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Fnaire
Fnaire (Arabic: فناير) is a Morocco, Moroccan hip-hop group originating from Marrakesh, Marrakech, established in 2001. The group originally consisted of four members: Mohcine Tizaf (lead vocalist and songwriter), Khalifa Mennani (composer and vocalist) and Achraf Aarab (vocalist and business manager), and Hicham Belqas (died in 2008). The group's name is Arabic means "the lanterns." Fnaire gained national recognition in 2004 following their release of "Mat9ich Bladi" (Don't Touch My Country), a solidarity anthem responding to the 2003 Casablanca bombings, May 16 Casablanca bombings. The track received extensive airplay across Moroccan media platforms, including radio, television, and early internet channels. This exposure led to invitations to perform at major cultural events such as: The Casablanca Festival, Timitar Festival and Gnaoua World Music Festival. They also performed at the 44th Marrakech Popular Arts Festival in 2009. In 2013, Fnaire became one of the first hip-h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilbar (song)
"Dilbar" is a single by Indian playback singer Alka Yagnik, originally featured in the soundtrack of the 1999 Hindi film ''Sirf Tum''. The song was composed by the music duo Nadeem–Shravan, Nadeem-Shravan with lyrics by Sameer (lyricist), Sameer. The music video of the original song featured Sushmita Sen and Sanjay Kapoor. The soundtrack album of ''Sirf Tum'' sold approximately 2.2million units, making it the ninth best-selling Hindi film music album of 1999. The song later inspired a popular remake version by Nora Fatehi, featured in the film ''Satyameva Jayate (2018 film), Satyameva Jayate''. Remake version The recreated version of the song was released with the title "Dilbar" in Satyameva Jayate under the banner of T-Series (company), T-Series on 3 July 2018. It was written by Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist), Shabbir Ahmed and Ikka Singh, composed by Tanishk Bagchi, choreographed by Adil Shaikh and Nora Fatehi and sung by Neha Kakkar and Dhvani Bhanushali, with rapping by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Fatehi
Nora Fatehi (born 6 February 1992) is a Canadian dancer and actress based in India. She has appeared in Hindi cinema, Hindi, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. Fatehi made her acting debut with the Hindi film ''Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans''. Fatehi gained popularity in Telugu films for her special appearance songs in films like ''Temper (film), Temper'', ''Baahubali: The Beginning'' and ''Kick 2'' and has also starred in two Malayalam films, ''Double Barrel (2015 film), Double Barrel'' and ''Kayamkulam Kochunni (2018 film), Kayamkulam Kochunni''. In 2015, Fatehi participated as a contestant on the reality television show ''Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series), Bigg Boss''. In 2016, she was a participant in the reality television dance show ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa''. She appeared in the Bollywood film ''Satyameva Jayate (2018 film), Satyameva Jayate'' where she was featured in the recreated version of the song "Dilbar (song), Dilbar" and the song crossed 20 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mawazine
Mawazine (, meaning "rhythms") is an international music festival held annually in Rabat, Morocco. The event features a wide range of international and local music artists across various genres. Mawazine is organized by Maroc Cultures, a cultural foundation founded and presided over by Mounir Majidi, the personal secretary of King Mohammed VI. The 2019 festival was attended by 2,75 million people, making Mawazine the largest festival in the world after Donauinselfest in Vienna. With 90 acts on 7 stages, it has the highest ratio of attendees per stage in the world. Mawazine is one of several cultural events organized to contribute to Morocco’s international image and promote its cultural diplomacy efforts. According to a statement on the festival’s official website, Mawazine aims to highlight the Kingdom’s values by promoting messages of tolerance, openness, respect, and dialogue. In addition to featuring a diverse array of international and local artists, the festival i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cilvaringz
Tarik Azzougarh (; born January 29, 1979), better known as his stage name Cilvaringz, is a Dutch-Moroccan record producer, rapper, and artist manager from Tilburg, North Brabant. He is associated with the Wu-Tang Clan and is best known for conceptualizing and producing the world's most expensive work of music, Wu-Tang Clan's '' Once Upon a Time in Shaolin''. Cilvaringz was discovered by Ol' Dirty Bastard and Method Man at a Wu-Tang Clan concert in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on May 26, 1997. After impressing ODB with a live freestyle on stage he was introduced to RZA who signed him to Wu-Tang Records in 1999, becoming the first non-American affiliate of the Wu-Tang Clan. Between 2002 and 2010 Cilvaringz toured the world as the official opening act of RZA, Method Man & Redman, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah. On April 9, 2007, he released his first solo album through five different record labels around the world, receiving critical acclaim for its return to the original Wu-Tang sound. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samira Said
Samira Abdelrazak Bensaïd (; born 10 January 1958), professionally known as Samira Said (), is a Moroccan-Egyptian singer who has lived in Egypt for more than 40 years and is known for her Egyptian Arabic genre. She represented Morocco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, and is to date the only Moroccan entrant in the contest. Career Samira Said was born in 1958 in Rabat, in Morocco, to a father from Rabat and a mother from Fez. She began singing at the age of nine, and was discovered on the music program, ''Mawaheb'', broadcast on Moroccan TV. She then moved to Egypt where her fame around the Arab world began. She has dual nationality in Morocco and Egypt, her resident home, as she moved to Cairo in 1977. All her albums are in Egyptian Arabic, but she has also recorded some songs in Moroccan Arabic, such as "Kifash Tlakina" ("How we Met"), "Fayetli sheftek shi marra" ("I've seen you once"), "Sarkouh" ("They Stole Him"), and "Al Behhara" ("Mariners"). Her singles included " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marrakesh, Morocco
Marrakesh or Marrakech (; , ) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh–Safi region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. The city was founded circa 1070 by Abu Bakr ibn Umar as the capital of the Almoravid dynasty. The Almoravids established the first major structures in the city and shaped its layout for centuries to come. The red walls of the city, built by Ali ibn Yusuf in 1122–1123, and various buildings constructed in red sandstone afterwards, have given the city the nickname of the "Red City" or "Ochre City". Marrakesh grew rapidly and established itself as a cultural, religious, and trading center for the Maghreb. After a period of decline, Marrakesh regained its status in the early 16th century as the capital of the Saadian dynasty, with sultans Abdallah al-Ghalib and Ahmad al-Mansur embellishing the city with an array of sumptuous monuments. Beginning in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2M (TV Channel)
2M is a Moroccan free-to-air television network. It was established by the royal-owned conglomerate, ONA, before being sold to, in part, the Moroccan government. Of 2M, 45.3% is owned by Bank of Africa, while approximately 32.5% by the Moroccan government, Al Mada (12%), with the remaining shares being owned by Atlas Capital (10.2%). The channel is available free-to-air locally on digital signal with national coverage, and on satellite television via Globecast, Nilesat, Arabsat and Hotbird. 2M offers services in Arabic, French, and Berber. It is the most-viewed television channel in Morocco, registering an overall share of 35,4% against Al Aoula's 9,2% in January 2018. Background 2M was set up as a second national television channel with the aim of promoting competition and diversity in Moroccan audio-visual broadcasting. 2M started its programmes officially on 4 March 1989. It used to be a cable channel broadcasting unscrambled twice a day. After 7 years of activity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosco–Caesar
Bosco–Caesar is an Indian choreographer duo who work in Indian films. They are Bosco Martis and Caesar Gonsalves, who have together worked on 200 songs and about 75 films. They run the Bosco Caesar Dance Company in Brampton (Canada), Scarborough (Canada), Mumbai, Phoolbagan, and Salt Lake in Kolkata. They won the 2011 National Film Award for Best Choreography for the "Señorita" in ''Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara'', for which they also won the Filmfare Award for Best Choreography. Early life and education Bosco Martis (born 23 November 1974) and Caesar Gonsalves (born 23 February 1973) grew up in Mumbai where they both went to St. Josephs in Juhu and played football together. Bosco was inspired by Caesar's dancing performances and practiced on his own to catch up with his future partner's abilities. The two attended Mithibai College and graduated in 1990. Career Bosco–Caesar started as backup dancer for choreographers LOLLYPOP and Farah Khan. Thereafter, they started thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn Nets
The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NBA), Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Barclays Center. They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City; the other being the New York Knicks. The club was established in 1967 as a charter franchise of the NBA's rival league, the American Basketball Association (ABA). They played in New Jersey as the New Jersey Americans during their first season, before List of relocated National Basketball Association teams, relocating to Long Island, Long Island, New York, in 1968 and changing their name to the New York Nets. During this time, the Nets won two List of ABA champions, ABA championships (1974 and 1976). In 1976, the ABA ABA–NBA merger, merged with the NBA, and the Net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference. The franchise was established in 1989 as an Expansion team, expansion franchise. Notable NBA stars as Shaquille O'Neal, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter and Dwight Howard, have played for the club throughout its history. , the franchise has played in the NBA playoffs 17 times in 35 seasons, and twice went to the NBA Finals, in 1995 NBA Finals, 1995 and 2009 NBA Finals, 2009, losing to the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers, respectively. History 1985–1986: Team creation In September 1985, Orlando, Florida, Orlando businessman Jim L. Hewitt approached Philadelphia 76ers general manager Pat Williams (basketball), Pat Williams as they met in Texas on his idea of bringing an NBA team t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBA All-Star Game
The National Basketball Association All-Star Game is the annual all-star game hosted each February by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and showcases 24 of the league's All-star, star players. Since 2022, it was held on the third Sunday of February, the same day that the Daytona 500 was held usually the week after the Super Bowl. It is the featured event of NBA All-Star Weekend, a three-day event which goes from Friday to Sunday. The All-Star Game was first played at the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. The starting lineup for each squad is selected by a combination of fan, player, and media voting, while head coaches choose the Substitution (sport), reserves, seven players from their respective conferences, so each side has a 12-man roster. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players. If a selected player cannot participate because of injury, the NBA commissioner selects a replacement. Traditionally, the NBA All-Star Game pitted the top players from both the East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference was an international meeting of political leaders and activists to discuss environmental issues. It was held in Marrakech, Morocco, on 7–18 November 2016. The conference incorporated the twenty-second Conference of the Parties (COP22), the twelfth meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP12), and the first meeting of the parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA1). The purpose of the conference was to discuss and implement plans about combatting climate change and to " emonstrateto the world that the implementation of the Paris Agreement is underway". Participants work together to come up with global solutions to climate change. The conference was presided over by Salaheddine Mezouar, the Moroccan Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Approximately 20,000 participants were expected to attend. On 2 May 2016, events firm GL Events signed the service contract. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
