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Saar
Saar or SAAR has several meanings: People Given name * Sarr Boubacar (born 1951), Senegalese professional football player * Saar Ganor, Israeli archaeologist * Saar Klein (born 1967), American film editor Surname * Ain Saar (born 1968), Estonian (Võro) punk rocker and freedom fighter * Alison Saar (born 1956), American artist * Anti Saar (born 1980), Estonian children’s writer and translator * Betye Saar (born 1926), American artist * Elmar Saar (1908–1981), Estonian footballer and coach * Erik Saar, American intelligence officer * Evar Saar (born 1969), Estonian (Võro) non-fiction writer * Ferdinand von Saar (1833–1906), Austrian writer * Getter Saar (badminton) (born 1992), Estonian badminton player * Getter Saar (born 1999), Estonian footballer * Gideon Sa'ar (born 1966), Israeli politician * Heleri Saar (born 1979), Estonian footballer * Indrek Saar (born 1973), Estonian actor and politician * Jüri Saar (born 1956), Estonian politician * Katriin Saar (born 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saarland
Saarland (, ; ) is a state of Germany in the southwest of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and the smallest in population apart from Bremen. Saarbrücken is the state capital and largest city; other cities include Neunkirchen and Saarlouis. Saarland is mainly surrounded by the department of Moselle (Grand Est) in France to the west and south and the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany to the north and east; it also shares a small border about long with the canton of Remich in Luxembourg to the northwest. Having long been a relatively small part of the long-contested territories along the Franco-German linguistic border, Saarland first gained specific economic and strategic importance in the nineteenth century due to the wealth of its coal deposits and the heavy industrialization that grew as a result. Saarland was first est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saar Protectorate
The Saar Protectorate ( ; ), officially Saarland (), was a short-lived French protectorate and a disputed territory separated from Germany. On joining the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG/West Germany) in 1957, it became the smallest "federal state" (), the Saarland, not counting the "city states" () of Berlin, Hamburg, and Bremen. It is named after the Saar River. The region around the Saar River and its tributary valleys is a geologically folded, mineral-rich, ethnically German, economically important, and heavily industrialized area. It has well-developed transportation infrastructure, and was one of the centres of the Industrial Revolution in Germany. Around 1900, the region formed the third-largest area of coal, iron, and steel industry in Germany (after the Ruhr Area and the Upper Silesian Coal Basin). From 1920 to 1935, as a result of World War I, the region was under the control of the League of Nations as the Territory of the Saar Basin. In 1935, Nazi Germany e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betye Saar
Betye Irene Saar (born July 30, 1926) is an American artist known for her work in the medium of Assemblage (art), assemblage. Saar is a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker. Saar was a part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s, which engaged myths and stereotypes about race and femininity. Her work is considered highly political, as she challenged negative ideas about African Americans throughout her career; Saar is best known for her artwork that critiques anti-Black racism in the United States. Early life, education and family Betye Saar was born Betye Irene Brown on July 30, 1926, to Jefferson Maze Brown and Beatrice Lillian Parson in Los Angeles, California. Both parents attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where they met. Saar spent her early years in Los Angeles. After her father's death in 1931, Saar and her mother, brother, and sister moved in with her paternal grandmother, Irene Hannah Maze, in the Watts, Los Angeles, Watts neighborhood i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Saar
Alison Saar (born February 5, 1956) is a Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles-based sculptor, mixed-media, and installation artist. Her artwork focuses on the African diaspora and black female identity and is influenced by African, Caribbean, and Latin American folk art and spirituality. Saar is well known for "transforming found objects to reflect themes of cultural and social identity, history, and religion." Saar credits her parents, collagist and assemblage artist Betye Saar (née Brown) and painter and art conservator Richard Saar, for her early exposure to art and to these metaphysical and spiritual practices. Saar followed in her parents footsteps along with her sisters, Lezley Saar and Tracye Saar-Cavanaugh who are also artists. Saar has been a practicing artist for many years, exhibiting in galleries around the world as well as installing public art works in New York City. She has received achievement awards from institutions including the New York City Art Commission as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saar (League Of Nations)
The Territory of the Saar Basin (, ; ) was a region occupied and governed by the United Kingdom and Third French Republic, France from 1920 to 1935 under a League of Nations mandate. It had its own flag (adopted on 28 July 1920): a blue, white, and black horizontal tricolour. The blue and white stood for Bavaria, and white and black for Prussia, out of whose lands the Saar Territory was formed. Initially, the occupation was under the auspices of the Treaty of Versailles. Its population in 1933 was 812,000, and its capital was Saarbrücken. The territory closely corresponds with the modern German state of Saarland, but was slightly smaller in area. After 1935 Saar status referendum, a plebiscite was held in 1935, it was returned to Germany. Governing Commission Under the Treaty of Versailles, the highly industrialized Saar Basin, including the Saar Coal District (), was to be occupied and governed by the United Kingdom and France under a League of Nations mandate for a period of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indrek Saar
Indrek Saar (born February 20, 1973) is an Estonian actor and politician. He has been the leader of the Social Democratic Party from 2019 to 2022 and the Minister of Culture of Estonia from 2015 to 2019. Saar has been elected to the Estonian parliament Riigikogu at four consecutive general elections in 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019 and has been a member of the XI, XII, XIII and XIV Riigikogu from 2007 to 2023. Saar attended secondary school in Kuressaare and graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Higher Drama (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) in Tallinn. He was an actor and director of the Rakvere Theatre from 1996 until 2005. From 2002 until 2007, he was Deputy Chairman of Rakvere City Council. In 2004 and 2005, he was a theatre director and advisor at the NO99 theatre and from 2006 to 2007, he was a chief executive officer at the NO99 theatre. According to Saar, his decision to enter national politics was spurred by the suggestion by the then leader of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mart Saar
Mart Saar ( in Hüpassaare – 28 October 1963) was an Estonian composer, organist and collector of folk songs. Childhood Saar was born in the small borough of Hüpassaare (now in Karjasoo, Suure-Jaani Parish), Kreis Fellin in the Livonian Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Estonia), to Mihkel and Ann Saar (''née'' Kimmel). His father was employed in the forestry business. He was the eldest of fours siblings; Anna (1885–1968), Hans (1895–1979) and Jaan (1897–1898). He received his education in the village school at Kaansoo and the Suure-Jaani Parish school. His music teacher in the Suure-Jaani parish school was Joosep Kapp, the father of Artur Kapp, another famous Estonian composer. In addition, Saar's father was a talented organist, who gave him lessons at home. Adult life In 1901, Saar left home to study music at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He graduated in 1908 but chose to continue his studies. After graduation in 1911, he became a music teacher i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saar, Bahrain
Sar or Saar () is a residential town in Bahrain, to the west of the capital, Manama. It is known for its beautiful landscaping and greenery. Education # St. Christopher's School # University College of Bahrain Al Mahd Day Boarding School The Budaiya Pre-School # Saar Nursery Closed: * The Japanese School in Bahrain Agriculture The northern governorate of the Kingdom contains fertile land which contributes to Saar's lush green environment. Agriculture had a main economic factor in Baharin's growth. The University College of Bahrain has a campus in Saar. History Saar is the site of a temple, known as "Saar Temple", built during the Dilmun era of Bahrain's history. The temple was believed to have played an important role in marking the summer solstice The summer solstice or estival solstice occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere ( Northern and Southern). The summer solstice is the da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gideon Sa'ar
Gideon Moshe Sa'ar (; born 9 December 1966) is an Israeli politician currently serving as Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel), Foreign Minister and member of the Knesset for the party New Hope (Israel), New Hope. Sa'ar was first elected to the Knesset as a member of Likud in 2003 Israeli legislative election, 2003, serving until 2014. During that period, he served as Ministry of Education (Israel), Education Minister (2009–2013) and Internal Affairs Minister of Israel, Minister of the Interior (2013–2014) under Benjamin Netanyahu's governments. After a political hiatus, Sa'ar returned to the Knesset in 2019, and 2019 Likud leadership election, unsuccessfully challenged Netanyahu for the leadership of Likud. He subsequently formed his own party, New Hope (Israel), New Hope, and became Ministry of Justice (Israel), Minister of Justice (2021–2022) and Deputy of the Prime Minister of Israel, Deputy Prime Minister (2021) in the Thirty-sixth government of Israel, Bennet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katriin Saar
Katriin Saar (born 11 March 2002) is an Estonian tennis player. She won the Under-16 girls' singles title at the 2017 Orange Bowl. Saar made her Fed Cup debut for Estonia in 2018. ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 3 (2–1) Junior career Saar has a career-high ITF juniors ranking of 186, achieved on 21 May 2018. ITF Junior finals Singles (5–2) Doubles (2–2) National representation Fed Cup Saar made her Fed Cup debut for Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ... in 2018, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I, when she was 15 years and 334 days old. Fed Cup (0–4) =Singles (0–3)= =Doubles (0–1)= References External links * * * 2002 births Living people Estonian female tennis players 21st-century Eston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Saar
Martin Saar (born 30 April 1980) is an Estonian artist who currently lives and works between New York City and Tallinn, Estonia. Life and work Saar was born in Tallinn, Estonia. He gained his MA in drawing at the New York Academy of Art in 2014 after studying at Kevade Street Art School and in 2002 graduating from Estonian Academy of Arts. Saar's work encompasses mosaics, paintings and watercolors as well as digital collages and videos. His work is informed by his love for music, which is translated into radical colors and expressive gestures. Saar's tile series is an example of his evocative use of brushstroke condensed onto a small scale while his large-scale monochromatic paintings reflect on memories of his family life before Estonia's independence in 1991. Saar gained recognition as an artist for his mosaic paintings of New York celebrities, which were featured in ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margus Saar
Margus Saar (born 20 April 1966 in Tallinn) is an Estonian television journalist and producer. He was felicitated with the Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star (; ) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonian citizens and foreigners to give recognition for services rendered to the Estonian state. Design Classes The Order of the White Star ... in 2016. References Living people 1966 births Estonian journalists Estonian television producers Estonian editors Estonian television presenters Tallinn University of Technology alumni Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class Mass media people from Tallinn 21st-century Estonian people {{Estonia-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
