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Waleed Al-Torair
Waleed (), also spelt as Walid, Oualid, or Velid, is an Arabic-language masculine given name meaning ''newborn child''. Given name Waleed *Waleed Ali, Kuwaiti footballer *Waleed Aly, Egyptian-origin Australian journalist * Waleed bin Ibrahim al-Ibrahim, Saudi businessman * Al-Waleed bin Talal al-Saud, Saudi royal and businessman *Waleed al-Shehri, Saudi hijacker during the September 11 attacks * Waleed al-Husseini, Palestinian ex-Muslim activist Walid * Al-Walid I, sixth Umayyad caliph * Walid Abbas, Emirati footballer * Walid Atta, Saudi-born Ethiopian footballer *Walid bin Attash, Yemeni suspected terrorist in American custody at Guantánamo Bay * Walid Belguerfi, Algerian footballer *Walid Daouk, Lebanese businessman and politician * Walid Hassan, Iraqi comedian * Walid al-Jahdali, Saudi footballer *Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese politician *Walid Khalidi, Palestinian historian * Walid al-Kubaisi, Iraqi-origin Norwegian writer *Walid Muallem, Syrian politician and diplomat *Walid ibn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Walid I
Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ( ar, الوليد بن عبد الملك بن مروان, al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān; ), commonly known as al-Walid I ( ar, الوليد الأول), was the sixth Umayyad caliph, ruling from October 705 until his death. He was the eldest son of his predecessor Caliph Abd al-Malik (). As a prince, he led annual raids against the Byzantines from 695 to 698 and built or restored fortifications along the Syrian Desert route to Mecca. He became the heir apparent after the death of Abd al-Malik's brother and designated successor, Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan, in 704. Al-Walid largely continued his father's policies of centralization and expansion, and heavily depended on al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, his father's powerful viceroy over the eastern half of the Caliphate. During his reign, Umayyad armies conquered the Maghreb, Hispania, Sind and Transoxiana, expanding the Caliphate to its greatest territorial extent. War spoils from the conquest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walid Jumblatt
Walid Kamal Jumblatt ( ar, وليد جنبلاط; born 7 August 1949) is a Lebanese Druze politician and former militia commander who has been leading the Progressive Socialist Party since 1977. While leading the Lebanese National Resistance Front and allying with the Amal Movement during the Lebanese Civil War, he worked closely with Suleiman Frangieh to oppose Amine Gemayel's rule as president in 1983. After the civil war, he initially supported Syria but later led an anti-Assad stance during the start of the Syrian Civil War. He is still active in politics, most recently leading his party, the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in the 2022 Lebanese general election. Early life and education Jumblatt was born in August 1949, the son of the PSP's founder Kamal Jumblatt. He is the maternal grandson of Emir Shakib Arslan. Walid Jumblatt graduated from the American University of Beirut with a bachelor's degree in political science and public administration in 1972. Caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valladolid, Yucatán
Valladolid (; Saki in Maya) is a city located in the eastern region of the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is the seat of Valladolid Municipality. As of the 2020 census the population of the city was 56,494 inhabitants (the third-largest community in the state after Kanasín), and that of the municipality was 85,460. The municipality has an areal extent of 945.22 km2 (364.95 sq mi) and includes many outlying communities, the largest of which are Popolá, Kanxoc, Yalcobá, and Xocén. Valladolid is located approximately 170 km (105 mi) east of the state capital Mérida, 40 km (25 mi) east of Chichén Itzá, and 150 km (93 mi) west of Cancún. On August 30, 2012, Valladolid became part of the '' Pueblo Mágico'' promotional initiative led by the Mexican tourism department. History Named after Valladolid, at the time the capital of Spain. The name derives from the Arabic name Balad al-Walid بلد الوليد, which means "city of al-Walid", refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valladolid
Valladolid () is a municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. It has a population around 300,000 people (2021 est.). Population figures from 1 January 2013. The city is located roughly in the centre of the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula's Meseta Central, at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers before they join the Duero, surrounded by winegrowing areas. The area was settled in pre-Roman times by the Celtic Vaccaei people, and then by Romans themselves. The settlement was purportedly founded after 1072, growing in prominence within the context of the Crown of Castile, being endowed with fairs and different institutions such as a collegiate church, University (1241), Royal Court and Chancellery and a royal mint. The city was briefly the capital of the Habsburg Monarchy between 1601 and 1606. The city then decline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bani Walid
Bani Walid (Anglicized: ; ar, بني وليد, Banī Walīd, Libyan pronunciation: ) is a city in Libya located in the Misrata District. Prior to 2007, it was the capital of Sof-Aljeen District. Bani Walid has an airport. Under the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, it was divided into two Basic People's Congresses: Dahra – Bani Walid (), and Zaytouna – Bani Walid (). It is the home to the Warfalla tribe, the only city in which only one tribe resides. A campus of Bani Walid University is located in Bani Walid. Libyan civil war In the 2011 Libyan Civil War, after the anti-Gaddafi forces captured Tripoli in August and Sabha in September, Bani Walid, along with Sirte, was one of two final strongholds held by forces loyal to the ousted government of Muammar Gaddafi. There were clashes between anti-Gaddafi forces surrounding the city and Gaddafi loyalists defending it throughout September and early October; the city was finally taken on 17 October. Finnish company Perusyhtymä (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Waleed Border Crossing
Al-Waleed border crossing ( ar, نقطة الوليد الحدودية العراقية, also spelled al-Walid), known in Syria as al-Tanf, is one of three official border crossings between Iraq and Syria. It is located in the Ar-Rutba District of the Al-Anbar Governorate in western Iraq, close to the northeasternmost point of Jordan in the Syrian Desert. It serves as the main border checkpoint on the highway between Damascus and Baghdad. The al-Tanf checkpoint is on the Syrian side of the border in the Homs Governorate. The Al-Waleed Palestinian refugee camp is nearby. Syrian Civil War In May 2015, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants captured the checkpoint, thus obtaining control over the full length of the Iraq–Syria border. In early August 2016, the Iraqi checkpoint was recaptured by pro-government Iraqi tribal militias backed by the U.S.-led forces. In August 2016, the BBC published photographs taken in June that year, which it said showed Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oualid Mokhtari
Oualid Mokhtari (born 29 April 1982) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie .... He also holds German citizenship. He is the brother of Youssef Mokhtari. References External links * * 1982 births Living people People from Nador Moroccan footballers Association football midfielders SSV Jahn Regensburg players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players Kickers Offenbach players Eintracht Frankfurt players FSV Frankfurt players VfR Mannheim players VfB Lübeck players 2. Bundesliga players Riffian people {{Morocco-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walid Toufic
Walid Toutanji ( ar, وليد توفيق; also known as Walid Toufic; born April 8, 1954), is a Lebanese singer and actor. Biography Walid Toufic, born Walid Toutounji, grew up with his Sunni family in Tripoli, Lebanon. He later relocated to western Beirut and lived in the residential area of Ibn Rashd Street. His first oud tutor was the blind Amin Azar. During this period, Toufic worked to raise enough money for his music lessons. Toufic became popular and made his big break in Egypt. His acting career began soon afterwards where he starred in movies with various Egyptian and Arab stars in Egyptian cinema, including Farid al-Atrash, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Madiha Yousri, Samir Ghanem, Laila Elwi, Duraid Lahham, Huda Sultan, Saeed Saleh, Raghda, and Athar El-Hakim, among others. Toufic had the opportunity to present songs from Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdi, resulting in a collaborative friendship between them. Songs like ''Ehna El-Tayibin'' and ''Sinin Ahbab'' were met w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walid Shoebat
Walid Shoebat ( ar, وليد شعيبات) is a Palestinian American speaker, author and a critic of Islam. He was born in the West Bank to an American mother, and converted to Christianity from Islam. Shoebat has claimed to be an ex- PLO terrorist in a CNN television interview. He is a self-proclaimed expert on the dangers of Islam and is also a strong supporter of the State of Israel. Shoebat has also claimed that he firebombed the Israeli bank Bank Leumi; however, after thoroughly investigating this claim, reporters and officials have found no evidence of any attack on the bank in 1979. Early life According to the biography on his official website, Shoebat was born in Bethlehem, the grandson of the Mukhtar of Beit Sahour, whom Shoebat describes as an associate of Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Mohammad Amin al-Husayni. Shoebat said that he joined the Palestine Liberation Organization in his youth, and also says he was involved in an attack against an Israeli bank. There was no ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walid Riachy
Walid Riachy (born 26 September 1990) is a Lebanese actor and model, who mostly appears in Mollywood and Hollywood films as well as international commercials. He completed a bachelor's degree program in business management at the American University of Beirut and worked as a business manager in Dubai before deciding to pursue an acting career. Riachy received his first job in a Sinecode Arabia Commercial, which was produced and directed by Gray Mena agency, after spending six months performing in Miranda Davidson studio. In Dubai, he made a name for himself as a top actor in commercials. With his participation in fashion shows like Runway Dubai - Dubai Fashion Show, Heaven Gaia, and many others, he has gained media recognition as a fashion icon. After experiencing considerable success as a model, he turned his attention more toward acting. He appeared in films like '' Kurup'' (2021) and '' The Misfits'' (2021). Early life and family Riachy was born in Beirut-Jal el dib on Sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walid Regragui
Hoalid Regragui (born 23 September 1975), known as Walid Regragui ( ar, وليد الركراكي, Walīd ar-Ragrāgī), is a Moroccan professional football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He is the head coach of the Morocco national team. He managed the team to fourth place at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the first African and Arab nation to make the semi-finals. Playing career Born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, France, Regragui was a full international for Morocco. Clubs he played for include Toulouse, AC Ajaccio, Grenoble and Racing Santander. In the summer of 2009, he moved from Grenoble to Moroccan club Moghreb Tétouan. Managerial career Morocco After retiring as a player, Regragui started his football coaching career as the assistant coach of Morocco's national team in September 2012. FUS On 8 May 2014, he landed a head coaching job with Fath Union Sport for the 2014–15 season. On 22 January 2020, he left the club by mutual consent. Wy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walid Ibn Al-Mughira
, image = , title = Abu Abd Shams , caption = , succession = Chief of Banu Makhzum , moretext = , reign = 570–622 , reign-type = Rule , predecessor = Mughira ibn Abd Allah , pre-type = , cor-type = , successor = Amr ibn Hisham , suc-type = Successor , birth_date = 550 , birth_place = Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia , death_date = 622 , death_place = Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia , burial_date = , burial_place = Al-Walid ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi ( ar, الوليد بن المغيرة المخزومي, ''al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīra al-Makhzūmī'') (550 – 622 AD) was the chief of the Banu Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe. Family He was the son of al-Mughīra ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar ibn Makhzūm. Sons: # Khālid ibn al-Walīd. His mother was Walid's wife, Lubāba as-Sughrá, that is, al-Asmā bint al-Ḥārith ibn al-Ḥazn. However, neither Khalid nor his brothers had as yet converted to Islam at the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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