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Arwa El-Sherbini
Arwa ( ar, أروى) is an Arabic feminine name. It means "gracefulness and beauty", "satisfied", and “fresh". People *Arwa bint Abdul Muttalib, an aunt of the Islamic prophet Muhammad *Arwa bint Kurayz, cousin of Muhammad and mother of Uthman *Arwa bint al-Harith, relative of Muhammad *Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari (735–died 764), wife of Abbasid caliph al-Mansur, who ruled the Islamic world from 754 to 775, and mother of third Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi * ''Arwa bint Harun al-Rashid'', was the daughter of Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid, her mother was Hulab. She was also half sister of Caliph al-Amin and al-Ma'mun. *Umm Jamil, also known as Arwā, wife of Abū Lahab *Arwa (singer), Yemeni singer *Arwa al-Sulayhi, queen of Yemen 1067–1138 *Arwa Damon, news journalist *Arwa Othman, Yemeni writer, journalist, human rights activist and former Minister of Culture Places *Arwa (village), a village in Saudi Arabia *Arwa (mountain), a mountain in southern Saudi Arabia Other *Arwa (wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic Language
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is the language of literature, official documents, and formal written m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arwa (singer)
Arwa ( ar, أروى; born Iman Salem Ba'amiran ( ar, إيمان سالم باعميران); July 8, 1979) is a Yemeni-Egyptian singer and television host. At the age of ten, her family moved to Cairo where she later received her education at Cairo University studying engineering. She began her singing career in 1999 and has released four albums. In 2009, Arwa became host for an entertainment television show called Akher Man Ya'lam (The Last To Know). The first episode was aired on September 27, 2009, on MBC 1 MBC 1 may refer to: * MBC 1 (Mauritian TV channel), a TV channel in Mauritius by the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation * MBC1 (Middle Eastern and North African TV channel) MBC 1 is a free-to-air pan-Arab general television channel. Satel .... In 2010, she received a Golden Award for her television show at the "Khalij" radio and television festival. Discography * 1999 Ragaak Waqtak * 2001 Arwa 2 * 2003 Ahla Ayami * 2006 Inta Arafane * 2009 Ghasseb Aannak * 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arwa (water)
Arwa is a bottled water brand produced by Dubai-based Al Ahlia Group, the licensed bottler and distributor of Coca-Cola brands in the UAE and Oman. It is sold across most Middle East countries. Arwa water is produced in-house at the company's Al Ain Plant since 1990. also has a plant in Tulkarem, West Bank "Arwa Fruits", a sparkling water variant, was launched in Bahrain in 2010. It comes in two natural flavors: strawberry and lemon. "Arwa" is an Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ... feminine given name. It means "quenched", "pleasant", "fresh". It could also mean "mountain goat" or "deer". References External links Official siteArwa Water on Twitter [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arwa (mountain)
Arwa or Jabal Arwa ( ar, جبل عروى) is a mountain in Asir Region, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A .... It stands isolated from neighboring mountain ranges, surrounded by sands, just north of the Mureibekh plain. A few water wells known as ''Arwa wells'' ( ar, آبار عروى) are located 2 km to the south east of the mountain. The mountain was known in ancient times and was frequently mentioned in Arabic poetry of the region. References Mountains of Saudi Arabia {{SaudiArabia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arwa (village)
Arwa or Arawah ( ar, عروى, ''`Arwa'') is a village in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. It is located in the Dawadmi Governorate, north of the Riyadh-Makkah highway, and around west of Riyadh. The village was established in 1918 (1336 AH) at the site of a water source of the same name, by sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Bin Hindi Bin Humaid Alotaibi. Its population is mostly from the Utaiba tribe. Several sites around Arwa contain ancient petroglyphs A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ... from different historic eras. Some carvings may date back to 1000 years BC. Arwa was the site of the Battle of Arwa in 1883 (1300 AH), where the Rashidis led by Muhammed bin Abdullah Al Rashid defeated the Utaiba and their Al Saud allies. References Populated places in Riy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arwa Othman
Arwa Othman is a Yemeni writer, journalist, human rights activist and former Minister of Culture (2014–15) in the cabinet of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. Human Rights Watch has cited Othman as one of the "most outspoken activists calling for human rights and gender equality" during the 2011 Yemeni Revolution. Career Arwa Othman has headed the House of Folklore, a museum in Sana'a. In 2013 she was appointed to the Yemeni National Dialogue Conference, where she headed the Rights and Freedom Committee. Under her the committee recommended reforms for improving the lives of Yemeni women, making 18 the minimum age for marriage and action against people involved in the forced marriage of a child. In September 2013 she highlighted the case of an eight year old child bride who died of internal bleeding. However, Othman's advocacy also brought her to the notice of orthodox sections of society, from whom she received death threats. Othman was one of the recipients of Human Rights Watch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arwa Damon
Arwa Damon (born September 19, 1977) is an American journalist who is a senior international correspondent for CNN, based in Istanbul. From 2003, she covered the Middle East as a freelance journalist, before joining CNN in 2006. She is also president and founder of INARA, a humanitarian organization that provides medical treatment to refugee children from Syria. Early life and education Born in Boston, to an American father and Syrian mother, Damon spent her early childhood years in Wayland, Massachusetts. Damon is the granddaughter of Muhsin al-Barazi, the former Syrian Kurd Prime Minister of Syria, who was executed in the August 1949 Syrian coup d'état. At the age of six, Damon and her family moved to Morocco, followed by Istanbul, Turkey three years later, where her father was a teacher and middle school director at Robert College. He went from there to Işıkkent School in Izmir, and was then headmaster of the American Community School at Beirut from 2003 until his r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arwa Al-Sulayhi
) , name = Arwā bint Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Mūsā Aṣ-Ṣulayḥī , other_names = ''As-Sayyidah Al-Ḥurrah'' () ''Al-Malikah Al-Ḥurrah'' ( ar, ٱلْمَلِكَة ٱلْحُرَّة or ''Al-Ḥurratul-Malikah'' ( ar, ٱلْحُرَّةُ ٱلْمَلِكَة, lit=The Noble Queen) ''Malikat Sabaʾ Aṣ-Ṣaghīrah'' (, "Little Queen of Sheba") , image = File:Mousoleum Hurrat-ul-Malaika Arwa.JPG , caption = Mausoleum of Queen Arwa inside Queen Arwa Mosque, Jibla , birth_date = 440 Hijri (1048 CE) , birth_place = Haraz, Yemen, South Arabia , death_date = 1138 CE , death_place = Jibla, Yemen , resting_place = Queen Arwa Mosque, Jibla , known_for = Being a long-reigning Queen of Yemen and Islam , predecessor = Asma bint Shihab , successor = (Sulayhid Dynasty abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umm Jamil
Arwā bint Ḥarb ( ar, أروى بنت حرب), better known as Umm Jamīl ( ar, أم جميل), was an aunt-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who is mentioned in the Quran. She was Abu Lahab's wife and Abu Sufyan's sister. Arwa is usually remembered for opposing Islam and the prophet, and also for a poem. Family She was the daughter of Harb ibn Umayya, a chief of Mecca. She was a sister of Abu Sufyan and one of the leading women of the Quraysh.The Destiny of Umm Jamil, the Wife of Abu Lahab Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Kathir. ''Tafsir'' on Quran 111. She married Abū Lahab, a paternal uncle of Muhammad. They had at least six children: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arwa Bint Abdul Muttalib
Arwa ( ar, أروى) is an Arabic feminine name. It means "gracefulness and beauty", "satisfied", and “fresh". People *Arwa bint Abdul Muttalib, an aunt of the Islamic prophet Muhammad *Arwa bint Kurayz, cousin of Muhammad and mother of Uthman * Arwa bint al-Harith, relative of Muhammad *Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari (735–died 764), wife of Abbasid caliph al-Mansur, who ruled the Islamic world from 754 to 775, and mother of third Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi * ''Arwa bint Harun al-Rashid'', was the daughter of Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid, her mother was Hulab. She was also half sister of Caliph al-Amin and al-Ma'mun. *Umm Jamil, also known as Arwā, wife of Abū Lahab *Arwa (singer), Yemeni singer *Arwa al-Sulayhi, queen of Yemen 1067–1138 * Arwa Damon, news journalist *Arwa Othman, Yemeni writer, journalist, human rights activist and former Minister of Culture Places *Arwa (village), a village in Saudi Arabia *Arwa (mountain), a mountain in southern Saudi Arabia Other *Arwa (w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Ma'mun
Abu al-Abbas Abdallah ibn Harun al-Rashid ( ar, أبو العباس عبد الله بن هارون الرشيد, Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Hārūn ar-Rashīd; 14 September 786 – 9 August 833), better known by his regnal name Al-Ma'mun ( ar, المأمون, al-Maʾmūn), was the seventh Abbasid caliph, who reigned from 813 until his death in 833. He succeeded his half-brother al-Amin after a civil war, during which the cohesion of the Abbasid Caliphate was weakened by rebellions and the rise of local strongmen; much of his domestic reign was consumed in pacification campaigns. Well educated and with a considerable interest in scholarship, al-Ma'mun promoted the Translation Movement, the flowering of learning and the sciences in Baghdad, and the publishing of al-Khwarizmi's book now known as "Algebra". He is also known for supporting the doctrine of Mu'tazilism and for imprisoning Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, the rise of religious persecution ('' mihna''), and for the resum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Amin
Abu Musa Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid ( ar, أبو موسى محمد بن هارون الرشيد, Abū Mūsā Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd; April 787 – 24/25 September 813), better known by his laqab of Al-Amin ( ar, الأمين, al-Amīn), was the sixth Arab Abbasid caliph from 809 to 813. Al-Amin succeeded his father, Harun al-Rashid, in 809 and ruled until he was deposed and killed in 813, during the Fourth Fitna, civil war by his half-brother, al-Ma'mun. Early life and the issue of succession Muhammad, the future al-Amin, was born in April 787 to the Abbasid caliph, Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid () and Zubaidah bint Ja`far, Zubayda, herself descended from the second Abbasid caliph, al-Mansur (). Muhammad had an elder half-brother, Abdallah, the future al-Ma'mun (), who had been born in September 786. However, Abdallah's mother was a Persian slave concubine, and his pure Abbasid lineage gave Muhammad seniority over his half-brother. Indeed, he was the only Abbasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
