Alam Urbach
Alam is a masculine name derived from several ancient languages including : # Arabic: (''ʿĀlam'') meaning "world" or "universe" # Hebrew: cognate word is transcribed as '' Olam'', also meaning "World" # Tagalog: ''Alam'' means "Knowledge" (Wisdom). adjective ''maalam'', is referred to for the one who is knowledgeable and wise. # Malay: ''Alam'' means "Field of interest", "nature", "realm", "world". Use "Ilmu alam" means "Natural Studies" or "Geography". # Hindi: ''Alam'' means "the whole world; world". # Urdu: ''Alam'' means "the whole world; world". Use in literature Arabic literature and ancient text, use ''Alam'' in phrases like "Rab-ul-Alam-een" = "the Lord of all Worlds/Universes" referring to The Absolute and Highest Divinity. In Hebrew, '' Olam'' is used in phrases like "Adon Olam", meaning "Master of the World," one of the names of God in Judaism. People Surname surname ("world") * Intikhab Alam (born 1941), British Indian (Pakistani) cricketer * Muhammad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Ahmed Alam
Ahmed Alam (born 16 February 1972 in Karachi) was a field hockey player and Former Hockey captain & Goalkeeper of Pakistan National Hockey Team, and captain of the Pakistan Hockey team in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References nation.com.pk* External links * * Pakistani male field hockey players Male field hockey goalkeepers 1972 births Living people Olympic field hockey players of Pakistan Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1994 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1998 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 20 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fareena Alam
Fareena Alam (born 1978) is a British journalist and program designer. She was formerly the editor of '' Q News''. Background and career Alam was born in London, England to Bangladeshi Chittagonian parents. She spent her childhood and formative years in Singapore where her father was a civil servant. During this time she was elected as the vice-president and then president of the United Nations Students' Association, National University of Singapore, for which she organised a six-month awareness campaign called ‘The Children of Bangladesh.’ The campaign highlighted the plight of the street children and she then took the campaign a stage further by leading a student delegation of 20 to carry out relief work in Bangladesh for three weeks in 1998. After graduating from university and returning to England, from 2003 to 2007, she was editor of '' Q News''. She was a freelance contributor to British and international media outlets until 2017. Her major works include a cover stor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fakrul Alam
Fakrul Alam (born 20 July 1951) is a Bangladeshi academic, writer, and translator. He writes on literary matters and postcolonial issues and translated works of Jibanananda Das and Rabindranath Tagore into English. He is the recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award (2012) in translation literature and SAARC Literary Award (2012). Early life and education Alam grew up in Ramkrishna Mission Road, Dhaka. He began his schooling at Little Jewels Kindergarten and later attended St. Joseph's School and spent his college days in Notre Dame College. He completed BA and MA in English at the University of Dhaka, earned a second master's degree from Simon Fraser University and achieved his PhD degree from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. His PhD dissertation was on works of Daniel Defoe. Academic career Alam became a faculty member at the Department of English of the University of Dhaka after the liberation war of Bangladesh. As of today, he taught at several universities aro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Faisal Alam
Faisal Alam is a gay Pakistani American man who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the cause of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Muslims. Alam arrived in the United States from Pakistan in 1987, at the age of ten, and resided in the rural middle-class town of Ellington, Connecticut. In 1997, he started an email listserv for LGBT Muslims that led to the founding of Al-Fatiha in 1998. He served as its President from 1998 until stepping down in 2004. In 2011, Alam and other LGBTQ Muslim activists were invited by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force to form a Queer Muslim Working Group to evaluate the needs of the LGBTQ Muslim community. Alam was instrumental in bringing together a diverse group of seasoned leaders to undertake this project. In 2013, the Queer Muslim Working Group launched a new organization: the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD). He is a former member of the Advisory Committee of the LGBT Progra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Didarul Alam
Didarul Alam ( bn, দিদারুল আলম) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Chittagong-4 Chittagong-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Didarul Alam of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Sitakunda Upazila and Chittagong City Corporation wards .... Early life Alam was born on 6 April 1968. He has a B.A. degree. Career Alam was elected to Parliament on 5 January 2014 from Chittagong-4 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. His supporter and Jubo League leader, Ramzan Ali, was assassinated in August 2018 in Chittagong. Ramzan was accused in a number of criminal cases. References Awami League politicians Living people 1968 births 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members People from Sandwip Upazila {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Badre Alam
Badre Alam (born 7 May 1992) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- .... References External links * 1992 births Living people Indian cricketers Mumbai cricketers People from Azamgarh {{India-cricket-bio-1992-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Badiul Alam
Prof. Dr. M. Badiul Alam (born 28 February 1949) is a Bangladeshi academic who served as the 13th vice chancellor of the University of Chittagong. Early life and career Alam was born in Nolbila, Maheshkhali, Cox's Bazar in the then East Bengal. He earned his bachelor's, master's and PhD from the University of Dhaka, University of Waterloo and University of Delhi Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) ... respectively. He served as the dean, head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Chittagong and president of Bangladesh Political Science Association. References Living people 1949 births University of Dhaka alumni University of Waterloo alumni Delhi University alumni University of Chittagong faculty Vice-Chancellors of the University of Chi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ava Alam
Ava Alam (1947–1976) was a Bangladeshi classical singer and music teacher. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1978 by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life and career Ava was born in Madaripur town in the 26 December 1947. Her father name Haripada De. Her real name Ava De. When she married Tariqul Alam, a reputed lyricist in 1964 then she became known as Ava Alam. Ava took music lesson from Mithun De and her father. Since 1959 when she was student of class eight she took part in classical music programs at the Dhaka center of Radio Pakistan. When the television service was launched in Dhaka, she was praised for playing classical music on TV. Surprised all the audience by performing one-hour long "''Puria Dhaneshri''" Raga while she attending the All Pakistan Music Conference. She also performed on different occasions in West Pakistan and India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Asadollah Alam
Asadollah Alam ( fa, اسدالله علم; 24 July 1919 – 14 April 1978) was an Iranian politician who was prime minister during the Shah's regime from 1962 to 1964. He was also minister of Royal Court, president of Pahlavi University and governor of Sistan and Baluchestan Province. Early life Alam was born on 24 July 1919 in Birjand and was educated at a British school in Iran. By a royal order from Reza Shah, Alam married Malektaj, the daughter of Qavam Al-Molk Shirazi. The son of Qavam ol-molk was then married to a sister of the Shah, Ashraf Pahlavi. Shortly after deposing the Qajar dynasty, Reza Shah intended to unite Iran's non-Qajar nobility through inter-marriage. At the age of 26, he was appointed governor of Sistan and Baluchestan Province. At the age of 29, he became Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of Mohammad Sa'ed. He early displayed what an American acquaintance describes as a combination of native toughness and Y.M.C.A. dedication. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arish Alam
Arish Alam (born 19 November 1986) is an Indian cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Uttar Pradesh. He was a batsman, and off break bowler. Career In 2004, Alam represented the Central team in the Hemu Adhikari Memorial inter-Academy cricket tournament. He made his first-class debut for Uttar Pradesh against Haryana in a 2005/06 Ranji Trophy match; Alam scored 19 and 13. In 2011, he represented Unity Cricket Club in the SS Hussain Memorial State Cricket Tournament match; in the final against Lucknow Cricket Academy, Alam scored 63, and took 3/27. Alam was also awarded the "Man of the Series" award for the tournament. In the 2012–13 Ranji Trophy, Alam scored centuries in matches for Uttar Pradesh against Baroda and Vidarbha Vidarbha (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, id̪əɾbʱə is a geographical region in the east of the Indian state of Maharashtra and a Proposed states and union territories of India#Maharashtra, proposed state of central India, comprising t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ammad Alam
Ammad Alam (born 3 October 1998) is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his first-class debut for United Bank Limited in the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 27 October 2017. In December 2017, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his List A debut for Sui Southern Gas Company in the 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam One Day Cup The 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam One Day Cup was the first edition of the Quaid-e-Azam One Day Cup, a List A cricket tournament that took place in Pakistan from 6 September to 4 November 2018. Each match was played after the conclusion of the corresp ... on 22 September 2018. References External links * 1998 births Living people Pakistani cricketers Sui Southern Gas Company cricketers United Bank Limited cricketers {{Pakistan-cricket-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |