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Abdelatif Al-Dabbagh
Abdul Latif ( ar, عبد اللطيف, translit=ʻAbd al-Laṭīf) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Laṭīf'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which gave rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the All-gentle". The letter ''a'' of the ''al-'' is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by ''e''. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Latif, Lateef or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation. The surname is used by Muslims and also by Orthodox Christians in Syria and Lebanon. It may refer to: People Given name * Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (medieval writer) (1162–1231), Iraqi physician, historian, Egyptologist and traveller *Abd al-Latif ibn Muhammad Taraghay Ulughbek (ca. 1420–1450), Timurid ruler of Transoxiana * Ghabdellatif of Kazan (born ca. 1475), khan of Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abd (Arabic)
ʿAbd ( ar, عبد) is an Arabic word meaning one who is subordinated as a slave or a servant, and it means also to worship. The word can also be transliterated into English as 'Abd, where the apostrophe indicates the ayin, denoting a voiced pharyngeal fricative consonant or some reflex of it. In Western ears, it may be perceived as a guttural 'a' sound. It appears in many common Arab names followed by Al (the) in form of "Abd ul", "Abd ul-", etc.; this is also commonly transliterated as "el-," in the form "Abd el-", meaning "servant of the-". This is always followed by one of the names for God. These names are given in List of Arabic theophoric names and 99 Names of God. A widespread name Abdullah (name) (or ʿAbd Allah) means " servant of God" or "worshipper of God". * Abd Rabbuh ("slave of his Lord" or "servant of his Lord") * Abduh ("His slave" or "His servant") It can also refer to humans, such as: * Abdul Nabi ("slave of the Prophet" or "servant of the Prophet") * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Latif Galadari
Abdul Latif Galadari (1939 – 9 March 2002) was an Emirati businessman. He was the youngest son of Ibrahim Galadari. Abdul Latif, Along with his elder brother, Abdul Rahim, headed the Galadari Group, a business group. Personal life Abdul Latif Galadari was born in 1939 in Iran, as the youngest son of Ebrahim Galadari and grandson of merchant Hassan Galadari. The business tradition stretched as far back as his grandfather, Hassan Galadari, who was a businessman in 1879. As a young man, Abdul Latif Galadari studied in Beirut Lebanon. Business The Galadari Brothers Group was founded by Abdul Rahim E. Galadari, Abdul Latif E. Galadari, and Abdul Wahab E. Galadari in the early 1960s. This group established a number of companies. The three brothers were also involved in the gold business, which had made them multimillionaires by the 1970s. Abdul Latif Galadari and his two brothers were well placed to take advantage of Dubai's 1970s Oil Boom. Together they started a major conglomer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdellatif Abdelhamid
Abdellatif Abdelhamid ( ar, عبد اللطيف عبد الحميد, born January 5, 1954) is a Syrian film director. His films have earned numerous awards, beginning with the Damascus International Film Festival, the Carthage Film Festival, and Rabat International Film Festival. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. Filmography * ''Umniyat'' (''Wishes'', 1983) (Documentary). * ''Aydina'' (''Our Hands'', 1982) (Documentary). * ''Layali Ibn Awa'', (''Nights of the Jackals'', 1989). * ''Rasael Shafahiyyah'' (''Verbal Letters'', 1991). * ''Suoud al-Matar'' (''The Rise of Rain'', 1994). * ''Nassim al-Roh'' (''Soul Breeze'', 1998). * ''Qamaran wa Zaytouna'' (''Two Moons and an Olive'', 2001). * ''Ma Yatlubuhu al-Musstamiun'' (''At Our Listeners’ Request'', 2003). * ''Kharej al-Taghtiya'' (''Out of Coverage'', 2007). * ''September's Rain''(2011) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdelhamid, Abdellatif Living people Syrian documentary fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Latif (restaurateur)
Abdul Latif, FRSA ( bn, আব্দুল লতিফ; 15 December 1954 – 20 January 2008) was a Bangladeshi-born British restaurateur and curry chef in Newcastle upon-Tyne who became famous nationwide because of his regular appearances in '' Viz'' magazine. He was well known for his dish "Curry Hell" introduced in 1987 a curry reputedly so hot (Latif claimed it was "the world's hottest") that it was offered for free to patrons of his Newcastle restaurant who could finish the entire meal. The dish contained four times the amount of chilli found in a typical vindaloo. Early life Latif was born near the city of Sylhet, Sylhet District, East Bengal, Pakistan (now Bangladesh). In 1969, he arrived in the United Kingdom and settled in Manchester; a racist incident one night persuaded Latif to move north to Newcastle. He was married to Neawarun, with whom he had four daughters and two sons. Career Latif's first job on Tyneside was as a waiter in a restaurant owned by a relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaal Wilkes
Jamaal Abdul-Lateef (born Jackson Keith Wilkes; May 2, 1953), better known as Jamaal Wilkes, is an American former basketball player who was a small forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time NBA All-Star, he won four NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers. Nicknamed "Silk", he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Wilkes played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He was a two-time consensus first-team All-American and won two NCAA championships under coach John Wooden. He was selected in the first round of the 1974 NBA draft by Golden State. In his first season with the Warriors, he was named the NBA Rookie of the Year and helped the team win a league title. Wilkes won three more NBA championships with the Lakers. His jersey No. 52 was retired by both the Bruins and the Lakers. Early life Jackson Keith Wilkes was born in Berkeley, California, and grew up in Ventura. He was one of five chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamil Al-Banna
Jamil Abdul Latif el-Banna (, Ǧamīl ʿAbdu 'l-Laṭīf al-Bannāʾ), born , is a Jordanian of Palestinian origin, with refugee status in the United Kingdom, who had been living in north-west London. He was abducted in November 2002 by the CIA from The Gambia while on a business trip, and suffered extraordinary rendition to Bagram, Afghanistan, where he was held and interrogated by the CIA until March 2003. He was transferred to military custody at Guantanamo Bay detainment camp in March 2003, and held there until 19 December 2007. Following his release, and subsequent return to the United Kingdom, Jamil el-Banna was arrested and questioned when arriving in London, on charges by a Spanish court. He was allowed bail. Spain dropped its charges in March 2008. The Department of Defense reports that el-Banna was born on 28 May 1962, in Jericho, West Bank. Early life and education Jamil el-Banna was born in Jericho, West Bank in 1962, after the nation of Israel was establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul-Latif Ali Al-Mayah
Abdul-Latif Ali al-Mayah (1949 or 1950 – January 19, 2004) was a humanities professor born in Basra, who became chairman of the Arab World Research and Studies Centre at Mustansiriya University and head of the Baghdad Centre for Human Rights. He was an outspoken critic of the Iraq Interim Governing Council, which was the provisional government of Iraq from 2003 to 2004, established by the US-led multinational coalition occupying Iraq, following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. He was assassinated on January 19, 2004. Academic career Abdul-Latif Ali al-Mayah taught the politics of the Arab region, and became the head of the Arab World Research and Studies Centre of Mustansiriya University. Students and colleagues said that he was an enthusiastic teacher and that he used his own money to buy computers for his classroom. Political positions Abdul-Latif Ali al-Mayah was for some time a low-level member of the Ba'ath Party. He voluntarily quit the party in 1991 due to dissatisfaction with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Latif Sharif
Abdul Latif Sharif, first name also spelled Abdel (September 19, 1947 – June 1, 2006), was an Egyptian-born American chemist and chief suspect in the Juárez killings, a decade-long murder spree that began in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez in the early 1990s. Background Childhood and youth Sharif was born into a Muslim family in Egypt as an only child. Growing up, he suffered constant sexual abuse from his father and several male relatives. Although his father was opposed to him attending school, Sharif showed signs of above-average intelligence. He also liked spending his time training carrier pigeons and going fishing in the river. When he was 12 years old, at his father's behest, he agreed to marry his 10-year-old cousin. Three years later Sharif reneged on the idea of marrying to instead travel to the United States. His family disapproved of this that anecdotally, his aunt is said to have exercised some sort of spell and witchcraft upon him. In Egypt, Sharif stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latif Rashid
Abdul Latif Rashid (; born 10 August 1944), also known as Latif Rashid () is an Iraqi Kurdish politician and the ninth president of Iraq, following the 2022 Iraqi presidential election. He was previously the Minister of Water Resources under the government of Nouri al-Maliki. Prior to that, he served in the same position under both the Iraqi Transitional Government and the Iraqi Interim Government. Rashid was formerly a spokesperson for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in the United Kingdom. He is a graduate of the University of Manchester. As Minister for Water Resources from September 2003 until December 2010, Rashid was responsible for a range of issues, including irrigation, municipal and industrial water supply, hydropower, flood control, and environmental requirements including marsh restoration. After the removal of Saddam Hussein's regime in April 2005 the Minister oversaw dramatic improvements in the management of the country's water resources. Biography Ras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Latif Siddiqui
Abdul Latif Siddiqui (born 1943) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He represented the Tangail-4 constituency for two terms in the Bangladesh Parliament. He served as the Minister of Textiles and Jute in the second Hasina ministry and Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology in the third Hasina ministry. Abdul Latif Siddiqui is the elder brother of politician Abdul Kader Siddique. Career Siddiqui served as a Jatiya Sangsad member from Tangail-4 constituency. He resigned on 1 September 2015. He served as the Jute and Textiles Minister from 2009 to 2013. In January 2014, he was appointed as the Posts and Telecommunications along with Information Communication Technology Minister in the 10th cabinet. He was sacked by Hasina because he criticised her son Joy. Controversy In March 2014, Siddiqui was reported by media to have beaten a PDB engineer with a stick, leaving him severely injured. In September 2014, Siddiqui was widely criticised for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latif Afridi
Abdul Latif Afridi (Pashto/ ur, ), also known as Latif Lala (), is a lawyer and Pashtun nationalist politician who was formerly the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. He is a senior leader of the National Democratic Movement (NDM). He was a member of the National Assembly between 1997 and 1999, the first provincial president of the Awami National Party (ANP) between 1986 and 1989, and the General Secretary of ANP between 2005 and 2007. He has also served as the president of the Peshawar High Court Bar Association and the vice-chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council. He is a supporter of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). Early life Abdul Latif Afridi was born in 1943 in Tirah, Khyber Agency. He did his Master's from Peshawar University in 1966. Two years later, he did his LLB from the same institution. He was expelled from the university for supporting Fatima Jinnah in the 1964 presidential election. In 1979, he joined the Ghaus Bux Bizenjo-led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdellatif Laabi
Abdellatif Laâbi is a Moroccan poet, journalist, novelist, playwright, translator and political activist, born in 1942 in Fes, Morocco. Laâbi, then teaching French, founded with other poets the artistic journal Souffles, an important literary review in 1966. It was considered as a meeting point of some poets who felt the emergency of a poetic stand and revival, but which, very quickly, crystallized all Moroccan creative energies: painters, film-makers, men of theatre, researchers and thinkers. It was banned in 1972, but throughout its short life, it opened up to cultures from other countries of the Maghreb and those of the Third World. Abdellatif Laâbi was imprisoned, tortured and sentenced to ten years in prison for "crimes of opinion" (for his political beliefs and his writings) and served a sentence from 1972–1980. He was, in 1985, forced into exile in France. The political beliefs that were judged criminal are reflected in the following comment, for example: "Everythin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
