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Afrah
{{Short description, Afrah also means white Afrah or Afraah (Arabic: أَفْرَاح, ''afrāḥ'') is an Arabic female given name meaning "joyful, happiness, gladness, delight, pleasure, merriment, exhiliration", "high spirits, joy (delight) of the chest" and is also the literal word for "wedding". The name is the plural or the superlative form of the name Farah. People with this name include: *Afrah Gomdi, Tunisian Paralympic athlete *Afrah Nasser, Yemeni journalist *Abdullahi Afrah (died 2008), Somali leader in the Union of Islamic Courts *Abdulahi Ahmed Afrah, Somali politician *Mohamed Afrah Hassan (1974–2019), Maldivian film actor and producer known as Mohamed Afrah *Mohamed Afrah Qanyare (born c. 1941), Somali warlord *Hussein Kulmiye Afrah (1920–1993), Vice president of Somalia 1969–1991 *Muktar Hussein Afrah, Somali army officer *afrah farheen {{Short description, Afrah also means white Afrah or Afraah (Arabic: أَفْرَاح, ''afrāḥ'') is an Arabic female g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Afrah
Mohamed Afrah Hassan, commonly known as Mohamed Afrah (17 January 1974 – 7 April 2019) was a Maldivian film actor and producer. Career Afrah was featured in the most successful Maldivian film of 2000, Ahmed Nimal's horror classic ''Zalzalaa'', where he played the traumatized son observing supernatural events in his family. The film follows a man who lost his life and endangering his whole family while being lured by a female spirit sent off to complete an unfulfilled prophecy. Afrah's first release in 2001 was Ali Shameel's drama film ''Hithi Nimun'', starred alongside Mariyam Nisha, Mohamed Shavin and Sheereen Abdul Wahid, which follows the storyline of a stubborn young man (played by Shavin) who abandons his girlfriend when he discovers about her pregnancy. In his second release of the year, Afrah was featured in Aslam Rasheed's romantic thriller film ''Dheevaanaa'' (2001) which was an unofficial remake of Ram Gopal Varma's romantic thriller ''Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya'' (2001) starr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullahi Afrah
Abdullahi Ali Afrah, born in Somalia, was a Canadian immigrant who returned to Mogadishu as a leader in the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). He was killed 1 July 2008 in a battle with the Ethiopian troops in Matabaan, Hiiraan, Somalia. Shephard, Michelle. Toronto StarCanadian insurgent 'Asparo' killed in Somalia July 3, 2008 Early life Afrah was born in Ceelgaras, Somalia. He left there with his parents to Mogadishu when he was five years old. After he got his master's degree, Asparo moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he stayed for ten more years. Education Afrah got his bachelor's degree in Agricultural from Lafoole University in 1983, and his master's degree in Crop science from Texas Tech University in 1986.Evaluat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrah Farheen
{{Short description, Afrah also means white Afrah or Afraah ( Arabic: أَفْرَاح, ''afrāḥ'') is an Arabic female given name meaning "joyful, happiness, gladness, delight, pleasure, merriment, exhiliration", "high spirits, joy (delight) of the chest" and is also the literal word for " wedding". The name is the plural or the superlative form of the name Farah. People with this name include: * Afrah Gomdi, Tunisian Paralympic athlete * Afrah Nasser, Yemeni journalist * Abdullahi Afrah (died 2008), Somali leader in the Union of Islamic Courts * Abdulahi Ahmed Afrah, Somali politician *Mohamed Afrah Hassan (1974–2019), Maldivian film actor and producer known as Mohamed Afrah *Mohamed Afrah Qanyare Mohamed Qanyare Afrah ( so, Maxamed Qanyare Afrax, ar, محمد افراح قنياري}(1941) was a Somali faction leader and politician who was based south of Mogadishu in the Daynile District. He came in third position in Somalia's first el ... (born c. 1941), Somali war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrah Nasser
Afrah Nasser () is an independent Yemeni journalist, living in exile in Sweden since 2011. Her reporting on Yemen's political affairs has been published in international publications including the ''Huffington Post'', CNN, Al Jazeera English and ''The National''. In 2015 ''Arabian Business'' listed Nasser as the 15th most powerful Arab under 40. Nasser won the Dawit Isaak Prize in 2014, and the Pennskaft Award in 2016. In 2017, she won the International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an American independent non-profit, non-governmental organization, based in New York City, New York, with correspondents around the world. CPJ promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journa .... References Yemeni political journalists Living people Swedish journalists Year of birth missing (living people) Yemeni emigrants to Sweden 21st-century Yemeni journalists {{Yemen-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussein Kulmiye Afrah
Hussein Kulmiye Afrah ( so, Xuseen Kulmiye Afrax, ar, أفراح حسين) (1920 – 1993) was Vice President of Somalia in the era of Siad Barre between 1972 and 1990. He was also a member of the Supreme Revolutionary Council. Post Civil War Following the outbreak of the civil war in 1991, Kulmiye among other Hawiye Officers were not arrested nor expelled from Mogadishu. However General Kulmiye was known for his honest straight talk against the USC militias as a clan group incapable of uniting Somalia. Kulmiye did not participate in the civil war in 1991. See also * Siad Barre *Muhammad Ali Samatar *Abdirizak Mohamud Abubakar Abdirizak Mohamud Abubakar (born in 1937 – died in 1997 in Salt Lake City, Utah) was one of the first Somali teachers in Galkayo School along with his uncle Abdullah Abubakar. Abdirizak Mohamud Abubakar educated many Somali students in both Ital ... * Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed References * 1920 births 1993 deaths Vice presidents of Somali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Afrah Qanyare
Mohamed Qanyare Afrah ( so, Maxamed Qanyare Afrax, ar, محمد افراح قنياري}(1941) was a Somali faction leader and politician who was based south of Mogadishu in the Daynile District. He came in third position in Somalia's first election as a federal country on 10 October 2004 and subsequently appointed as Public Security Minister in the government of Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Gedi, He served as Minister of Security in 2006 but was dismissed after ignoring calls by the Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi to stop fighting forces of the Islamist Courts. He continued to participate actively in Somali political affairs being reelected to the first post transitional federal parliament of Somalia as a member of parliament, he resigned from his seat representing his (Murusade) clan in the summer of 2013, his seat in the Federal Parliament of Somalia was taken over by his son Cabdiweli Mohamed Qanyare. Personal life Mohamed Qanyare Afrah joined the Somali Police Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrah Gomdi
Afrah Gomdi is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F40 throwing events. Afrah competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ... where she won gold medals in both the F40 javelin and shot put and picked up the silver in the F40 discus. References External links * profile on paralympic.org Paralympic athletes for Tunisia Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Tunisia Paralympic silver medalists for Tunisia Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Tunisian female javelin throwers Tunisian female shot putters Tunisian female discus throwers Paralympic medalists in athletics (track an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muktar Hussein Afrah
General Muktar Hussein Afrah ( so, Mukhtaar Xuseen Afrax) is an officer in the army of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia. He was commander of forces in Beledweyne after the Battle of Beledweyne. On January 7, 2007 he was arrested by Ethiopian troops for releasing Islamic Court Union (ICU) leader Sheik Farah Moalim Mohammed, based on the written authority of local elders, setting off controversy and violent protests. Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...n troops demanded the ICU leader be turned over to them. He was released on January 10, 2010. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Afrah, Muktar Hussein Living people Somalian military leaders Ethnic Somali people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Beledweyne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdulahi Ahmed Afrah
Abdulahi Ahmed Afrah is a Somali politician who hails from the Waesle clan (an Abgaal subclan). In June 2007, he escaped an assassination attempt in northern Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port .... References Living people Somalian politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Somalia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farah (name)
Farah or Farrah is a feminine and occasionally masculine given name in Arabic, Persian or Urdu. Arabic Farah (Arabic: فَرَح , ''faraḥ'') is an Arabic female given name and sometimes male given name meaning "happiness, joy, gladness, gleefulness, joyful, joyfulness, merriment, rejoice" The name is based on the Arabic root ف ر ح (f-r-ḥ), variants from the root are: * Faruh/ Farouh (Arabic: فَرُوح, ''farūḥ'') - male given name * Farhat/ Farhaat (Arabic: فَرْحَات, ''farḥāt'') - male given name (but the written form is in the female plural form), the female form below is Farhah. * Farhan/ Farhaan (Arabic: فَرْحَان, ''farḥān'') - male given name * Afrah/ Afraah (Arabic: أَفْرَاح, ''afrāḥ'') - female given name in the plural or superlative form * Fariha/ Fareeha (Arabic: فَرِيحَة, ''farīḥah'') - female given name * Farhah (Arabic: فَرْحَة, ''farḥah'') - female given name, the female form of Farhaat above * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arabs, Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard Prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as First language, mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedding
A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. Most wedding ceremonies involve an exchange of marriage vows by a couple, presentation of a gift (offering, rings, symbolic item, flowers, money, dress), and a public proclamation of marriage by an authority figure or Celebrant (Australia), celebrant. Special wedding garments are often worn, and the ceremony is sometimes followed by a wedding reception. Music, poetry, prayers, or readings from religious texts or literature are also commonly incorporated into the ceremony, as well as Wedding superstitions, superstitious customs. Common elements across cultures Some cultures have adopted the traditional Western custom of the white wedding, in which a bride wears a white wedding dress and veil. This tradition was popularized through the marriage of Queen Victoria. Some say Victoria's choice of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
