Brenda Helser
Brenda Mersereau Helser( May 26, 1924 – March 26, 2001), later known by her married name Brenda Helser de Morelos, is an American former competition swimmer who won a gold medal in the women's 4×100- meter freestyle relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
A graduate of Stanford University, de Morelos grew up in Oregon where she graduated from Lincoln High School.
Her swim coach was International Swimming Hall of Fame member Jack Cody.
Along with fellow 1948 Olympians Suzanne Zimmerman and Nancy Merki, Helser was part of the Multnomah Athletic Club team dubbed" Cody's Kids" that from 1939 to 1948, won 58 individual national swimming titles and three national team swimming championships.
After her retirement from competition swimming, Helser married the Comte de Morelos, a French nobleman, and became the Comtesse de Morelos y Guerrero.
She is a member of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.
Suzanne Zimmerman
Suzanne Winona Zimmerman( born July 13, 1925), also known by her married name Suzanne Edwards, is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist.
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Zimmerman won a silver medal in the 100- meter backstroke.
Zimmerman was born in Portland, Oregon.
Growing up in Oregon, her swim coach was International Swimming Hall of Fame member Jack Cody.
Along with fellow 1948 Olympians Brenda Helser and Nancy Merki, Zimmerman was part of the Multnomah Athletic Club team dubbed" Cody's Kids" that from 1939 to 1948, which won 58 individual national swimming titles and three national team swimming championships.
She is a member of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.
Souad Al-Shammari
Souad Al- Shammari, also transcribed as Souad Al- Shammary, and Suad Al- Shammari( born July 5, 1966) is a Saudi Arabian women's rights activist.
She is well known for her opposition to Saudi Arabia's guardianship system which subordinates women's autonomy to the authority of male guardians.
She has taken part in campaigns to lift the ban on women driving cars in Saudi Arabia.
She is also the head of the Saudi Arabian Liberals Network, which is a network of activists peacefully calling for social and political reform and was associated with the activism of blogger and journalist Raif Badawi, co-founding the Saudi Liberal Network, and helped his wife Ensaf Haidar and their three children leave the country to avoid Raif's father claiming custody of them due to Raif's arrest.
Al- Shammari was detained without charge on 28 October 2014 after a four- hour interrogation session at the Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution in Jeddah and released on 29 January 29 after signing a pledge to stop or" reduce" her activism.
Ensaf Haidar
Ensaf Haidar( born 1975) is a Saudi Arabia- born Canadian human rights activist.
Born in Jizan, Saudi Arabia, Haidar is the wife of Raif Badawi, and actively campaigns for his freedom.
Haidar is the President of the Raif Badawi Foundation for Freedom, that actively campaigns for freedom of speech and human rights awareness in the Arab World.
Souad Al-Shammari
Souad Al- Shammari, also transcribed as Souad Al- Shammary, and Suad Al- Shammari( born July 5, 1966) is a Saudi Arabian women's rights activist.
She is well known for her opposition to Saudi Arabia's guardianship system which subordinates women's autonomy to the authority of male guardians.
She has taken part in campaigns to lift the ban on women driving cars in Saudi Arabia.
She is also the head of the Saudi Arabian Liberals Network, which is a network of activists peacefully calling for social and political reform and was associated with the activism of blogger and journalist Raif Badawi, co-founding the Saudi Liberal Network, and helped his wife Ensaf Haidar and their three children leave the country to avoid Raif's father claiming custody of them due to Raif's arrest.
Al- Shammari was detained without charge on 28 October 2014 after a four- hour interrogation session at the Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution in Jeddah and released on 29 January 29 after signing a pledge to stop or" reduce" her activism.
Jesse Shapiro
Jesse M. Shapiro is an American economist and academic.
He is the George S. and Nancy B. Parker Professor of Economics at Brown University.
Raif Badawi
Raif bin Muhammad Badawi( also transcribed Raef bin Mohammed Badawi; born 13 January 1984) is a Saudi writer, dissident and activist, as well as the creator of the website" Free Saudi Liberals".
Badawi was arrested in 2012 on a charge of" insulting Islam through electronic channels" and brought to court on several charges, including apostasy.
In 2013 he was convicted on several charges and sentenced to seven years in prison and 600 lashes.
In 2014 his sentence was increased to 10 years in prison, 1000 lashes, and a fine.
The flogging was to be carried out over 20 weeks.
The first 50 lashes were administered on 9 January 2015.
The second flogging has been postponed more than twelve times.
The reason for the most recent postponement is unknown, but the previous scheduled floggings were delayed due to Badawi's poor health.
Badawi is known to have hypertension, and his health has worsened since the flogging began.
His wife, Ensaf Haidar, who took refuge in Canada after her life was threatened in Saudi Arabia, has said Badawi will not be able to survive further flogging.
Ensaf Haidar has given a series of televised interviews about Badawi ’s plight, including at the 2016 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy.
The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights acts as Badawi's international legal counsel.
The organization has led both public advocacy campaigns as well as private diplomatic efforts to help secure Badawi's release from prison.
While his exact location is unknown, it has been reported that Badawi is currently imprisoned in Dhahban Central Prison.
Derby Lorrain
The Derby Lorrain is a football match contested between French clubs Metz and Nancy.
The name of the derby derives from the fact that Metz and Nancy are the two major clubs in France that are located in the former region of Lorraine.
Dangerous Games (Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys)
Dangerous Games is a 1991 Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Supermystery crossover novel.
The Hardys and Nancy Drew are in California on the track of the Black Knight, a madman who is sabotaging the International Championship Games, an athletic tournament for only the champions of champions.
Uncovering the lies, corruption, deceit, and trickery will not be easy, but the Hardys and Nancy Drew will need to solve the case.
Nancy Merki
Nancy Merki( June 1, 1926 – October 7, 2014), also known by her married names Lees, Cory and Boland, was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Despite contracting polio at a young age, she set numerous amateur swimming records in her career, most in her early teens, and went on to compete in the 400- meter freestyle in the Olympics.

Question: Did Ensaf Haidar and Nancy Merki have the same nationality?
Answer: no