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Amira (name)
Amira (also spelled Emira or Ameera) Amirah (Arabic: أميرة) (Hindi: अमीरा) (Hebrew: אֲמִירָה ) is an Arabic female given name, meaning "princess ", a Hindi name meaning “princess” or “high born girl,” (derived from Arabic) and a Hebrew female given name, meaning 'treetop' or 'saying'. Variant forms include: Emira, Ameera, Ameerah, Amirah, and Meera. Usage The name sees usage mainly in North Africa, West Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. First name / given name * Amira Aisya, Malaysian politician * Amira Ben Amor, Tunisian long-distance runner * Amira Ben Chaabane, Tunisian sabre fencer * Amira Bennison, aka Kate Bennison, British historian of the Middle East, * Amira Casar, French actress * Amira Dotan, Israeli military figure, politician, former member of Knesset * Amira Edrahi, Libyan swimmer * Amira El Fadil (born 15 January, 1967), Sudanese government official * Amira Griselda Gómez, Mexican politician * Amira Hass, Israeli journali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic Language
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a 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 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 language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as 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 the language of literature, official documents, and formal written m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Hess
Amira Hess (born in 1943; Baghdad, Iraq) ( he, אמירה הס) is an Israeli poet and artist. Arriving in Israel in 1951, she first lived in an immigrant transit camp, then moved to Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ..., where she still lives today. Her first book, ''And the Moon is Dripping Madness'', was awarded the Luria Prize (named for the poet Yerucham Luria). Her other volumes of poetry in Hebrew include ''Two Horses by the Light Line'', ''The Information Eater'', ''Yovel'', and ''There is no Real Woman in Israel''. Some individual poems have been translated into English, French, German, Greek, Spanish and Russian. A collection of about seventy poems under the title ''Between Boulders of Basalt and Foundation'', was translated into English by Shay K. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Emira may refer to: * Emira Island, an island in Papua New Guinea *Lotus Emira, a British sportscar See also *Emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Masood
Amira Masood (also Shah) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Preeya Kalidas. The girlfriend, and later wife, of Syed Masood ( Marc Elliott), Amira first appeared on screen in the episode broadcast on 7 May 2009. The character was described as high maintenance, lonely and insecure. Amira and Syed's wedding on 1 January 2010 was watched by an average of 11.64 million viewers. Kalidas quit the show in January 2010 to concentrate on a career in music, filming her final scenes in March 2010. Her final episode was broadcast on 26 April 2010, after Amira discovered that her husband was gay and had been having an affair with Christian Clarke ( John Partridge). She returned on ''EastEnders'' on 10 October 2011, but appeared in two extra scenes available on BBC Online and BBC Red Button called ''Amira's Secret'', on 6 and 8 September 2011. The character departed on 8 March 2012. On 11 September 2012, it was confirmed that Kalidas would return t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ameerah Haq
Ameerah Haq is a Bangladeshi technocrat who served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Field Support, the highest-ranking Bangladeshi official at the United Nations, from April 2012 until her resignation in July 2014. Subsequently, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed her as one of the co-chairs of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations. Haq also served as the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Timor-Leste and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor (UNMIT). Haq joined the UN in 1976. In 2015, Haq was appointed as a member of the board of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), a private diplomacy organization whose mission is to help mitigate armed violence through dialogue and mediation. Previously held positions at UN 1. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for East Timor and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). 2. Deputy Special Representative of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ameera Al-Taweel
Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi ( ar, أميرة بنت عيدان بن نايف الطويل العصيمي العتيبي; born 6 November 1983) is a Saudi Arabian philanthropist and former princess. Born into a non-royal cadet branch of the Saud dynasty, Ameera was married to Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, and assumed the role of Vice Chairperson of Al-Waleed bin Talal Foundation. Al-Taweel is a member of the board of trustees at Silatech. She has advocated for women's rights in Saudi Arabia. Personal life Al-Taweel was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her father is Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi. She was raised by her divorced mother and her grandparents in Riyadh. At age 18 she met Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, a man 28 years older than her, while conducting an interview for a school paper. Eventually, they married in 2008 and were later divorced in November 2013. Since her divorce of prince Alwaleed bin Talal al Saud, she is no longer a princess and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amirah Vann
Amirah Charline Vann (born 1980) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for playing attorney Tegan Price in ''How to Get Away with Murder''. Life and career Amirah Charline Vann was born in 1980, in Queens, New York. Her father is African-American from Georgia, and her mother is Puerto Rican. Vann attended Midwood High School and then Far Rockaway High School, graduating in 1998. She then obtained her bachelor's degree from Fordham University in 2002, and a Masters of Fine Arts degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2007. Vann worked for many years in Off-Broadway theater before transitioning to film and television. Vann appeared in secondary roles in films, including ''And So It Goes'' and '' Tracers'', before her breakthrough performance as Ernestine, the head house slave of the Macon plantation, in the WGN America period drama series ''Underground'' in 2016. The series was canceled after two seasons in 2017. She later guest starred on '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Yoma
Amalia Beatriz "Amira" Yoma (born 18 August 1952) is an Argentine political advisor and restaurateur. She is best known for being the Director of Hearings in the presidential administration of her then brother-in-law Carlos Menem, and for being charged in the drug money laundering scandal which came to be called Yomagate. Her nickname "Amira" means "princess" in Arabic. She is the youngest of eight siblings, including and Zulema Yoma. Other notable members of her family are her cousin , her brother-in-law Carlos Menem, and her niece Zulema Menem. Biography From ages 6 to 20, Amira Yoma lived in Damascus, Syria, where she would learn to speak Arabic. She returned at the request of her sister Zulema. In 1983 she began working with Carlos Menem as Director of Hearings in La Rioja Province, then went on to hold a position at the provincial bank. In late 1986 she married Ibrahim al Ibrahim, and they lived in Wilde until 1989 when they moved to Buenos Aires. They divorced late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Willighagen
Amira Willighagen (born 27 March 2004) is a Dutch soprano singer who won the sixth season of '' Holland's Got Talent'' in 2013, at the age of nine. Early life Amira Willighagen speaks both Dutch and Afrikaans because she was born to a Dutch father and a South African mother whose mother tongue is Afrikaans. She grew up surrounded by classical music. At the age of seven, during a holiday in England, she heard the aria "Nessun Dorma", performed by Luciano Pavarotti. In that period she looked at her brother Fincent playing the violin, their mother Frieda also played the violin and the father Gerrit played the piano. She did not know how to play instruments, so she tried to sing vocally. At the beginning, before taking singing lessons, Willighagen learned by herself to sing opera arias, using YouTube tutorials. That's how she discovered her talent and passion for music. Even her mother was surprised when she heard her the first time singing. Two of her first public appearances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Selim
Amira Selim (born in Cairo, Egypt) is an Egyptian soprano and opera singer, based in France.Catta, Amal Choucri"Continuing discoveries", ''Al-Ahram Weekly'', Issue No. 643, 19–25 June 2003 Life Selim was born in Cairo, the daughter of pianist Marcelle Matta and painteAhmed Fouad Selim After studying piano, ballet and painting, she started voice training and Italian repertoire in Italy with soprano Gabriella Ravazzi in 1993 and graduated from the Cairo Conservatoire in 1999. In October 2001, she received a scholarship from the French Government to study with soprano Caroline Dumas at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, where she obtained the ''Diplôme supérieur de concertiste'' in 2004. In 2002, she was the first prize winner at the international competition of Orvieto, Italy. Selim started her career as a member and soloist at the Cairo Opera company in 1997 with her first leading role in Rossini’s Opera ''Il Barbiere di Siviglia'' in 1998, it was followed by a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Sartani
Amira Sartani ( he, אמירה סרטני, born 17 November 1931) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment and Mapam between 1984 and 1988. Biography Born in kibbutz Merhavia during the Mandate era, Sartani studied at the educational institute Mishmar HaEmek, before attending the Oranim teachers seminary. She later studied sociology and political science at Tel Aviv University. A member of the Executive Committee of Kibbutz Artzi, Sartani was also a member of Mapam, and joined the party's central committee in 1974. She headed the party's Women's Department and the Mapam delegation to the Na'amat women's organisation from 1976 until 1984, and from 1978 until 1982 she was also a member of the Histadrut's Executive Committee. Knesset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira (singer)
Amira Rasheed, or simply known as Amira, is a dance music singer best known for the song "My Desire" which charted three times on the UK Singles Chart, with its highest position at No. 20 in 2001. It also reached No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart for one week in its first release in December 1997, and was also the first number one Dance hit of 1998 after it climbed back to the top of the chart three weeks later in the week ending 3 January 1998. The song was produced by house music group Blaze, and each release contains numerous mixes of the song, with a popular UK garage mix by the Dreem Teem. Capital Xtra included this version in their list of "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems of All Time". Discography Singles *"Walk" (1996), Slip 'n' Slide - UK #97 *"Getaway" (1996), Easy Street Records *"What Is Love" (with Cassio & the Funky People), Easy Street Records (1997) *"My Desire" (1997), VC Recordings/Virgin Virginity is the state of a person who has never engaged in sex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
