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Nadir (name)
Nadir is both a surname and a given name that is a variation of Nader. In the Arabic language, it is a boy's name meaning "dear", "scarce" or "precious." (Arabic writing: نادر) Notable people with the name include: Persons Given name * Nadir Afonso (born 1920), Portuguese painter * Nadir Belhadj (born 1982), footballer * Nadir Çiftçi (born 1992), Turkish footballer * Nadir Godrej (born 1951), Indian industrialist * Nadir Kouidri (born 1975), professionally known as Ridan, French singer Middle name * Mehmet Nadir Ünal (born 1993), Turkish kickboxer and amateur boxer * Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883–1933), King of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933 Surname * Asil Nadir (born 1941), Turkish Cypriot businessman * Kerime Nadir (1917–1984), Turkish writer * Moyshe Nadir (1885–1943), American writer and satirist Fictional character * Zain Nadir, a ''The Bill'' character * Abed Nadir, a ''Community'' character * Nadir Khan, Known as "The Persian" in the Gaston Leroux novel ''The Pha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nader
Nader is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin ( ''Nādir'', meaning "rare", "unique") and may refer to: Persons Given name * Nader Shah, former Shah of Iran (Persia) * Nader Ahmadi (born 1986), Iranian football player * Nader Batmanghelidj (1904–1998), Iranian army general * Nader al-Dahabi (born 1946), Jordanian politician * Nader Darehshori, businessman in the United States * Nader Engheta, Iranian scientist and engineer * Wael Nader al-Halqi, Syrian politician * Nader Jahanbani, Iranian army officer * Nader Matar, Lebanese footballer * Nader El-Sayed, Egyptian footballer Surname * Abdel Nader, Egyptian-American basketball player * Alireza Nader, American academic * Claire Nader, American social scientist * George Nader, Arab-American actor and uncle of Michael Nader * George Nader, Lebanese-American businessman, lobbyist, and convicted sex offender * Habib Nasib Nader (born 1979), British actor * Hassan Nader, retired Moroccan football player * Laura Nader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zain Nadir
''The Bill'' is a long-running British television police procedural television series, named after a slang term for the police. The characters are all police officers or civilian staff at the fictional Sun Hill police station in London. Senior officers The following actors appeared as senior officers in ''The Bill''. Simon Rouse, as Jack Meadows, appeared in 884 episodes, including the series finale "Respect". He is the longest serving actor to portray a character in a senior role. Andrew Lancel, as Neil Manson, and Alex Walkinshaw, as "Smithy", also appeared in the series finale. The character of D.I. Roy Galloway appeared in the pilot episode, "Woodentop", played by Robert Pugh. This character would go on to be portrayed by John Salthouse from 1984 onwards. Notable senior officers * Peter Ellis played Chief Superintendent Charles Brownlow from the start of the series in 1984 to 2000, when the character tendered his resignation in light of the Don Beech scandal. He was emphat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadir
The nadir (, ; ar, نظير, naẓīr, counterpart) is the direction pointing directly ''below'' a particular location; that is, it is one of two vertical directions at a specified location, orthogonal to a horizontal flat surface. The direction opposite of the nadir is the zenith. Definitions Space science Since the concept of ''being below'' is itself somewhat vague, scientists define the nadir in more rigorous terms. Specifically, in astronomy, geophysics and related sciences (e.g., meteorology), the nadir at a given point is the local vertical direction pointing in the direction of the force of gravity at that location. The term can also be used to represent the lowest point that a celestial object reaches along its apparent daily path around a given point of observation (i.e. the object's ''lower culmination''). This can be used to describe the position of the Sun, but it is only technically accurate for one latitude at a time and only possible at the low latitudes. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadira
Nadira is a given name common in Asian countries. It may refer to Given name * Nadira (actress), an Indian actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her roles as a temptress * Nadira (Pakistani actress), Pakistani actress in Punjabi and Urdu films * Nadira Ait Oumghar (born 1994), Algerian volleyball player * Nadira Babbar (born 1948), Indian actress and producer * Nadira Banu Begum (died 1659), Mughal princess * Nadira Begg, Canadian television journalist * Nadira Isayeva, Russian journalist * Nadira Naipaul (born 1953), Pakistani journalist * Nina Nadira Naharuddin (born 1992), Malaysian singer, actress and TV host Fictional characters * One of the villains in ''Power Rangers: Time Force'' * Nadira, a character in the 2005 novel ''Skybreaker'' by Kenneth Oppel * Al-Nadirah, character of the Hatra legend See also * Nadir (name) Nadir is both a surname and a given name that is a variation of Nader. In the Arabic language, it is a boy's name meaning "dear", "scarce" or "p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantom (Kay Novel)
''Phantom'' is a 1990 novel by Susan Kay, based on the 1910 Gaston Leroux novel ''The Phantom of the Opera''. It is a biography of the title character Erik. Plot summary The Phantom is born as Erik in Boscherville, a small town not far from Rouen, in the summer of 1831. His spoiled, vain mother scorns her deformed child from birth, puts a mask on his face, and cannot bring herself to name him. Instead, she instructs the elderly priest who baptises him to name the child after himself. Erik is forced to spend his childhood locked in his home lest he or his mother become a target for the superstitious villagers. Much of the verbal and physical abuse Erik suffers from his mother is chronicled in the opening chapters of the novel. From a young age, Erik exhibits a strong interest in architecture and is privately tutored by a well-respected professor, but his strongest abilities lie in the subject of music. His mother does not encourage his pursuit of singing, claiming that his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Of The Opera
''The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century, and by an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of . It has been successfully adapted into various stage and film adaptations, most notable of which are the 1925 film depiction featuring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. History behind the novel Leroux initially was going to be a lawyer, but after spending his inheritance gambling he became a reporter for . At the paper, he wrote about and critiqued dramas, as well as being a courtroom reporter. With his job, he was able to travel frequently, but he returned to Paris where he becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 186815 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1909), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. His 1907 novel ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries. Life and career Leroux was born in Paris in 1868, the illegitimate child of Marie Bidaut and Dominique Leroux, who married a month after his birth. He claimed an illustrious pedigree, including descent from William II of England (in French, Guillaume le Roux, son of William the Conqueror), and social connections such as having been the official playmate of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris at the College d'Eu in Normany. After studying as a lawyer in Caen, he worked as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadir Khan
The nadir (, ; ar, نظير, naẓīr, counterpart) is the direction pointing directly ''below'' a particular location; that is, it is one of two vertical directions at a specified location, orthogonal to a horizontal flat surface. The direction opposite of the nadir is the zenith. Definitions Space science Since the concept of ''being below'' is itself somewhat vague, scientists define the nadir in more rigorous terms. Specifically, in astronomy, geophysics and related sciences (e.g., meteorology), the nadir at a given point is the local vertical direction pointing in the direction of the force of gravity at that location. The term can also be used to represent the lowest point that a celestial object reaches along its apparent daily path around a given point of observation (i.e. the object's ''lower culmination''). This can be used to describe the position of the Sun, but it is only technically accurate for one latitude at a time and only possible at the low latitudes. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abed Nadir
Abed Gubi Nadir ( ''‘Ābid al-Qūbī Nādir'') is a fictional character on the NBC/Yahoo! Screen sitcom series ''Community'', created by Dan Harmon and portrayed by Danny Pudi. Talkative, literal, and sometimes overly pedantic, Abed is a student at Greendale Community College and one of the first members of the study group central to the series. He is a pop-culture enthusiast, with extensive knowledge of TV shows and movies, as well as a passion for filmmaking. Because of his knowledge of television tropes, Abed usually serves as the self-aware bridge between ''Community'' and the real world, often pointing out the motifs and precedents taking place in each episode, usually without breaking the fourth wall. Abed's unusual social behavior and special interests insinuate that he is on the autism spectrum, as suggested by Dan Harmon and stated by other characters on the show. He is generally beloved by members of the study group and enjoys a close bond with Troy Barnes (Donald Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moyshe Nadir
Yitzchak Rayz (1885, Narayiv – 1943, Woodstock), better known by his pen name Moyshe Nadir (Yiddish: משה נאדיר ; also transliterated "Moishe") was an American Yiddish language writer and satirist. Rayz was born in the town of Narayiv, in eastern Galicia, then Austro-Hungary. He died in 1943, in Woodstock, New York. Biography In 1898, at the age of 13, Rayz immigrated to New York and adopted the Americanized name Isaac Reiss. Within a few years his work was published widely in the New York Yiddish press, under a variety of pseudonyms, including Rinnalde Rinaldine, Dilensee Mirkarosh, Der Royzenkavalir, Doctor Hotzikl, and, finally, Moishe Nadir. The name "Nadir" is a Yiddish expression meaning "here you are" or "that's for you," but can also mean "take this and choke on it." As a teenager, he wrote for Der Groyser Kundes (The Big Prankster) and later co-edited Der Yiddisher Gazlon (The Yiddish Bandit) with Jacob Adler. He wrote for an assortment of Communist Yiddish public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadir Afonso
Nadir Afonso, Order of St. James of the Sword, GOSE (4 December 1920 – 11 December 2013) was a Portuguese Geometric abstract art, geometric abstractionist painter. Formally trained in architecture, which he practiced early in his career with Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, Nadir Afonso later studied painting in Paris and became one of the pioneers of Kinetic art, working alongside Victor Vasarely, Fernand Léger, Auguste Herbin, and André Bloc. As a theorist of his own geometry-based aesthetics, published in several books, Nadir Afonso defended the idea that art is purely objective and ruled by laws that treat art not as an act of imagination but of observation, perception, and form manipulation. Nadir Afonso achieved international recognition early in his career and many of his works are in museums. His most famous works are the Nadir Afonso artworks#Cities series, ''Cities'' series, which depict places all around the world. He was known to have painted into his later years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerime Nadir
Kerime Nadir Azrak (5 February 1917 – 20 March 1984) was a Turkish novelist and author. Life Kerime Nadir was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire on 5 February 1917. Her father was a financial officer Nadir Azrak. She graduated from the French St. Joseph High School in İstanbul in 1935. In addition, she took private lessons. She married twice, each lasted briefly. She spent the summer months in her youth years at her aunts' mansions in Beylerbeyi and Çamlıca. She died of cancer in Maçka Palace Hotel, where she resided, on 20 March 1984. Writing career She began her literary career by publishing her poems and short stories in the periodicals ''Servet-i Fünun'' ("Wealth of Knowledge"), ''Uyanış'' ("Awakening") and ''Yarım Ay'' ("The Half Moon") in 1937. The same year, her novel ''Yeşil Işıklar'' ("Green Lights") was published. Later, her stories and novels with the genre of love and romance were serialized in the publications ''Yedigün'' ("Seven Days"), ''Aydabir'' (" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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