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Shireen K. Lewis
Shireen or Shirin is a girl's name of Persian/Iranian origin meaning "sweet". It is highly prevalent in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and other Persian speaking places. People * Shireen Abu Akleh (1971–2022), Palestinian journalist * Shireen Benjamin (born 1988), West African beauty queen * Shereen Bhan (born 1976), Indian journalist and news anchor * Shireen Chambers (born 1962), British forester * Shireen Crutchfield (born 1970), American actress * Shireen Avis Fisher, a justice of the Special Court for Sierra Leone * Shireen Hunter (born 1945), Iranian political scientist * Shireen Mazari, Pakistani political scientist * Shireen Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Brompton (1945–2012), a Conservative Councillor in the UK * Shireen Sapiro (born 1991), South African Paralympic swimmer * Shireen Sungkar (born 1992), Indonesian actress Other uses * '' Tareq wa Shireen'', a Jordanian animated television series * Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian tragic romance by Nizami Ganjavi (1141− ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persians
The Persians are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half of the population of Iran. They share a common cultural system and are native speakers of the Persian language as well as of the languages that are closely related to Persian. The ancient Persians were originally an ancient Iranian people who had migrated to the region of Persis (corresponding to the modern-day Iranian province of Fars) by the 9th century BCE. Together with their compatriot allies, they established and ruled some of the world's most powerful empires that are well-recognized for their massive cultural, political, and social influence, which covered much of the territory and population of the ancient world.. Throughout history, the Persian people have contributed greatly to art and science. Persian literature is one of the world's most prominent literary traditions. In contemporary terminology, people from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan who natively speak the Persian language are know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranian Languages
The Iranian languages or Iranic languages are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family that are spoken natively by the Iranian peoples, predominantly in the Iranian Plateau. The Iranian languages are grouped in three stages: Old Iranian (until 400 BCE), Middle Iranian (400 BCE–900 CE) and New Iranian (since 900 CE). The two directly-attested Old Iranian languages are Old Persian (from the Achaemenid Empire) and Old Avestan (the language of the Avesta). Of the Middle Iranian languages, the better understood and recorded ones are Middle Persian (from the Sasanian Empire), Parthian (from the Parthian Empire), and Bactrian (from the Kushan and Hephthalite empires). , there were an estimated 150–200 million native speakers of the Iranian languages. '' Ethnologue'' estimates that there are 86 languages in the group, with the largest among them being Persian (Farsi, Dari, and Tajik dialects), Pashto, Kurdish, Luri, and Balochi. Terminol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shireen Abu Akleh
Shireen Abu Akleh ( ar, شيرين أبو عاقلة; 1971 – May 11, 2022) was a Palestinian-American journalist who worked as a reporter for the Arabic-language channel Al Jazeera for 25 years, and was one of the most prominent names across the Middle East for her decades of reporting in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. Over the course of her career, she reported on numerous major events affecting Palestinians, while also analyzing Israeli politics. Her televised reporting and distinctive sign-offs became common knowledge, and, as a leading journalist in the Arab world, she was a source of inspiration for many other Palestinians and Arabs, particularly as a role model for Arab women intent on pursuing careers in journalism. On 11 May 2022, while covering a raid by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on the Jenin Refugee camp in the West Bank, Abu Akleh, who was wearing a blue vest with "PRESS" written on it, was shot and killed. Despite initial reports by her col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shireen Benjamin
Shireen Benjamin (born 8 September 1988 in London, England) was crowned Miss West Africa 2009/10, representing Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ..., at the pageant in London where she became the second holder of the title. References External links Miss West Africa 1988 births Living people English people of Sierra Leonean descent Sierra Leonean beauty pageant winners Models from London {{Europe-pageant-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shereen Bhan
Shereen Bhan (born 20 August 1976) is an Indian journalist and news anchor. She is the Managing Editor of CNBC-TV18. Shereen took over as managing editor of CNBC-TV18 from 1 September 2013 after Udayan Mukherjee decided to step aside. Personal Shereen was born into a Kashmiri Hindu family of the Bhan clan. She did her schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Kashmir and also at Air Force Bal Bharati school (A.F.B.B.S) Lodhi Road, New Delhi. Bhan graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi with a degree in Philosophy and a master's in Communication Studies from the University of Pune, with film and television as her area of specialization. Career Shereen Bhan has an experience of 20 years, 14 of which were spent in tracking corporate, policy news and events that defined the business landscape in India. She began her career working as a news-researcher for Karan Thapar in his production house Infotainment Television. She joined UTV's News and Current Affairs division and produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shireen Chambers
Shireen Grace Chambers FICFor (born 21 February 1962) is a British forester and the CEO of Future Woodlands Scotland. Early life and education Chambers studied forestry and soil science at Bangor University and graduated in 1985. She moved to The Bahamas, where she helped to establish a forestry department. She returned to the United Kingdom in 1991, when she joined the Central Scotland Forest Trust. Career Chambers was appointed CEO of Future Woodlands Scotland in 2022, a Scottish conservation charity working to create and conserve native woodlands and greenspaces. Prior to joining Future Woodlands Scotland, she was executive director of the Institute of Chartered Foresters (2006–2022). She was made a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters in 2012. She was awarded an honorary fellowship from Bangor University in 2015. Chambers has outlined how forestry can help to support sustainable, low carbon farming. She has spoken about the need for the public to be aware ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shireen Crutchfield
Shireen Elaine Crutchfield is an American actress and singer. best known as the lead singer of the R&B trio The Good Girls from 1989 to the present. Crutchfield is also known for her acting roles as Jace in '' Dark Angel'' and '' Hot Boyz''. Biography Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she was raised in Los Angeles where she graduated from St. Bernard High School in 1988. She became the lead singer of the R&B group The Good Girls from the late 1980s through the early 1990s. She modeled for Nous Models in Los Angeles. She has made guest appearances on shows such as ''The Steve Harvey Show'' and ''The Jamie Foxx Show ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' is an American sitcom that aired on The WB from August 28, 1996, to January 14, 2001. The series stars Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. Duncan, Ellia English, and Garrett Morris. Although the show was not a m ...''. She has been seen in a campaign for Ford vehicles. She has two children with actor Davis Henry, to whom she wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shireen Avis Fisher
Justice Shireen Avis Fisher is a justice of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone, having been appointed to the role in October 2013 following the ad hoc tribunal's dissolution that year and having previously served as an Appeals Judge on the court from 2009 to 2013 and as President from 2012 to 2013. Previous to this appointment, Fisher served as an International Judge (War Crimes Chamber) of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. An American citizen, Fisher practiced law in both Washington, D.C., and the state of Vermont. She was appointed a Superior Court Judge of the state of Vermont in 1986, the second woman to be appointed to the Vermont judiciary. She holds a J.D. from Catholic University of America, an LL.M (Human Rights Law) from University College London and is a graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hobart and William Smith Colleges are Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts colleges in Geneva, New York. They tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shireen Hunter
Shireen Tahmaaseb Hunter is an independent scholar. Until 2019, she was a Research Professor at the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., with which she had been associated since 2005, as Visiting Fellow and then Visiting Professor. She became an honorary fellow of ACMCU in September 2019. Career From 1965 to 1979 during the Pahlavi Iran, Pahlavi era, Hunter served as a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran), Iranian ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington from 1983 to 2005, as Director of the Islam Program, 1998–2005, Deputy Director of the Middle East Program, 1983–1992, and Senior Associate (while in Brussels), 1993–1998. She also taught courses at Georgetown, George Mason University, and Washington College. She was Academic Fellow at Carnegie Corporation. From 1993 to 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shireen Mazari
Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who served the Federal Minister for Human Rights, from 20 August 2018 to 10 April 2022. She is the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and Members of the Election Commission of Pakistan. She has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018, and serves as a chief whip for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Previously, she was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018. Mazari studied at the London School of Economics and later received her PhD from Columbia University in political science. Mazari joined Quaid-i-Azam University as an associate professor and went on to head the university's strategic studies department. In 2002, Mazari became the head of the government-funded Institute of Strategic Studies and remained until she was sacked in 2008. In 2009, Mazari became the editor of ''The Nation''. Early life and education Mazari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shireen Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie Of Brompton
Shireen Olive Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Brompton ( Folkard; 22 June 1945 – 24 April 2012) was a Conservative Councillor for the Brompton Ward, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and advocate for women in the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom. She was a Conservative working peer in the House of Lords and President of the National Children's Bureau. Politics Shireen Ritchie was a Kensington and Chelsea Councillor from 1998 representing the Brompton ward on the council. In 2008, she provided testimony as part of the Home Affairs Committee hearings on Trade in Human Beings. She was involved in efforts of the Conservative Party to raise awareness among constituents about the importance of the issue of diversity to the party, including the party's Women2Win efforts in 2005, and Priority List (A-List) candidates, for which she received scorn from other Conservative party members. She held a seat as the Chair of the party's Candidates Committee and was named as a 'C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shireen Sapiro
Shireen Sapiro (born 25 January 1991 in Krugersdorp) is a South African Paralympic swimmer, most notable for her performance at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal for the 100 m backstroke. She also claimed a bronze medal at the London 2012 Paralympics in the 100m backstroke. On 9 April 2004, Sapiro was seriously injured in a waterskiing accident which resulted in her left leg being paralysed. At the 2009 Maccabiah Games, Sapiro was appointed flag bearer for the South African delegation at the opening ceremony. While Sapiro generally competes in Paralympic events, she competed in the open competition of the swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ... events against able-bodied swimmers. Footnotes External links * * Living people South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
