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Marjan (name)
Marjan is a Dutch and Iranian version of the feminine given name Marianne. The Iranian feminine given name also means "coral" ( :wikt:مرجان). Marjan () is also a Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian and Serbian version of the masculine given name Marius. People with this name include: ;Feminine name * Marjan (singer) (1948–2020), Iranian singer and actress * Marjan Ackermans-Thomas (born 1942), Dutch pentathlete *Marjan Borsjes (born 1957), Dutch photographer * Marjan Davari (born 1966), imprisoned Iranian researcher, translator and writer * Marjan Haydaree, Afghan footballer * Marjan Jahangiri (born 1962) British professor of cardiac surgery * Marjan Janus (born 1952), Dutch swimmer * Marjan Jonkman (born 1994), Dutch fashion model * Marjan Kalhor (born 1988), Iranian alpine skier * Marjan Kamali, Iranian-born writer, author of ''The Stationery Shop'' and ''Together Tea''. * Marjan al-Katib al-Islami (fl. 1670), Iranian calligrapher * Marjan Mashkour (born c. 1970), Iran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speakers, third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (which includes 60% of the population of Belgium). "1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." (page 153). Dutch was one of the official languages of South Africa until 1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition used, may be considered a sister language, spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, and evolving from Cape Dutch dialects. In South America, Dutch is the native l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marjan Kamali
Marjan Kamali (born 1971) is an Iranian-American novelist and author. Her novels have been published in more than 20 languages and have received both national and international acclaim She is a 2022 NEA Literature Fellow. Biography Kamali was born in Turkey to Iranian parents. She soon moved to Iran where she lived for a few years, followed by Hamburg, Germany where she started school. She subsequently lived in Kenya and Iran again before settling in the U.S. in 1982. Kamali received a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from Columbia University, and an MFA from New York University. Her first novel, ''Together Tea'', was published in 2013 by Ecco/HarperCollins and was a Massachusetts Book Award finalist. Her second novel, ''The Stationery Shop'', was published by Gallery/Simon&Schuster in 2019 and became a national and international bestseller. Her third novel, ''The Lion Women of Tehran'', was released on July 2, 2024 from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marjan Vahdat
Mahsa Vahdat (in Persian مهسا وحدت) (born 29 October 1973, Tehran, Iran) is a Persian classical and world music singer. Mahsa Vahdat's music style is contemporary expression inspired by old traditional and folk and regional music of Persia/Iran that she developed for many years and it is the result of work with many musicians from Iran and other countries. She writes most of her songs. In her music she also developed dialogue between other cultures in a high artistic quality and she got a huge response internationally. The text of her work is mostly from classical and contemporary Persian poetry such as the works by Hafez and Rumi. She has released materials with her sister Marjan Vahdat (in Persian مرجان وحدت). as in albums ''Songs from a Persian Garden'', ''I Am Eve'' and ''Twinklings of Hope''. Life After learning to play piano, she studied traditional Persian singing under Pari Meleki and Mehdi Fallah. She also studied setar with Ramin Kakavand and Masoud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marjan Unger
Marianne de Boer, later known as Marjan Unger (11 February 1946 – 27 June 2018), was a Dutch art historian. She acquired a public reputation as the author of a standard work on Dutch jewelry and as a jewelry collector. Life and work Early life and education Marianne de Boer was born into an entrepreneurial family exactly nine months after the liberation. She was born and grew up at Bussum, a small town located between Amsterdam and Utrecht, and close to the ( subsequently reclaimed) southern part of the Zuiderzee. Marianne was one of three children in the family: her father was a contractor for the hydraulic engineering sector. At school she excelled in Mathematics. She studied Industrial Design at the Arts and Crafts Academy (''"Kunstrijverheidschool"'', but subsequently renamed) in Amsterdam between 1964 and 1967, but never completed her course. It was here that she met the artist-designer Gerard Unger whom she married in 1968. At the academy she suffered terribly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marjan Smit
Marjan Smit (born September 29, 1975, in Breda) is a Dutch softball player, who represents the Dutch national team in international competitions.Athlete biography: Marjan Smit beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 16, 2008 Smit played for Twins Sport Club, Zwijndrecht and since 2004 she is back at the Twins. She is an and |
Marjan Shaki
Marjan may refer to: Places Albania * , a village in Gorë Municipality, Korçë District * , a village in Lekas Municipality, Korçë District Iran * Marjan, Alborz, a village * Marjan, Fars, a village * Marjan, Isfahan, a village * Marjan, Kerman, a village * Marjan Babamorad, a village * Marjan Gomar, a village * Marjan Qeytul, a village Elsewhere * Marjan, Split, a hill on the peninsula of the city of Split, Croatia * Al Marjan Island, a man-made archipelago of four islands in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates Other uses * ''Marjan'' (film), 1956 Iranian film * Marjan (name), a given name (includes a list of people with the name) * Marjan (singer), Iranian pre-revolutionary actress and singer * Marjan (lion), who once lived in the Kabul Zoo See also * * * Marjane (other) * Marian (other) Marian may refer to: People * Marian (given name), a list of people with the given name * Marian (surname), a list of people so named Places * Marian, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marjan Schwegman
Maria Janna "Marjan" Schwegman (born 20 February 1951, Middenmeer) is a Dutch historian who was managing director of the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies from March 2007 to 18 February 2016. Besides that, she is a professor in Politics and Culture in the 20th century at the faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University. Life and work Marjan Schwegman studied history at the University of Amsterdam. From 2003 to 2007 Marjan Schwegman was managing director of the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome. Previously she worked at the University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, Maastricht University and Utrecht University. In Utrecht she became ''bijzonder hoogleraar'' (endowed professor) women's history. From 2007, she occupied the chair of Politics and Culture in the Long Twentieth Century. Since 2003, her main work is no longer at the university: from 2003 to 2007 she was director of the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome. She has been director of NIOD since 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marjan Sax
Marjan Sax (born 26 December 1947) is a Dutch feminist lesbian activist, member of Dolle Mina and co-founder of a number of feminist organisations, ethical bank Mama Cash among them. Sax is also an advisor for charity organisations. Life Sax was born in Amsterdam and studied politics at the University of Amsterdam. She was teamleader at the Open School in the North of Amsterdam from April 1977 to 1981. After that she worked as a researcher at the Foundation ''Vrouw & Media'' from March 1983 until June 1986, where she studied the position of female journalists at Dutch newspaper publishers. Sax has worked as an independent advisor for charities since 2003. She is a writer and is a board member for several organisations. In 2003 Sax read the Mosse Lecture, titled ''Naar een nieuwe seksuele revolutie'' (''Towards a new sexual revolution''). Activism Sax was active in Dolle Mina and was the co-founder of various feminist organisations: the ''Vrouwenhuis'' in Amsterdam in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marjan Salahshouri
Marjan Salahshouri (, born 12 October 1996) is an Iranian taekwondo practitioner. She represented Iran at the 2018 and 2022 Asian Games, claiming a silver medal and a bronze medal in the women's poomsae individual event. Salahshouri became vice-champion in the pairs' traditional Poomsae competition at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships. She also claimed a bronze medal in the women's individual competition as well as a second bronze medal in the women's team competition (three-person team) at the 2016 World Championships held in Lima. At the Goyang 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, she beat American athlete Kaitlyn Reclusado Kaitlyn Marie Reclusado (born December 1, 2004) is an American taekwondo athlete and world bronze medalist in traditional Hyeong, Poomsae. Career Kaitlyn Reclusado started competing internationally in 2020 and won her first major medal at th ... in the semi-finale, lost to Denmark's Eva Sandersen in the finale and thus became vice- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marjan Ridder
Marjan Ridder (born 3 May 1953 as Marjan Luesken) is a Dutch badminton player. Career Ridder won 17 Dutch titles. Internationally she was most successful in women's doubles, usually partnered with Joke van Beusekom, winning at the (first) European Youth Championships in 1969, the Denmark Open in 1972 and 1975, the Irish International in 1975, and the Dutch Open in 1977. She and Van Beusekom further earned bronze at the 1974, and 1978 European Championships, and silver at the (first) World Championships in 1977 in Malmö. With her partner Rob Ridder she won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the 1976 and 1978 European Badminton Championships Family She is married to Rob Ridder, whose sister Marja Ridder, was also a highly successful player on 26 August 1976 in Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English language, English) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maria Oudeman
Maria Johanna (Marjan) Oudema (born 1958) was president of Utrecht University until 2017. As of 2018, she was also a director of the Concertgebouw, the Rijksmuseum, Solvay SA, Aalberts (then Aalberts Industries) and SHV Holdings and was a director of Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor (formerly Statoil) from 2012 until 2018. She was previously a member of the executive committee of Akzo Nobel and executive director Strip Products Division at Corus Group (now Tata Steel Europe). She has a law degree from the University of Groningen and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Rochester (New York) and Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam ( ; abbreviated as EUR) is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century Christian humanist and theologian. Erasmus M .... References 1958 births Dutch business executives Equinor people Academic st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marjan Olyslager
Marjan Ingrid Olyslager (born 8 March 1962) is a retired Dutch sprinter. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 m hurdles and 4 × 100 m relay, reaching the semifinals. She won a silver medal at the 1988 European Indoor Championships in the 60 m hurdles. Nationally, she set multiple records and won 12 titles in hurdles events. Biography In 1981 Olyslager started competing as a senior and won her first national title. In 1984, she set a national record in the 100 m hurdles at 13.20 s, but fell 0.02 s short of the Olympic qualification. In May–August 1985 she improved that record four times, to 13.19, 13.07, 13.03, and finally 13.01 seconds. She broke the 13 second barrier in June 1988, at 12.93 s and qualified for the 1988 Olympics. The same year she won a European silver in the 60 m hurdles with a time of 7.92 s, as well as the Memorial Van Damme in the 100 m hurdles (12.83 s). However, in the Olympic semi-final, she hit a hurdle, and with a time of 13.08 s did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
