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Marka
Marka may refer to: Places * Marka (river), Lower Saxony, Germany * Marka, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province * Marka, Malawi a town in Nsanje District * Marka district, Jordan * Marka refugee camp, a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan * Marka International Airport, an alternative name for Amman Civil Airport in Jordan * Marka, Oslo, the area surrounding Oslo, Norway * Marka (launch site), a missile launch site in Norway * Merca (Somali: ''Marka''), a port city in Somalia Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark (''konvertibilna marka''), the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Polish mark (''marka polska''), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924 People * Marka people, a people of Mali in Western Africa * Marka Gjoni (1861–1925), Albanian chieftain * Marka (singer) (born 1961), Belgian singer, songwriter, composer and film-maker Serge Van Laeken * Saskia Marka (born 1975), German film title designer * Sebas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Marka
Sebastian Marka (born 1978 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a German film director and editor. Life and work Sebastian Marka was born in Geneva in 1978 and grew up in Königsbach-Stein near Karlsruhe. After completing his Zivildienst (alternative civilian service), Marka began studying at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in 2001 and graduated in 2005 with a degree in ''Film & Media''. While still being a student, Marka began working as a film editor. He edited commercials, short- and feature films. After graduating, he continued his editing work and was responsible for editing several Television productions such as Unschuldig or 100 Code, an internationally co-produced Swedish crime drama series. In 2010 Marka's short film - thriller Interview was released, for which he received many awards at German and international film festivals. Due to the success of his short film ''Interview'' he received his first directing assignments. After directing five episodes of the German TV s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marka (singer)
Serge Van Laeken (born 27 May 1961 in Watermael-BoitsfortSerge Van Laeken, biodata (in French language)Marka: ‘Ik heb de naam van een saucisse’ (in Dutch language)), known as Marka, is a singer, songwriter, composer and film-maker. Early life Serge van Laeken was born into a Flemish family and grew up in the bilingual Brussels municipality of |
Saskia Marka
Saskia Marka (née Rüter; born 1975) is a German film title designer, known for her work on the TV series ''Babylon Berlin'', '' The Queen's Gambit'', ''Deutschland 83'', ''Deutschland 86'' and ''Deutschland 89''. Life and work Marka studied communication design at the ''Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design'' (Muthesius Kunsthochschule) in Kiel. After receiving her diploma there, she went on to study ''Film & TV Design'' (today: Motion Design) at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg in 2000, which Marka also completed with a diploma in 2003. Since then she has been working as a freelancer and has designed title sequences, opening and closing credits for many German and international films and television series. Marka also designed the artwork for several German feature films and series. In 2010, she became the first German title designer to receive the ''Certificate Of Typographic Excellence'' from the Type Directors Club of New York for her title design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marka Gjoni
Kapidan Marka Gjoni (1861–1925) was the chieftain of the Mirdita region and tribe in North Albania. He was born in Orosh. He was made ''Kaymakam'' of Mirdita by the Ottoman Empire during the absence of Prenk Bib Doda, who was interned in Anatolia due to his participation in the Albanian League of Prizren. With the death of Prenk Bib Doda, who had no male heirs, the Gjonmarkaj lineage passed to Marka Gjoni. Marka Gjoni's initial attempt to claim the title ''Kapedan'' was fraught with difficulties because many of the leaders of Mirdita refused to recognise him, but in time he earned their respect. In 1889, alongside Mons. Doci of Orosh, and at the request of some Catholics in Shkodra, Kapedan Marka Gjoni convinced the Monsignor to conduct the first mass at the church of Our Lady of Shkodra in Bachallek, which had remained closed since Shkodra fell in the hands of the Turks in 1479. Thus on April 26, 1889, exactly 410 years later, Mons. Doci administered the first Holy Mass. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marka People
The Marka (also Marka Dafing, Meka, or Maraka) people are a Mande people of northwest Mali. They speak the Marka language, a Manding language. History Muslim merchant communities at the time of the Bambara Empire, the Maraka largely controlled the desert-side trade between the sahel communities and nomadic berber tribes who crossed the Sahara. The Bambara integrated Maraka communities into their state structure, and Maraka trading posts and plantations multiplied in the Segu based state and its Kaarta vassals in the 18th and early 19th centuries. When the pagan Bambara empire was defeated by the Maraka's fellow Muslim Umar Tall Hadji Oumarûl Foutiyou Tall (Umar ibn Sa'id al-Futi Tal, ar, حاج عمر بن سعيد طعل), ( – 1864 CE), born in Futa Tooro, present day Senegal, was a West African political leader, Islamic scholar, Tijani Sufi and Toucouleur ... in the 1850s, the Maraka's unique trade and landholdings concessions suffered damage from which they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marka, Malawi
Marka is a town located in Nsanje District in Malawi. It is the southernmost location in the country, serving as a border post for road and rail control between Malawi and Mozambique. The Nation. 19 June 2021. The Mozambican town of Vila Nova de Fronteira is conurbed with Marka. In addition, Marka is part of a large conurbation zone that extends northwards, passing through the city of to the city of Bangula. Transport The M1 road is the main sour ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publishing And Trade Centre "Marka"
Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Publishing and Trading Center " Marka " provides publishing and distribution of postage stamps - stamps, booklets, ASE, marked cards, wire forms, FDC and special cancellation postmarks. The range of products also includes postcards and philatelic collections. History History of Publishing and Trade Center "Marka" begins with 1857, when at the main post office was founded Branded expedition and issued a circular Postal Department "On the introduction of postage stamps for public use", but then in December 1857, and in some provinces went on sale first grade . On January 1, 1858, began their official application for payment of simple written correspondence on the territory of Russia. Description Publishing and Trading Centre "Marka" provides the population of Russia the state signs of postal payment, ASE and cards, various kinds of philatelic products. The company also manufactures special postage stamp that has the original exterior design: dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merca
Merca ( so, Marka, Maay Maay, Maay: ''Marky'', ar, مركة) is a historic port city in the southern Lower Shebelle province of Somalia. It is located approximately to the southwest of the nation's capital Mogadishu. Merca is the traditional home territory of the Bimaal, Bimal clan and was the center of the Bīmāl Revolt, Bimal Revolt or Bīmāl revolt, Merka Revolt.http://www.landinfo.no/asset/2736/1/2736_1.pdf Marka is the traditional home territory of the Dir clan Biimaal (Lewis 2008, p. 5). History Antiquity The city of Essina is believed to have been the predecessor state of Merca. It used to be an ancient Proto-Somali Marketplace, emporium city-state. It is mentioned in the ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea'', a Greek travel document dating from the first century AD, as one of a series of commercial ports on the Somali littoral. According to the ''Periplus'', maritime trade already connected peoples in the Merca area with other communities along the Somali Sea coast. Mediev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marka Refugee Camp
The Marka refugee camp ( ar, مخيم ماركا) is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees and displaced persons who left the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as a result of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Located in the Marka district of metropolitan Amman, about ten kilometers northeast of the city center, it is known locally as Hittin (حطين) or Schneller and houses 44,879 UNRWA registered refugees and over 17,500 displaced persons. History Initially, the refugee camp consisted of tents erected on land area covering some 917,000 square metres. Plans to provide stronger tents for the harsh winters were shelved by United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) so as to construct 4,000 prefabricated shelters instead, between 1969 and 1971. Funding for the construction came from the Federal Republic of Germany, the Government of Italy, the Jordan Development Bank, and Near East Emergency Donations. Over the years since, many of the camp's in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marka, Oslo
Marka is the name of the forested and hilly areas surrounding Oslo, Norway. It includes areas within the municipality of Oslo, but also large areas in Hole, Ringerike, Jevnaker, Lunner, Nittedal, Bærum, Asker, and other municipalities in Viken county. The name is actually just the finite form of ''mark'' ( Norse ''mǫrk'' f) 'woodland, forest'. (See also Finnmark, Hedmark, Telemark, Marker and Aremark.) Though not designated a borough of Oslo, it is a major recreational area for the population of Oslo, and development in the area is for the most part prohibited. Despite being used frequently by many inhabitants of Oslo, especially at weekends, the fauna of ''marka'' includes species such as lynx, wolf, beaver, moose and roe deer. The term Oslomarka is usually used for all the recreational areas around Oslo. Marka is the administrative name for the part of it that lies inside the city limits. Neighboring municipalities (most of which lie in Viken) do not have the same kind of ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marka Language
Marka is a Manding language of West Africa, spoken in north-west Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the .... References Manding languages Languages of Burkina Faso {{Mande-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maraka (other)
Marka people (also Marka Dafing, Meka, or Maraka), people are a Mande people of northwest Mali. They speak the Marka, a Manding language. Maraka may also refer to: * Maraka, Central Province, a village in Sri Lanka *Maraka (Hindu astrology), in Hindu astrology, the planet or planets causing death at the end of a particular life-span *Aziz Maraka Aziz Maraka (Arabic: عزيز مرقة; born 22 June 1983), is a Jordanian composer, singer, performer, and producer. Maraka created a music style called "Razz", an Arabic Rock-Jazz fusion that garnered regional attention. He also released mater ... (born 1983), Jordanian music composer, singer, performer, recording artist, and producer See also * George M. Marakas, American author, scholar, research scientist, professor, consultant, entrepreneur * Marakan, a village in Ivughli Rural District, Ivughli District, Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Marka (other) {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
