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Farhan (name)
Farhan or Farhaan (Persian: فرحان ''farḥān'') is a name of Persian origin meaning "happy, joyful, blessed, happy, delightful, rejoicing, merry, inclined to hopefulness". The name is the male variant from the female stem given name Farah, and is widely used in West Asia, North Africa and SouthEast Asia. Notable people with these names include: Farhan *Farhan Akhtar (born 1974), Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, playback singer and television host *Farhan Farhan (born 1996), Bahraini swimmer *Farhan Khan (actor) (born 1983), Indian actor *Farhan Lalji, Canadian sports reporter *Farhan Nizami, South Asian historian *Farhan Saeed (born 1984), Pakistani singer-songwriter and actor * Farhan Saleh (born 1947), Lebanese writer and militant *Farhan Zaidi (born 1976), Canadian-American baseball executive of Pakistani descent Farhaan * Farhaan Behardien (born 1983), South African cricketer * Farhaan Faasil, stage name of Ismail Fazil (born 1990), Indian actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964) and Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. It is written officially within Iran and Afghanistan in the Persian alphabet, a derivation of the Arabic script, and within Tajikistan in the Tajik alphabet, a der ... [...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] |
West Asia
Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of the larger geographical region of Asia, as defined by some academics, UN bodies and other institutions. It is almost entirely a part of the Middle East, and includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Armenian Highlands, the Levant, the island of Cyprus, the Sinai Peninsula, and partly the Caucasus Region (Transcaucasia). The region is considered to be separated from Africa by the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt, and separated from Europe by the waterways of the Turkish Straits and the watershed of the Greater Caucasus. Central Asia lies to its northeast, while South Asia lies to its east. Twelve seas surround the region (clockwise): the Aegean Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba, the Gulf of Suez, and the Mediterranean Sea. Western Asia covers an area of , with a pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in the west, to Egypt's Suez Canal. Varying sources limit it to the countries of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia, a region that was known by the French during colonial times as "''Afrique du Nord''" and is known by Arabs as the Maghreb ("West", ''The western part of Arab World''). The United Nations definition includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, and the Western Sahara, the territory disputed between Morocco and the Sahrawi Republic. The African Union definition includes the Western Sahara and Mauritania but not Sudan. When used in the term Middle East and North Africa (MENA), it often refers only to the countries of the Maghreb. North Africa includes the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla, and plazas de s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SouthEast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and north-west of mainland Australia. Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and the Bay of Bengal, to the east by Oceania and the Pacific Ocean, and to the south by Australia (continent), Australia and the Indian Ocean. Apart from the British Indian Ocean Territory and two out of atolls of Maldives, 26 atolls of Maldives in South Asia, Maritime Southeast Asia is the only other subregion of Asia that lies partly within the Southern Hemisphere. Mainland Southeast Asia is completely in the Northern Hemisphere. East Timor and the southern portion of Indonesia are the only parts that are south of the Equator. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farhan Akhtar
Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, playback singer, producer, and television host who works in Hindi films. Born in Mumbai to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he grew up under the influence of the Indian film industry. Akhtar, after establishing a production company named Excel Entertainment along with Ritesh Sidhwani in 1999, made his directorial debut with ''Dil Chahta Hai'' (2001) and received widespread critical acclaim for portraying modern Indian youth in the film, which won the National Award for Best Hindi Film and the Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics). Following this, he directed the cult war film '' Lakshya'' (2004) and made his Hollywood debut through the soundtrack of '' Bride and Prejudice'' (2004), for which he and sister Zoya Akhtar served as lyricists. Next came the commercially successful ''Don'' (2006), his third directorial venture, post which he directed a short film titled ''Positive'' (2007) t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farhan Farhan
Farhan Farhan (born 24 October 1996) is a Bahraini swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. After placing 58th in the heats, he did not qualify for the semifinals. He was the flag bearer for Bahrain during the Parade of Nations The Olympic Games ceremonies of the Ancient Olympic Games were an integral part of these Games; the modern Olympic games have opening, closing, and medal ceremonies. Some of the elements of the modern ceremonies date back to the Ancient Games from .... References External links * 1996 births Living people Bahraini male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Bahrain Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Bahrain-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farhan Khan (actor)
Farhan Khan is an Indian model and television actor. He is mostly known for his brief role in Sony TV's '' Chhanchhan''. Overview Farhan Khan was born in Burhanpur. He comes from a family of people with a film, TV and stage background. His grandfather was a distributor and film publicist and his father is a theatre artiste, a film and TV producer and a documentary filmmaker. His uncle is an established producer and also makes documentaries edits of education, and his brother Tabrez Khan is a director of TV shows like ''Bhagyavidhaata'' among others. His older brother and mother are both writers. Career Khan's first television role was the male lead in Sony Entertainment Television Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel, that was launched on 30 September 1995, and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese Sony. SET India's ...'s show, '' Chhanchhan'' it failed to gain rat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farhan Lalji
Farhan Lalji is a Vancouver-based sports reporter and the Vancouver Bureau Reporter for TSN's SportsCentre. He previously anchored ''SportsDesk'' between 1997 and 2000. Career Lalji joined TSN in 1997 as an anchor of TSN's flagship sports news program, SportsCentre (then ''SportsDesk''). He currently covers the Canucks, Lions, and Whitecaps FC, as well as other sports stories from around the Vancouver area as SportsCentre's Vancouver Bureau Reporter. He has reported from many of the biggest sporting events in North America, including the Stanley Cup Final, NBA Finals, Grey Cup, MLB and NBA All-Star Games, golf's U.S. Open and PGA Championship, and the 2004, 2006, and 2010 Olympic Games. Lalji is also a regular contributor on TSN 1040 radio and a fill-in sports anchor at CTV Vancouver. Prior to joining TSN, Lalji worked as a sports and weekend news anchor for the CBC from 1995 to 1997, and a producer and reporter on the ‘Sports Machine’ at CKWX Radio in Vancouver. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farhan Nizami
Farhan Nizami CBE, is a historian of South Asia. Early life and education Nizami is the youngest of five children of the late K. A. Nizami and late Razia Nizami. Nizami completed his B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. in history at Aligarh Muslim University with a first class. He was awarded the University Medal, and the Khursheed Nurul Hasan Gold Medal in 1977. He was a National Scholar at the Centre for Advanced Study in History (1977–79) and the recipient of the University Medal in 1979. He completed his D.Phil. in modern history at Wadham College on an Oxford Overseas Scholarship in 1983. During 1982–83 he was elected to the Frere Exhibition. Career Academic He is the founder-director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and Prince of Wales Fellow in the study of the Islamic World, Magdalen College, Oxford. From 1983 he has been a Fellow of St Cross College, where he has also been Rothman's Fellow in Muslim History, subsequently fellow in Islamic studies, and is currently em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farhan Saeed
Farhan Saeed Butt is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor, music video director, and entrepreneur. Saeed is the former lead vocalist of the Pakistani band Jal and owns the restaurant ''Cafe Rock'' in Lahore. He sings in Urdu and Punjabi. Personal life Farhan Saeed Butt was born into a Punjabi Kashmiri family. Both his parents are practicing doctors. A music fan from the very start, he used to listen to Vital Signs and Junoon and centred his music around pop, and at times folk. In his teens, he took A-level from Keynesian Institute of Management and Sciences (KIMS) and then enrolled for Computer sciences at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, after which he discovered his future band members in Atif Aslam and Goher Mumtaz. The band took off and became famous across Asia. In 2011, reports broke out that he had parted his ways from Jal, which left his fans stunned. He pursued a solo career and became regular to feature in Bollywood. Saeed opened ''Cafe Rock'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farhan Saleh (writer)
Farhan Osman Saleh (Arabic: فرحان صالح) is a writer, researcher and militant from Lebanon. He was born in 1947, in the town of Kfarchouba in southern Lebanon. He is known for politically supporting Arab nations involved in the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Saleh has published several books on politics, social, history and culture, as well as publishing writing and research in Lebanese and Arab newspapers and magazines. He has also contributed to the establishment of a house for the dissemination of enlightening and modernist thought, a cultural magazine, and a seminar for cultural dialogue with a group of thinkers and intellectuals in Lebanon and the Arab world. Early life Farhan was born on 11 September 1947 in the town of Kfarchouba, in the Hasbaya District of the Nabatieh Governorate. His southern village overlooks Galilee in Palestine, and from the opposite side the Syrian Golan. Since his childhood, he has been aware of the Nakba and the diaspora of the Palesti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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