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Marwa Mahran
Marwa may refer to: Places * Al-Safa and Al-Marwah, hills in Saudi Arabia * Marwah, a subdivision of Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir, India * Marwa Thermal Power Plant, power station near Marwa village in Janjgir–Champa district, Chhattisgarh, India People * Marwa (name), Arabic feminine given name, or Kuria masculine given name; also a surname Arts and entertainment * Marwas or Minwas, a small double-sided hand drum originally from the Middle East *"Marwa Blues "Marwa Blues" is an instrumental by English rock musician George Harrison. It was released on his final studio album, '' Brainwashed'', in November 2002, a year after his death, and subsequently on a single as the B-side of "Any Road". The song i ...", an instrumental by English musician George Harrison *'' Marwa and al-Majnun al-Faransi'', a classical Middle Eastern love story See also * Marva (other) * Marfa (other) * Marwah (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Safa And Al-Marwah
Safa and Marwa ( ar, ٱلصَّفَا وَٱلْمَرْوَة, Aṣ-Ṣafā wal-Marwah) are two small hills, connected to the larger Abu Qubais and Qaiqan mountains, respectively, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, now made part of the Masjid al-Haram. Muslims travel back and forth between them seven times in what is known as Sa'ee ( ar, سَعِي, lit=seeking/searching or walking, translit=sa'iy) ritual pilgrimages of '' Ḥajj'' and ''Umrah''. Muslims walk between the two mountains (called ''Sa'ee''), which they believe was made a ritual as a tribute to Hajar's search for water in the area when she ran out of provisions after Ibrahim left her in the valley upon Allah's command. The space between the two mountains in which the pilgrims walk is called ''al-Mas'aa''. Geography Safa is a small mountain located at the bottom of the Abu Qubais Mountain, about 130 meters (430 ft) southeast of the Ka'bah, which is the beginning of the Sa'ee. As for Marwa, it is also a small mountain of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marwa Thermal Power Plant
The Marwa Tendubhata Thermal Power Station (by BHEL), is a coal-fired power station near Marwa village in Janjgir–Champa district, Chhattisgarh, India. The power station is owned by Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company, state-owned generation utility. There are two renowned schools in the proximity of the Power plant, named as Hasdeo Public Schoo Delhi Public School. Capacity The planned capacity of the power plant in ''1000 MW'' (2x500 MW). References External links Marwa power stationat SourceWatch The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) is a progressive nonprofit watchdog and advocacy organization based in Madison, Wisconsin. CMD publishes ExposedbyCMD.org, SourceWatch.org, and ALECexposed.org. History CMD was founded in 1993 by progr ... {{coord missing, Chhattisgarh Coal-fired power stations in Chhattisgarh Janjgir-Champa district 2016 establishments in Chhattisgarh Energy infrastructure completed in 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marwa (name)
Marwa or Marwah (Arabic: ) is an Arabic female given name derived from the word () with the meaning of either minerals, 'flint(-stone)', 'quartz' or 'a hard stone of nearly pure Silica Mineral, silica'. However, the Arabic name for quartz is (). The name is written ''Marva'' in the Persian language, Persian form. During the Ottoman period, Ottoman Period, the name was written ''Mervat'' (Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish: ) or ''Marwa'' (Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish: ), or ''Merve'' in the modern Turkish language, Turkish form. For the Kuria people, ''Marwa'' is used as a masculine name, reserved for the firstborn male in a family, along with names Chacha or Mwita. Firstborn girls are called either Bhoke, Robi, or Gati. The male variant of this given name is Marwan. Marwa is also a surname. Given name *Marwa Abidi (born 1990), Tunisian footballer *Marwa Amri (born 1989), Tunisian freestyle wrestler *Marwa Arsanios (born 1978), Lebanese artist, research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marwas
The ''mirwās'' or ''marwas'' ( ar, مرواس), plural ''marāwīs'' ( ar, مراويس) is a small double-sided, high-pithced hand drum originally from the Middle East. It is a popular instrument in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, used in '' sawt'' and ''fijiri'' music. It is also common in Kuwait and Yemen. Hadhrami migrants from Yemen took the instrument to Muslim Southeast Asia (especially Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei), where it is used in ''Zapin'' and '' Gambus'' musical genres. A similar drum of this area is the ''Gendang''. The Marwas drums used to accompany '' Gambus'' music in ''Lampung'', ''Indonesia'' often consist of four sizes with two skins of a diameter between 12-20 centimetres. The skins are commonly made from goatskin and formerly black monkey skin and are laced with leather or plastic to a jackfruit-wood cylindrical body of around 8 to 10 centimetres in height. See also * Qanbus * Zapin References Double-skinned (double-headed) drums- Oman Centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marwa Blues
"Marwa Blues" is an instrumental by English rock musician George Harrison. It was released on his final studio album, '' Brainwashed'', in November 2002, a year after his death, and subsequently on a single as the B-side of "Any Road". The song is a slide guitar instrumental and named after Raga Marwa, an Indian classical raga traditionally played at sunset. "Marwa Blues" won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Along with "Any Road" and the ''Brainwashed'' track "Rising Sun", it was also included on the 2009 compilation album '' Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison''. Raga Marwa was one of Harrison's favourite ragas, having become familiar to him through interpretations by Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan. In the Indian tradition, the piece is renowned for its ability to invoke a melancholic mood at sunset.Lavezzoli, p. 198. Harrison recorded "Marwa Blues" as a tribute to the raga and in acknowledgement of the importance of Indian music in his life. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marwa And Al-Majnun Al-Faransi
{{italicstitle ''Marwah wa al-Majūn al-Faransi'' ( ar, مروة و المجنون الفرنسي) is a classical Middle Eastern love story. It is based on the legend of a young man named Shams al Faransy ( ar, شمس الفرنسي بن الصحارى) from Central Asia, born during the 14th century. There were many Arabic versions of the story at the time. Story Shams al-Faransi (or al-Faransawi) ibn Fattuta ibn Rumi was a poet, sailor, explorer, translator, writer, and linguist (born May 2, 1373; year of death uncertain, possibly 1458 or 1467), most probably one of the sons of famous explorer Ibn Battuta. He became famous for his poetry and adventurous life. He was most probably born in Afghanistan, but lived in Spain, in Andalucia as a disciple of famous Arab philosophers in the tradition of Averroes, in Morocco, Egypt and parts of Africa. He traveled to Venice, where he became close to French poet Christine de Pizan and became known as ''Al-Faransi'' ("the Frenchman"). He c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marva (other)
Marva is the Israel Defense Forces youth basic training program. Marva may also refer to: * Marva (raga) or Marwa (IAST: Mārvā), a hexatonic Indian raga * Marva (thaat) Marva or Marwa () is one of the ten basic thaats of Hindustani music from the Indian subcontinent. It is also the name of a raga within this thaat. Description Marva thaat is obtained by adding a komal Rishabh to the Kalyan thaat. The mood of the ..., one of the basic thaats of Hindustani music *, one of the subdivisions of Kaunas * Marva (given name) See also * * Marwa (other) * Marwah (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marfa (other)
Marfa may refer to: Music * Marfa (instrument), an African percussion instrument * Marfa (music), celebratory music of the Hyderabadi Muslims Places * Márfa, a village in Baranya county, Hungary * Marfa, Chad * Marfa, Texas, a city in the high desert of the Trans-Pecos in western Texas * Marfa, Malta, a port near in northern Malta Other uses * Marfa (given name) * CFR Marfă, a state-owned freight railway business of Romania * Marfa, a sub-group of the Maba people of north-central Africa ** Marfa language, a Maban language spoken in Chad * Marfa front, another term for a dry line * Marfa lights, a possible paranormal phenomena frequently visible near Marfa, Texas * ', a painting by avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich Kazimir Severinovich Malevich ; german: Kasimir Malewitsch; pl, Kazimierz Malewicz; russian: Казими́р Севери́нович Мале́вич ; uk, Казимир Северинович Малевич, translit=Kazymyr Severynovych ... See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
