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Haik
Haik may refer to: Places * Haik, Iran, a village in Yazd Province, Iran * Hayq, Ethiopia, a town in northern Ethiopia People Given name / Mononym *Hayk, legendary founder of Armenia * Haik Hovsepian Mehr (1945–1994), Iranian martyr *Haik M. Martirosyan (born 2000), Armenian chess player * Haik Nikogosian (born 1955), Armenian physician, politician and a public health expert Surname * Jacques Haïk (1893–1950), French film producer *Katherine Haik, Miss Teen USA 2015 * Mac Haik, American football player, wide receiver *Mohammad Al-Haik, Saudi Arabian footballer * Richard T. Haik (born 1950), American U.S. District Judge * Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura (1912–2000), was an organist, music teacher, composer and music theorist. * Ted Haik (born 1945), American attorney and politician Others *Haik (garment) The haik (Arabic: الحايك) is a female garment worn in Algeria particularly in central Algeria, it is the equivalent of mlaya in eastern Algeria and ksaa in western Alge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haik (garment)
The haik (Arabic: الحايك) is a female garment worn in Algeria particularly in central Algeria, it is the equivalent of mlaya in eastern Algeria and ksaa in western Algeria, and sefsari in Tunisia. It consists of a rectangular fabric covering the whole body, in length, rolled up then held at the waist by a belt and then brought back to the shoulders to be fixed by fibulae. It can be white or black, though is usually white Etymology The word is borrowed from the Maghrebi Arabic word , which comes from the Arabic verb which means "to weave". First used in French in the form (1654), it underwent many variations (1667), (1670), (1670), (1683), (1686). The word in French was at first of the feminine gender (1725) and became masculine in 1830. Origins Made from wool, silk or synthetic silk fabric, the haik succeeded, in a very short time, to spread through many regions of the country, but its wearing was adapted to the socio-cultural specificities of the region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Haik
Theodore Michael Haik, Jr., known as Ted Haik (born April 8, 1945), is an attorney in New Iberia, Louisiana, who was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1976 to 1996. He represented House District 49, which includes portions of Iberia, St. Mary, and Vermilion parishes. He is the older brother of U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik of Lafayette and Suzanne Haik Terrell of New Orleans, the last Louisiana elections commissioner who served from 2000 to 2004 and the unsuccessful Republican candidate in the 2002 U.S. Senate race against the incumbent Democrat Mary Landrieu. Background Of Lebanese descent, Haik was born in New Iberia to Theodore Haik, Sr., and the former Margaret Hannie, both deceased. He graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and holds the Juris Doctor degree from the Roman Catholic-affiliated Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. He is a former captain in the Louisiana Army National Guard. He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haik Nikogosian
Haik Nikogosian (born 1955) is an Armenian physician, politician and a public and global health expert. Nikogosian was founding chairman of the National Institute of Health of Armenia from 1992 to 1994, and served as the Armenian minister of health from 1998 to 2000. He held managerial positions with the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe from 2000 to 2007, and was head of noncommunicable diseases and lifestyles for part of that time. He was the founding head of the secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control from 2007 to 2014, and was designated as head, emeritus, of the secretariat by the decision of the Conference of the Parties in 2018. Between 2014 and 2017, he was special representative of the WHO Regional Director for Europe and acting WHO special representative (2015–2017) to the Russian Federation. From 2017 Nikogosian is a senior fellow at the Global Health Centre, the Graduate Institute of International and Develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Haïk
Jacques Haïk (20 June 1893 – 31 August 1950) was a French film producer. Born of Jewish descent in French-controlled Tunisia, he moved to Paris where he found work in the film industry, introducing Charlie Chaplin to French audiences. He gradually built up a chain of cinemas including the Grand Rex (1931), and established his own production company Les Établissements Jacques Haïk which was very active during the early 1930s. Following the introduction of sound film he made several French-language films at the Twickenham Studios in the United Kingdom until his Paris studios were equipped for sound production. Haïk was Jew. Following the outbreak of the Second World War he produced the anti-Nazi '' My Crimes After Mein Kampf'' and supported the Free French. In 1940, the Nazis took control of his company ''Les Films Régent'' during the Nazi plunder, and he returned to Tunisia to hide. He returned to Paris in 1945 but all of his movie theaters were confiscated under the pretext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura
Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura (née Vantoura; 13 July 1912 – 22 October 2000) was a French organist, music teacher, composer and music theorist. Her main work was in the field of musicology. Personal life Vantoura was born in Paris on 13 July 1912. In 1931 Vantoura started studying at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, (CNSMDP), and in 1934 earned a First Prize in Harmony. Four years later, she was awarded a First Prize in Fugue (1938). She was a pupil of the well-known organist and composer Marcel Dupré from 1941 to 1946. During World War II, Vantoura and her family fled from the Nazis to southern France. There she studied the cantillation marks (also melodic accents or ''ta'amim''), in the Hebrew Bible ( Masoretic Text), forming the basic hypothesis of her system for decoding the Masoretic cantillation. After the war she put aside this work and did not resume it until, after her retirement in 1970, she finally published her system in ''La Musique de la Bible revé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Haik
Katherine Olivia Haik ( ; born May 9, 2000) is an American model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2015. At age 15, she was the youngest contestant to ever be crowned Miss Teen USA as well as the second entrant from Louisiana to win the title, following Shelley Hennig who won Miss Teen USA 2004. Early life and education Haik was born on May 9, 2000, in Covington, Louisiana to Tim and Jennifer Haik, yet was raised in Franklinton. She graduated from Franklinton High School in 2018, and attends Louisiana State University, where she is a member of Kappa Delta sorority. She graduated from LSU in May 2022. Pageantry Haik competed in Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2015 and won the competition. She went on to compete at Miss Teen USA 2015, where was crowned the winner. After the announcement that the Miss Teen USA competition would eliminate the swimsuit round in 2016, Haik publicly stated that she supported the decision to switch the component of the competitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Haik
Joseph Michael Haik is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for four seasons for the Houston Oilers in the American Football League (1968–1969) and the National Football League (1970–1971). He is CEO/Chairman of Mac Haik Enterprises which owns land, restaurants, commercial office buildings and a chain of automobile dealerships. /www.machaik.comHaik is of Lebanese American descent. Mac Haik Enterprises Mac Haik Enterprises, inc. is an investment company based in Houston, Texas with multiple affiliated companies engaged in a broad range of services and industries. It employs over 3,250 associates and owns land, commercial office buildings, retail space, medical facilities, restaurants, hotels, outdoor media and a chain of automobile dealerships located in Texas and Mississippi that generate revenues in excess of $3.3 billion a year. Vehicles Mac Haik Enterprises' automotive division, Mac Haik Automotive Group, sells cars, trucks, and SU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haik Hovsepian Mehr
Haik Hovsepian Mehr ( hy, Հայկ Հովսեփյան Մեհր; January 6, 1945, Tehran – January 19, 1994) was an Iranian Armenian Protestant minister and bishop of the '' Jama'at-e Rabbani'' church (part of the Assemblies of God church movement). After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, he was one of the few Christian leaders to continue to evangelize. In 1994, he disappeared after protesting the Iranian government's treatment of converts to Christianity and is generally assumed to have been murdered by the state. The state, however, accuses the People's Mujahedin of Iran for his murder. Early life Hovsepian was born in 1945 in Tehran, Iran into an Armenian Apostolic middle-class family. He had three younger brothers: Edward, Roubik and George. When he was 15, he joined the Pentecostal Assemblies of God. In 1966, upon completion of his mandatory military service, Haik married Takoosh Ginagosian. In 1967, he pastored his first church in Majidieh, a suburb of the capital Tehran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haik, Iran
Hek ( fa, هك; also known as Haik, Hech, and Hīk) is a village in Mehrabad Rural District, Bahman District , native_name_lang = fa , settlement_type = District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_alt = ..., Abarkuh County, Yazd Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 145, in 43 families. References Populated places in Abarkuh County {{Abarkuh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Teen USA 2015
Miss Teen USA 2015 was the 33rd Miss Teen USA pageant. It was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, The Bahamas on August 22, 2015 and was hosted by Miss USA 2013 Erin Brady and television writer Nick Teplitz. All fifty states and District of Columbia competed. K. Lee Graham of South Carolina crowned her successor Katherine Haik of Louisiana at the end of the event. Results Special Awards Historical significance * Louisiana wins competition for the second time. * California earns the ''1st runner-up'' position for the second time. The last time it was placed in 2002. * North Carolina earns the ''2nd runner-up'' position for the third time. The last time it was placed in 2008. * Tennessee earns the ''3rd runner-up'' position for the first time. * Massachusetts earns the ''4th runner-up'' position for the first time. * States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard T
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
