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A fact from Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 March 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to people with disabilities by the Queen, but received her award from the King?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 09:40, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings was made a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen for her "services to people with disabilities in the arts", but received her medal from the King? Source: For the Queens’s part see The independent for the King’s part see Sudanese Ministry of Information
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Clock Tower of Haridwar

Created by FuzzyMagma (talk). Self-nominated at 14:57, 19 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: @FuzzyMagma: All good here. Maybe consider removing part of the hook for conciseness, like

ALT1 ... that Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings was made a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen but received her medal from the King? Schminnte (talk • contribs) 19:53, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Schminnte: I wonder if we can keep the "disabilities" part as that was part of why I wrote the article to start with. if you have an alternative that includes the fact that is is deaf, I would also welcome that FuzzyMagma (talk) 20:00, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @FuzzyMagma: The only reason I suggested ALT1 is because it is a bit more snappier and would probably generate more page views. My main concern anyway was sentence inversion, so this should be compatible with your views as well. Here's some edited suggestions below:

ALT2 ... that Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings was made a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to people with disabilities by the Queen but received her medal from the King?

ALT3 ... that Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings was made a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her "services to people with disabilities in the arts" by the Queen, but received her medal from the King?

@Schminnte: many thanks for your consideration. ALT2 sounds great.

then we are good to go. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 17:45, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hope those help. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 20:21, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Surname?[edit]

Why is the subject referred to as "Omeima" throughout the article, rather than by her surname? Is she from a culture that doesn't use surnames? --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:15, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Metropolitan90 it was a clear bias on my side, as she was born in Sudan (where surnames are not being used), I assumed she will use her name instead for Surname. But looking to the sources (non arabic), her surname was used instead. I fixed my mistake and thanks for pointing that out. Also after consulting Wikipedia:Writing about women, I think it’s best to stick to using surnames where appropriate. FuzzyMagma (talk) 07:26, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]