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Blade Runner.
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Arguably the most copied film of the past 25 years, "Blade Runner" could also one day be called the most prescient film of all time. A rare 1991 workprint version of the film -- different from the original 1982 film and from the director's cut -- screens at the Egyptian Theatre September 21. Director Ridley Scott shows up to lead a ...
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'Crusades': Storming the Castle
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...withstand repeated sieges, some lasting five years, by Nur ad-Din and Saladin (or Salah al-Din). It finally fell to...translated captions are occasionally a little convoluted (Nur-ad-Din also appears as Nureddin, for instance, and the...
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The Second Crusade: Scope and Consequences
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review
; ...implications for the crusader states, opening the way for Nur ad-Din to take over Damascus and thus creating a situation in...meant that Damascus was less important to him than for Nur ad-Din, while his appalling reputation for brutality and...
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BOOK REVIEW: WARRIORS OF GOD
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...by earthly things. This brings him to the attention of Nur Ad-Din, a powerful Arab leader who mentors him and makes him...Expecting him to be a mere extension of his own power, Ad-Din is surprised as Saladin follows him along the path to...
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Into his Lord's mercy: remembering Martin Lings (January 24, 1909-May 12, 2005).(Obituary)
Magazine article from: Islam & Science
; ...joining a Shadhili Sufi order of which Sidi Ab Bakr Sirj ad-Dn (Martin Lings) was a member. We had struck a deep...life in which Rene Guenon, Frithjof Schuon (Shaykh 'Isa Nur ad-Din Ahmad, 1907-1998), and Martin Lings (1909-2005...
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IRAQ-CULTURE: WAR COULD WIPE OUT ANCIENT HISTORY
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...are legendary cities. For example, Mosul, intensely bombed to destroy Iraqi missile launch sites, is home to the Nur ad-Din mosque, built in 1170. Close by are the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, the largest archaeological...
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The northern jewel
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post
; ...Arabs teamed up to win the castle after a month-long siege, but their alliance ended in 1154 when Zengi's son, Nur Ad-Din, took control of Damascus. He attempted to take Nimrod twice in 1157, but had to retreat both times when a Crusader...
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Selected Sufi texts of Shaykh Yusuf: translations and commentaries.
Magazine article from: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
; ...Islamic learning in the archipelago, he was initiated into the Qadriyyah tariqah (sufi order / brotherhood) by Shaykh Nur ad-Din ar -Raniri (Azra 2006: 66). The travels of the shaykh took him from Banten to Arabia; however, this journey was...
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IRAQ-CULTURE: THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION IN THE BLAST OF WAR
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...are legendary cities. For example, Mosul, intensely bombed to destroy Iraqi missile launch sites, is home to the Nur ad-Din mosque, built in 1170. Close by are the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, the largest archaeological...
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Trial of Egypt's Sa'ad al-Din Ibrahim finally underway
Newspaper article from: New York Amsterdam News
; ...31-2001 Trial of Egypt's Sa'ad al-Din Ibrahim finally underway The trial of Egyptian human rights activist Sa'ad al-Din Ibrahim has finally begun in Egypt...chief accountant, Nadia `Abd al-Nur, when Egypt's State Security police...
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MAJOR GENERAL KEVIN J. BERGNER (USA) HOLDS A DEFENSE DEPARTMENT NEWS BRIEFING
News Wire article from: Political Transcript Wire
; ...network that operated in Salah ad Din and Anbar. We previously...Abu Ayyub al-Masri. Sa'ad Hamid Mahmud Nusayf was a...terrorists operating in Salah ad Din and also supported the...who is also known as Abu Nur, he was found guilty of terrorism...
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