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Houria
Houria or Hourya is a given name of Arabic origin. It may refer to: People Houria *Houria Affak (born 1988), Algerian footballer *Houria Aïchi, Algerian Berber singer *Houria Niati (born 1948), Algerian artist Hourya * Hourya Benis Sinaceur, Moroccan philosopher Others *'' Al-Houriya, a weekly Arabic language newspaper in Mauritania *'' O Houria'', 2010 album of Souad Massi See also *Houri In Islamic religious belief, houris (Pronounced ; from ar, حُـورِيَّـة ,حُورِيّ, ḥūriyy, ḥūrīya), "literally means having eyes with marked contrast of black and white", group=Note are women with beautiful eyes describe ... * Houri (other) * Houry {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houria Aïchi
Houria Aïchi (born in Batna) is an Algerian Berber singer of chaoui music. Aïchi sings songs that she learnt in her childhood, accompanied by bendir. Biography Born in Aurès, Houria Aïchi went to study psychology in Paris in the 1970s. While teaching sociology, she started to perform in 1985, singing traditional songs of her childhood (lullabies, love songs), accompanied by traditional instruments ( gasbâ , bendir), Her first two released albums did not open doors. Houria Aïchi also participated in the music for the film ''The Sheltering Sky'' by Bernardo Bertolucci (1990). Her third album, ''Khalwa'' (meaning ''A Mystical Retreat'') was a collaboration with which was devoted to the sacred songs of Algeria, including those of dhikr and soufi. Houria Aïchi performed both in 2008 and 2013 at the festival ''Au fil des voix'' ( fr). She performed regularly in Paris from the 1990s. After the winter season of 2017–18 in France, Houria Aïchi was invited to the "Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houria Niati
Houria Niati (born 1948) is an Algerian contemporary artist living in London. Niati specializes in mixed media installations that criticize Western representations and objectification of north African and Middle Eastern women. Her installations notably have live performances most commonly traditional Algerian music such as Raï, as a key visual representation of Niati's homeland and culture. Salah M. Hassan further details her performances, "She uses synthesizers, sound recordings, and special light effects to create a theatrical atmosphere and a vibrant magical environment of sound, body movement, and color." The installations and exhibitions join together paintings, sculptures, drawings, photos, soundtracks, and performances. Early life and career Niati grew up in French-occupied Algeria, where over one million Algerians were killed for resisting occupation. When Niati was twelve years old, she demonstrated against French colonialism with her anti-colonial graffiti, which lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Houria
''O Houria'' (اوه حرية "Oh Liberty") is the 2010 fourth album of Souad Massi. Track listing #Samira Meskina #All Remains To Be Done -duet with Francis Cabrel #Kin Kohun Alik Ebaida #Ô Houria (Liberty) #Nacera #A Letter To... Si H'med #Everything I Love #Khabar Kana #Enta Ouzahrek #Stop Pissing Me Off #A Smile #Let Me Be In Peace , feat. Paul Weller Paul John Weller (born John William Weller; 25 May 1958) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/ new wave/mod revival band the Jam (1972–1982). He had further success with the blue-eyed soul m ... References Souad Massi albums 2010 albums {{world-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houria Affak
Houria Affak (born 11 July 1988) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm .... International career Affak scored in Algeria's 1–0 win against Ghana at the 2014 African Women's Championship. References 1988 births Living people Algerian women's footballers Women's association football forwards Algeria women's international footballers 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houri (other)
A houri is a woman who will accompany faithful Muslim believers in Paradise. Houri may also refer to: People with the given name * Houri Boumedienne, alternative spelling for Houari Boumédiène (1932–1978), Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Algeria from June 1965 until December 1976 and thereafter the second President of Algeria until his death in 1978 People with the surname * Adnan Houri (born 1955), Syrian athlete *Cyril Houri (born 1969), French engineer * Hassan Houri (born 1985), Iranian footballer *Lyes Houri (born 1996), French footballer * Samy Houri (born 1985), French footballer See also * Houry (other) *Houria Houria or Hourya is a given name of Arabic origin. It may refer to: People Houria *Houria Affak (born 1988), Algerian footballer *Houria Aïchi, Algerian Berber singer *Houria Niati (born 1948), Algerian artist Hourya * Hourya Benis Sinaceur, Moro ... * Huri, Iran, a village * Huri Daraq, a village in Iran {{disambig, surname ... [...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] |
Hourya Benis Sinaceur
Hourya Sinaceur is a Moroccan philosopher. She is an expert in the theory and history of mathematics. Biography Hourya Benis was born in 1940 in Casablanca in Morocco. Sinaceur worked for Paris-Sorbonne University and the French National Centre for Scientific Research which is also in Paris, and the URS in Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati .... She has also served as a member of the National French Committee of History and Philosophy of Science (Comité National Francais d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences. Books She is the author of the book ''Corps et Modèles'' (1991), translated into English as ''Field and Models: From Sturm to Tarski and Robinson'' (Birkhauser, 2003). and of ''Functions and Generality of Logic: Reflections on Dedekind's and Frege's l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Houriya
''Al-Houriya'' ( ar, الحرية, meaning ''Freedom'') is a weekly Arabic language newspaper in Mauritania. The director of the newspaper is Mohamed Nema Oumar. Arrests On 12 June 2008, Mohamed Nema Oumar, managing editor of ''Al-Houriya'', was arrested by the Mauritanian police after he published an article on Senator El Had and his activities in Israel.Mauritania ALERT: Second Al Houriya newspaper journalist detained in a month ''Africa.gm'', 27 July 2008 Oumar was arrested at the airport on his way back from Libya where he accompanied the Mauritanian President with an accredited press badge. Mohamed Nema Oumar was detained for 30 hours, and charged two days later wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houri
In Islamic religious belief, houris (Pronounced ; from ar, حُـورِيَّـة ,حُورِيّ, ḥūriyy, ḥūrīya), "literally means having eyes with marked contrast of black and white", group=Note are women with beautiful eyes described as a reward for the faithful Muslim believers in Paradise. The term is used four times in the Quran, where they are mentioned indirectly several other times, (sometimes as ''azwāj'', lit. companions), and Hadith provide a "great deal of later elaboration". They have been said to have "captured the imagination of Muslims and non-Muslims alike". Smith & Haddad, ''Islamic Understanding'', 1981: p.164 Muslim scholars differ as to whether they refer to the believing women of this world or a separate creation, with the majority opting for the latter. Etymology In classical Arabic usage, the word ''ḥūr'' ( ar, حُور) is the plural of both ''ʾaḥwar'' ( ar, أحْوَر) (masculine) and ''ḥawrāʾ'' ( ar, حَوْراء) (feminine) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
