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Marjan (name)
Marjan is a Dutch and Iranian version of the feminine given name Marianne. The Iranian feminine given name also means "coral" ( :wikt:مرجان). Marjan ( sr, Марјан) is also a Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian and Serbian version of the masculine given name Marius. It also appears as a masculine name in Muslim countries like Bahrein or Sri Lanka. People with this name include: ;Feminine name * Marjan (singer) (born 1948), Iranian singer and actress * Marjan Ackermans-Thomas (born 1942), Dutch pentathlete *Marjan Borsjes (born 1957), Dutch photographer *Marjan Davari (born 1966), imprisoned Iranian researcher, translator and writer * Marjan Haydaree, Afghan footballer * Marjan Jahangiri (born 1962) British professor of cardiac surgery * Marjan Janus (born 1952), Dutch swimmer * Marjan Jonkman (born 1994), Dutch fashion model * Marjan Kalhor (born 1988), Iranian alpine skier * Marjan Kamali, Iranian-born writer, author of ''The Stationery Shop'' and ''Together Tea''. *Marja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjan Al-Katib Al-Islami
Marjan al-Katib al-Islami (Persian: Marjan Kateb Islami) a famous female Iranian calligrapher who lived in Safavid Persia under 17th century. She was active in the period around 1670. Works In August 2005 a copy of Koran transcribed by Marjan al-Kateb al-Islami was on display at the Astan-e Qods Razavi Museum in Mashhad. The holy verses were transcribed with a unique style of calligraphy and illumination on 20 x 31.5 centimeter sheets of Samarkand fa, سمرقند , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from the top:Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zinda, ... paper. References and notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Marjan Al-Katib Al-Islami Iranian calligraphers 17th-century Iranian painters Women calligraphers 17th-century calligraphers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjan Op Den Velde
Marjan op den Velde (born 9 January 1971) was a Dutch water polo player. She was a member of the Netherlands women's national water polo team. She competed with the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was also part of the national team at the 1991 World Aquatics Championship, 1998 World Aquatics Championships, 1999 Women's European Water Polo Championship and 1999 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup. See also * List of world champions in women's water polo * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo. Men Medalists by tournament ;Abbreviation and legend * * – Host team * † – ''Defunct team'' * (C) – Captain * (GK) – Goalkeeper * (LH) – Left-handed Multiple ... References External links * 1971 births Living people Dutch female water polo players Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Za ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjan Vahdat
Mahsa Vahdat (in Persian مهسا وحدت) (born 29 October 1973, Tehran, Iran) is a Persian classical and world music vocalist. Mahsa Vahdat's music style is contemporary expression inspired by old traditional and folk and regional music of Persia/Iran that she developed for many years and it is the result of work with many musicians from Iran and other countries. She writes most of her songs. In her music she also developed dialogue between other cultures in a high artistic quality and she got a huge response internationally. The text of her work is mostly from classical and contemporary Persian poetry such as the works by Hafez and Rumi. She has released materials with her sister Marjan Vahdat (in Persian مرجان وحدت). as in albums ''Songs from a Persian Garden'', ''I Am Eve'' and ''Twinklings of Hope''. Life After learning to play piano, she studied traditional Persian singing under Pari Meleki and Mehdi Fallah. She also studied setar with Ramin Kakavand and Maso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjan Unger
Marianne de Boer, later known as Marjan Unger (11 February 1946 – 27 June 2018), was a Dutch art historian. She acquired a public reputation as the author of a standard work on Dutch jewelry and as a jewelry collector. Life and work Early life and education Marianne de Boer was born into an entrepreneurial family exactly nine months after the liberation. She was born and grew up at Bussum, a small town located between Amsterdam and Utrecht, and close to the ( subsequently reclaimed) southern part of the Zuiderzee. Marianne was one of three children in the family: her father was a contractor for the hydraulic engineering sector. At school she excelled in Mathematics. She studied Industrial Design at the Arts and Crafts Academy (''"Kunstrijverheidschool"'', but subsequently renamed) in Amsterdam between 1964 and 1967, but never completed her course. It was here that she met the artist-designer Gerard Unger whom she married in 1968. At the academy she suffered terribl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjan Smit
Marjan Smit (born September 29, 1975, in Breda) is a Dutch softball player, who represents the Dutch national team in international competitions.Athlete biography: Marjan Smit beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 16, 2008 Smit played for , Zwijndrecht and since 2004 she is back at the Twins. She is an and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjan Shaki
Marjan may refer to: Places * Marjan, Croatia, Croatia, a hill on the peninsula of the city of Split * Marjan, Albania, a village in the Gorë municipality, Korçë District, Albania * Marjan, Alborz, a village in Iran * Marjan, Fars, a village in Iran * Marjan, Isfahan, a village in Iran * Marjan island, an archipelago located in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates * Marjan, Kerman, a village in Iran * Marjan Babamorad, a village in Iran * Marjan Gomar, a village in Iran * Marjan Qeytul, a village in Iran * Margown, a city in Iran * Maryanaj, a city in Iran * Morad Jan, a village in Iran Other uses * ''Marjan'' (film), 1956 Iranian film * Marjan (name), a given name (includes a list of people with the name) ** Marjan (singer), Iranian pre-revolutionary actress and singer * Marjan (lion), who once lived in the Kabul Zoo See also * * * Marjane (other) Marjane may refer to: People *Léo Marjane (1912-2016), French singer *Marjane Satrapi (born 1969), Iranian-born F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjan Schwegman
Maria Janna "Marjan" Schwegman (born 20 February 1951, Middenmeer) is a Dutch historian who was managing director of the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies from March 2007 to 18 February 2016. Besides that, she is a professor in Politics and Culture in the 20th century at the faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University. From 2003 to 2007 Marjan Schwegman was managing director of the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome. Previously she worked at the University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, Maastricht University and Utrecht University. In Utrecht she was ''bijzonder hoogleraar'' (endowed professor) women's history. She was part of the ''Commissie-Davids'' (an independent commission supervised by jurist Willibrord Davids) which looked into the decision-making process for the Dutch support in the Iraq War. On 18 February 2016 Jet Bussemaker decorated her with the title ''officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau''. (officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau The Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjan Sax
Marjan Sax (born 26 December 1947) is a Dutch feminist lesbian activist, member of Dolle Mina and co-founder of a number of feminist organisations, ethical bank Mama Cash among them. Sax is also an advisor for charity organisations. Life Sax was born in Amsterdam and studied politics at the University of Amsterdam. She was teamleader at the Open School in the North of Amsterdam from April 1977 to 1981. After that she worked as a researcher at the Foundation ''Vrouw & Media'' from March 1983 until June 1986, where she studied the position of female journalists at Dutch newspaper publishers. Sax has worked as an independent advisor for charities since 2003. She is a writer and is a board member for several organisations. In 2003 Sax read the Mosse Lecture, titled ''Naar een nieuwe seksuele revolutie'' (''Towards a new sexual revolution''). Activism Sax was active in Dolle Mina and was the co-founder of various feminist organisations: the ''Vrouwenhuis'' in Amsterdam in 1973, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjan Salahshouri
Marjan Salahshouri ( fa, مرجان سلحشوری, born 12 October 1996) is an Iranian taekwondo practitioner. She represented Iran at the 2018 Asian Games and claimed a silver medal in the women's poomsae individual event. This medal was only the second medal to be received by Iran on the opening day of the 2018 Asian Games. Marjan Salahshouri also notably claimed a World Poomsae Championship bronze medal in 2016 before clinching a gold medal in the individual poomsae event and a bronze medal in the women's team event during the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games ( tk, Ýapyk binalarda we söweş sungaty boýunça V Aziýa oýunlary/Япык биналарда ве сөвеш сунгаты боюнча V Азия оюнлары), which is also counted as the 5 .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salahshouri, Marjan 1996 births Living people Iranian female taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjan Ridder
Marjan Ridder (born Marjan Luesken 3 May 1953, in Haarlem) is a retired badminton player of the Netherlands. Career Ridder won 17 Dutch National Badminton Championships, Dutch titles. Internationally she was most successful in women's doubles, usually partnered with Joke van Beusekom, winning at the (first) European Junior Badminton Championships, European Youth Championships in 1969, the Denmark Open in 1972 and 1975, the List of Irish International champions in badminton, Irish International in 1975, and the Dutch Open (badminton), Dutch Open in 1977. She and Van Beusekom further earned bronze at the 1974, and 1978 European Badminton Championships, European Championships, and silver at the (first) 1977 IBF World Championships, World Championships in 1977 in Malmö. With her partner Rob Ridder she won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the 1976 European Badminton Championships, 1976 and 1978 European Badminton Championships Family She is married to Rob Ridder, whose sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Oudeman
Maria Johanna (Marjan) Oudema (born 1958) was president of Utrecht University until 2017. As of 2018, she was also a director of the Concertgebouw, the Rijksmuseum, Solvay SA, Aalberts (then Aalberts Industries) and SHV Holdings and was a director of Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor (formerly Statoil) from 2012 until 2018. She was previously a member of the executive committee of Akzo Nobel and executive director Strip Products Division at Corus Group (now Tata Steel Europe). She has a law degree from the University of Groningen and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Rochester ( New York) and Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam (abbreviated as ''EUR'', nl, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam ) is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century humani .... References 1958 births Dutch business executives Equinor people Rijksmus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
