.\n25/8/2001 - 30/8 /2004 Ambassador to the Republic of India.\n6/12/2004 - Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia.\n12/07/2005 - Ambassador to New Zealand.\n25/3/2019 - ambassador to the Republic of the Maldives.\n\nAttendance in International Conferences\nParticipated in several Regional and International Conferences.\nParticipated in meetings of the 58th Session of UN General Assembly.\nPassage 9:\nAbdulaziz Nasser Al Shamsi\nAbdulaziz Nasser Al Shamsi (Arabic: عبدالعزيز ناصر الشامسي) is the director of protocol at the ministry of foreign affairs in the United Arab Emirates. Al Shamsi who was born in Ajman in 1956 obtained his bachelor's degree in business administration at the University of Cairo in 1980. He is married to Hissa Abdulla Ahmed Al-Otaiba.\n\nDiplomatic career\nAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Italy (From: March 2008 – Present)\nDirector of Protocol (From: August 2007 to March 2008)\nPermanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations (From: September 2001 to July 2007).\nDirector, Department of International Organizations & Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (From: August 2001 to 20/05/2002).\nAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France (From: 07/03/1995 to 25/08/1999).\nRepresented the UAE as Permanent Representative to UNESCO (From: 07/03/1995  to 25/08/1999).\nNon-Resident Ambassador to Switzerland (From: 23/05/1997 to 25/08/1999).\nMinistry of Foreign Affairs (From: 05/10/1994 to February 1995).\nNon-Resident Ambassador to Chile (From: 09/12/1993 to 05/10/1994).\nNon-Resident Ambassador to Argentina (From: 22/03/1993 to 05/10/1994).\nAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Brazil (From: 14/06/1991 to 05/10/1994).\nPromoted to Minister Plenipotentiary with title of Ambassador on 21/01/1991.\nAppointed Deputy Director of the Department of Arab Nations Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 13/10/1990.\nPromoted to Counsellor on 30/12/1989.\nPromoted to First Secretary on 16/02/1986.\nTransferred to the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates in Geneva from 22/03/1985.\nTransferred to the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Tunisia from 28/07/1984.\nPromoted to Second Secretary on 15/11/1982.\nTransferred to the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Belgium on 04/03/1982.\nAppointed in the Diplomatic and Consular Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Third Secretary on 01/09/1980.\n\nAttendance In International Conferences\nAmbassador Al-Shamsi participated in numerous conferences and meetings at Arab, Regional and International levels.\n\nHonours & Medals\n- The Légion d'honneur from the President of France, in appreciation of his efforts towards promoting excellent relations between the UAE and France.\n- The Rio Branco Club Medal of the Order of the Grand Cross from the President of Brazil.\nPassage 10:\nAbdullah Al-Shamsi\nAbdullah Al-Shamsi (born 25 November 1967) is a former wrestler, who represented North Yemen at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in the men's Greco-Roman 68kg class. He lost his first two bouts and was eliminated.",
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