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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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Bordj Omar Driss
Bordj Omar Driss, Algeria Fort Flatters Originally named after Paul Flatters, a French officer who surveyed a route for the proposed Trans‐Saharan railway (which was never built) and was murdered by Tuaregs. The present name means the ‘Fort of Omar Driss’, a Muslim leader, with... Read more |
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Omar Epps
Omar Epps1973– Actor Omar Epps' acting ability brought him fame, but his diversity of talent built his reputation. "There's been a buzz on Omar for a while. He has that star aura. It's an accepted notion in Hollywood that he's the next in line," Higher Learning director John Singleton told People... Read more |
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Omar Bongo
Omar Bongo (El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba) , 1935-, Gabonese political leader, president of Gabon (1967-), b. Albert-Bernard Bongo. He entered the civil service (1958), became minister of information and tourism in 1966, vice president in 1967, and then succeeded to the presidency. He created a... Read more |
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Edmund Dulac
Edmund Dulac , 1882-1953, French illustrator of English books. He is known for his imaginative, colorful illustrations of the Arabian Nights (1907), Shakespeare's Tempest (1908), and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1909).... Read more |
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Fulani
Fulani , people of W Africa, numbering approximately 14 million. They are of mixed sub-Saharan African and Berber origin. First recorded as living in the Senegambia region, they are now scattered throughout the area of the Sudan from Senegal to Cameroon. Both as a sedentary and as a nomadic people,... Read more |
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Omar Sharif
Sharif, Omar 1932- (Omar Cherif, Omar El-Cherif, Omar Shariff)PERSONALOriginal name, Michel Demitri Shalhoub; born April 10, 1932, in Alexandria, Egypt; son of Joseph (a lumber merchant) and Claire (maiden name, Saada) Shalhoub; married Faten Hamama (an actress), February 5, 1955 (divorced, 1974);... Read more |
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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam , fl. 11th cent., Persian poet and mathematician, b. Nishapur. He was called Khayyam [tentmaker] probably because of his father's occupation. The details of his life are mostly conjectural, but he was well educated and became celebrated as the outstanding mathematician of his time. As... Read more |
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Edward Fitzgerald
Edward FitzGerald 1809-83, English man of letters. A dilettante and scholar, FitzGerald spent most of his life living in seclusion in Suffolk. His masterpiece, a translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, appeared anonymously in 1859 and passed unnoticed until Dante Gabriel Rossetti made it... Read more |
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Nathan Haskell Dole
Dole, Nathan Haskell (1852–1935),Massachusetts author, editor, and translator of Tolstoy and Daudet. His original works include Not Angels Quite (1893), a novel concerned with the romantic misadventures of two ill‐matched couples and their eventual change of partners and happy... Read more |
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Kuwaiti team inspects safety standards of Hajj missions.
...Head of the team Maj Gen Isam Al-Omar, during a meeting with Managing...authorities in ensuring the safety of Hajj pilgrims. Al-Omar talking to KUNA, also reported...from Kuwait. Around two million Hajj pilgrims will start their ascent... |
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47,400 TONS OF REFUSE CLEARED FROM MECCA AFTER HAJJ
...Islamic holy city of Mecca and surrounding areas following last week's hajj, Mecca Mayor Omar Abdullah Qadi said in comments published Thursday. This was 31 percent...Arab News quoted the mayor as adding. Some 2 million Muslims made the hajj. |
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Sudanese President returns to Khartoum after performoning Al-Hajj.
...Sudanese President Omer hassan Al-Bashir returned today evening to Khartoum after performing the rituals of Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Omar al-Bashir (AFP) This year the pilgrimage occurred from 6 to 10 December. But Al-Bashir spent three days... |
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Hajj delegations required to spread awareness on safety matters -- Kuwaiti...
...keep this in mind, said a Kuwaiti Hajj official on Thursday.Head of the Interior Ministry's Hajj Delegation Maj. Gen. Esam Al-Omar told KUNA the recommendations and...and fire department authorities to Hajj mission organizers aim at the safety... |
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Hajj Official Receives Pakistani Ambassador.
...Chairman of Board of Directors of Hajj Services National Establishment...to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Omar Khan Sherazi, Pakistani Consul for Hajj Affairs Bahrullah Hazarwi, and Vice Consul and Head of Pakistani Hajj Mission in Madinah Amjad Ali... |
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Economy - Hajj Hassan meets Birzanji.
NNA - 24/4/2012 - Agriculture Minister Hussein Hajj Hassan met Tuesday with the Iraqi Ambassador to Lebanon, Omar Al-Birzanji, with talks featuring high on means to boost commercial ties between the two countries. Discussions featured high... |
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my name is omar
...American history - The Autobiography of El-Hajj Omar lbn Said'. The rediscovery of the 167...or Cairo en route to Mecca to perform the hajj. However, during the 18th and 19th centuries...Victory), and signed it, "My name is Omar." |
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Muslims mark spiritual high point of hajj, though some politics sneaks in
...and Lebanon. But for hajj, such tensions are supposed...high-level officials on hajj he is generally kept away...pilgrims. Egyptian Mohammed Omar, 30, was oblivious as...them whatever they ask. Omar said he was asking God...attending this year's hajj. They flooded into Arafat... |
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Stampede during pilgrimage kills at least 244; Hajj ritual turns deadly again...
...of natural causes during the hajj. Many participants are elderly...of prayer at the climax of the hajj, when pilgrims from around the...Egyptian pilgrim Youssef Omar threw pebbles at one pillar on...scrawled "USA." After the 1998 hajj, when about 180 pilgrims were... |
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Minister of Hajj Meets Gambian Ambassador.
...1433, Jan 16, 2012, SPA - Minister of Hajj Dr. Bandar bin Mohammad Hajjar met here...the ambassador of the Republic of Gambia Omar Gabriel Sala. The meeting dealt with issues...Abdulaziz to facilitate the performance of Hajj by pilgrims in ease and comfort. For his... |
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