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unusual facts about Haifaa al-Mansour


The Gulf film industry

Haifaa al-Mansour has gained world-wide recognition since the release of her film Wadjda, the first film to be directed by a female Saudi director and shot entirely in Saudi Arabia with an all-Saudi cast.


Abu Nawas

The first branch opened in Prince al Mansour Street in Dammam in the 1980s, and later expanded to Khobar and eventually Jeddah.

Ahmed Saleh

The ceremony was also attended by UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, and the Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Dr Ali Mansour bin Svaa.

Ali al-Khudair

--, conducted by Sheikh Aaid al-Qarn,--> Sheikh al-Khudair withdrew the fatwas he had issued declaring Turki al-Hamad, Mansour al-Naqeedan and Abdullah Abusamh as infidel, this according to Ain-al-Yaqeen in 2003,

Sheikh Ali al-Khudair had issued fatwas against several Saudi-Arabian thinkers, among them Turki al-Hamad, Mansour al-Naqeedan and Abdullah Abusamh declaring them as infidel.

Ali al-Sistani

While presenting Bela Hodod (a.k.a. "Without Borders"), Mansour voiced skepticism of Sistani's leadership credentials while directing questions about the Iranian-born cleric to his guest, Shia cleric Jawad al-Khalsi.

Ben Mansour

Ben Mansour is a small town and rural commune in Kénitra Province of the Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen region of Morocco.

Char Khooneh

The title is a pun: Char Khooneh means "plaid" as well as "four houses." In the first episode, Mrs. Shokouh Jamali and her daughter Parastoo live in one apartment, one apartment is for Mr. Mansour Jamali when he's in the doghouse with his wife, one apartment is for the Jamalis' daughter Rana and her husband Hamed, and one apartment is vacant.

Dame sobh

Mansour Ziaee (Hossein Yari) is a prison inmate in Iran's capital Tehran, who is awaiting his execution for murder.

Fadhma Aït Mansour

Marguerite-Fadhma Aït Mansour Amrouche (c. 1882 in Tizi Hibel, Algeria – July 9, 1967 in Saint-Brice-en-Coglès, France) is the mother of writers Jean Amrouche and Taos Amrouche.

Hend Al-mansour

She practiced medicine in Saudi Arabia at Hofuf and Riyadh until 1997 when she immigrated to the United States.

Hend Al-Mansour obtained a degree of medicine from Cairo University 1981.

Iron Sunrise

Martin Springfield and Rachel Mansour return to Earth to recuperate following the events of Singularity Sky.

Manou Mansour

Ben-Ousséni Mansour, alias Manou Mansour (Mamoudzou, Mayotte, February 24, 1980) is a French poet.

Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Mansour also owns stakes in a number of business ventures, including Virgin Galactic and Sky News Arabia.

Mustafa Mansour

Egypt's coach at the World Cup had been a Scotsman, James McRea, and he may have influenced Mansour's decision to move to Scotland in 1936 to attend Jordanhill College.

Oussama Rahbani

In 2003, he took part as composer in Moulouk al Tawaef, a musical play by Mansour Rahbani and in 2004, wrote a musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in Arabic title Akher Yom with choreography by Debbie Allen and also composed Hekm el Reayen yet another musical play by Mansour Rahbani.

Pat Screen

Mansour was considered to have been so successful in alleviating fiscal problems in the second Screen administration that he was brought back to the CAO position two decades later in 2005 by newly elected Democratic Mayor Melvin "Kip" Holden, for whom Monsour had not even voted.

Said Hadj Mansour

On October 2, 2011, Hadj Mansour was terminated from his role as head coach of MC Oran after leading the club to the bottom of the table and managing just 2 points from the club's first 4 games of the 2011-12 season.

Sidi Mansour, Morocco

Sidi Mansour is a small town and rural commune in El Kelâat Es-Sraghna Province of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region of Morocco.

Valdrin Vatnikaj

After knocking out Antony Plouvier at the tournament's opening round in Genk, Belgium on March 10, he then outpointed Mansour Yaqubi in the second round in Eindhoven, Netherlands on April 7 to book his place at the finals, featuring the eight remaining fighters and held in Eindhoven on September 22.


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