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Zarafa (genus)
Zarafa may refer to: * Zarafa (film), an animated film * Zarafa (giraffe) Zarafa (January 1824 – 12 January 1845) was a female Nubian giraffe who lived in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris for 18 years. A gift from Muhammad Ali of Egypt to King Charles X of France, she was one of three giraffes Muhammad Ali sent to Europ ..., a present to Charles X of France from Muhammad Ali of Egypt * Zarafa (software), a groupware software application {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zarafa (film)
''Zarafa'' is a 2012 French-Belgian animated film directed by Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie. It was released on 8 February 2012 in France. The story was inspired by a historical giraffe known today as Zarafa. Plot The film is framed by a village elder (Vernon Dobtcheff) telling a story to a group of eager children. Set in the early 19th Century, the story tells of Maki ( Max Renaudin), a ten-year-old orphaned Sudanese boy who has been sold into slavery with his friend Soula. He escapes the villainous slave trader Moreno (Thierry Frémont) and comes across a young giraffe and its mother. Moreno catches up to Maki and kills the mother giraffe. Maki promises the calf's mother that he'll protect and nurture her. Just as Moreno is about to take him to his slave camp, Hassan, a Bedouin nomad (Simon Abkarian), intervenes and saves his life. Maki follows Hassan as soon as he takes the giraffe with him. Hassan names the giraffe Zarafa (Arabic for "giraffe") and reluctantly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zarafa (giraffe)
Zarafa (January 1824 – 12 January 1845) was a female Nubian giraffe who lived in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris for 18 years. A gift from Muhammad Ali of Egypt to King Charles X of France, she was one of three giraffes Muhammad Ali sent to European rulers in 1827. These were the first giraffes to be seen in Europe for over three centuries, since the Medici giraffe was sent to Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence in 1486. She didn't receive the name "Zarafa" until 1985. Background The giraffe known today as Zarafa was one among a series of diplomatic gifts exchanged between Charles X of France and the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, Mehmet Ali Pasha, to enhance their relationship. Biography The young Nubian giraffe was captured by Arab hunters near Sennar in Sudan and first taken by camel, then sailed by felucca on the Blue Nile to Khartoum. From there she was transported down the Nile on a specially constructed barge to Alexandria. She was accompanied by three cows that pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
