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8 unusual facts about Hadar


Al Bu Muhair

The origin of this tribe is from abdah bin bahraa bin amro bin qudaa Most of Al Bu Muhair are Hadar people, that is living in cities and mainly employed in pearl diving and other sea-related professions.

Bouri Formation

It is part of the Afar Depression that has created other rich human fossil sites such as Gona and Hadar.

Cress Williams

He portrayed Talak'talan, a Jem'Hadar leader in the Star Trek series, in a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Jem'Hadar".

Hadar, Ethiopia

The name 'Lucy' was inspired by the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", by The Beatles, which happened to be playing on the radio at base camp.

The first geological explorations of the Hadar area had been done by Maurice Taieb.

According to Jon Kalb, early maps show caravan routes passing within 10 or 15 kilometers of Hadar but not through it.

A member of the 1973 expedition to Hadar, the archeologist Donald Johanson, returned to Hadar the next year to make the first discovery of the remains of Lucy, a three million year old fossilized specimen of Australopithecus afarensis.

Maurice Taieb

Maurice Taieb, (born 1935) is a French geologist and paleoanthropologist who discovered the Hadar formation, recognised its potential importance to paleoanthropology and founded the International Afar Research Expedition (IARE).


Donald Johanson

Along with Maurice Taieb and Yves Coppens, he is known for discovering the fossil of a female hominid australopithecine known as "Lucy" in the Afar Triangle region of Hadar, Ethiopia.

Israel Technology Transfer Organization

In 2012 ITTN conducted the first annual conference which includes speakers such as; Prof. Manuel Trachtenberg, Dotan Peleg, Dr. Yona Geffen, Mooly Eden, President of Intel Israel, Avi Hasson - Israel's Chief Scientist, Vicki Lewise, CEO AUTM, Yossi Smoler, Prof. Odede Shoseyov, David Zigdon, Prof. Ada Yonath and Dr. Hadar Wismunsky.

Judy Klitsner

Venues have included Harvard University, Brown University, the Graduate Theological Union at UC Berkeley, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, Hebrew College, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the University of Judaism, Drisha, Mechon Hadar, Limmud, JOFA, the 92nd Street Y, and the Skirball Center.

Misschief Films

Natasza Zurek,Laura Hadar, Victoria Jealouse, Erin Comstock, Hana Beaman, Annie Boulanger, Anne-Flore Marxer, Izumi Amaike, Stacy Thomas, Marie-France Roy, Leanne Pelosi, Tara Dakides, Silvia Mittermuller, Spencer O'Brien, Jacqui Berg, Amber Stackhouse, Priscilla Levac, Maribeth Swetkoff, Alexis Waite, Kelly Clark, Gretchen Bleiler, Torah Bright, and Jamie Anderson.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch

Section 31: Abyss, (Jeffrey Lang and David Weddle, July 2001): Dr. Bashir is sent by shadowy intelligence agency Section 31 to deal with a rogue S31 agent who has taken control of a Jem'Hadar cloning facility abandoned by the Dominion after the war, and who, like Bashir, is genetically enhanced.

Warpath (David Mack, April 2006): The Jem'Hadar Taran'atar has brutally attacked Captain Kira and Lieutenant Ro, and Commander Vaughn must track him down.

Working Narrow Boat Hadar

"Hadar" is more commonly known as "Beta Centauri" and is the tenth brightest star in the night sky.


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