X-Nico

unusual facts about Harem



A Neverending Dream

The music video is strongly themed on Middle Eastern culture with singer Natalie Horler dancing in traditional clothing in front of backdrops like the desert, a typical harem and hammam.

A Night in a Moorish Harem

The harem topos is a typical example of the privileged location and also an example of Western literary orientalism.

Ariane Brodier

After being animator on the series "Opération séduction aux Caraïbes" (an adaptation of the Harem TV show), Ariane was columnist on a talk show hosted by Elsa Fayer on Fun TV.

Birgit Kronström

The first film role was in Finland, in the 1932 film, Olenko minä tullut haaremiin! (I've joined a harem!) with Joel Rinne and Kaisu Leppänen.

Girl Guides of Palestine

The Palestinian Director of Education, Humphrey Bowman, described the association as "side by side with the Boy Scouts but under an independent body and organized under strictly harim conditions."

Giulia Gonzaga

Pasha's plan was to add her to the sultan's harem and supplant Roxelana, the sultan's wife.

Harem pants

In 2012, recording artists Justin Bieber and Psy wore harem pants, possibly due to their shared manager, Scooter Braun.

Harem Scarem

They also managed to chart two minor hits; "Honestly" and "Love Reaction" The following year, Harem Scarem was able to gain some notoriety when 8 songs from their debut album Harem Scarem were predominantly featured in the Canadian teen series Degrassi Junior High, and Degrassi Highs farewell TV movie, School's Out.

Henry William Pickersgill

His wife Jeanette published a volume of poetry in 1827 entitled Tales of the Harem.

Juliana Dias da Costa

Donna Juliana Dias da Costa (1658–1733) was a woman of Portuguese descent from Kochi taken to the Mughal Empire's court of Aurangzeb in Hindustan, who became Harem-Queen to the Mughal emperor of India Bahadur Shah I, Aurangzeb's son, who became the monarch in the year 1707.

Kunlun Nu

The hero of the tale is a Negrito slave that uses his supernatural physical abilities to save his master's lover from the harem of a court official.

Kzin

There seem to be exceptions to this, such as the reference made to Kzaargh-Commodore's harem in the novella "Catspaws" by Hal Colebatch (appearing in Man-Kzin Wars XI, 2005) despite his not having yet earned a full name.

Leo du Pres and Greenlee Smythe

Take the one where Greens crashed a Halloween bash dressed as a harem girl and flirted with Leo at the punch bowl: 'Could you pour a cup for me? I’ve traveled so long and so far. I need some refreshment so I can dance with you, Oh noble master,' she purred.

Lesbian Harem

Director Hosoyama made Lesbian Harem on a similarly low budget, and designed the film as a tribute to these films, and particularly as an homage to John Waters' Desperate Living (1977).

Louise LaPlanche

She was cast in several Paramount films, including 1942's Holiday Inn, which starred Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby, and Road to Morocco, in which she appeared as a harem girl who painted the toenails of the film's star, Bob Hope.

Lucia Bosè

She has been active in Italian and Spanish films ever since, appearing in Francesco Rosi's Cronaca di una morte annunciata (1987), Agustí Villaronga's El niño de la luna (1989), Ferzan Özpetek's Harem suaré (1999) and Roberto Faenza's I vicerè (2007).

Mahfiruz Hatice Sultan

Her name prior to entering the harem was most likely Maria.

Maria ter Meetelen

Her spouse died, and to avoid being taken to the harem of the sultan, Abdallah of Morocco, she refused to convert to Islam and married the spokesperson of the sultan's slaves, Pieter Janszn.

Museum of Arts and Traditions of Sevilla

The building has been used several times as a set for films or television shows, including the 1974 American film The Wind and the Lion and the 1985 French Film Harem, where it was used as the British Embassy.

Naser al-Din Shah's slide

In Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992: original Persian title: Nasseroddin Shah Actor-e Cinema), Golnar, the feisty heroine of classic Iranian movie Lor Girl (1932) is magically transported to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah, who falls in love with her and forces her to join his harem.

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

En el Generalife (In the Generalife): The first gardens are in the Generalife, the jasmine-scented gardens surrounding the summer palace of the king’s harem at the Alhambra.

Norma Morandini

She published El Harén (The Harem) in 1998, which examined the growing role of Arab Argentines in business and politics.

Prostitution in Germany

Among the largest clubs of this type are: Artemis in Berlin, opened in the fall of 2005, the new Harem in Bad Lippspringe and the long established FKK World near Giessen and FKK Oase in the countryside near Bad Homburg.

Rabia Haseki Sultan

In 1691, at the age of about nineteen, she was captured by Crimean Tatars during one of their frequent raids into this region and taken as a slave, probably first to the Crimean city of Kaffa, a major centre of the slave trade, then to Istanbul, and was selected for the Sultan’s harem.

Rahime Perestu Sultan

In 1885, during the visit of King Oscar II and Queen Sophia of Sweden to the Ottoman Empire, she received the Swedish queen, who was allowed to visit the Imperial harem.

Rony Barrak

Sarah Brightman (110 concerts in the 2004 Harem world tour across 4 continents)

Scafati Basket

Scafati Basket, also known for sponsorship reasons as Harem Scafati, is an Italian basketball club from the town of Scafati, Campania.

Thé Au Harem D'Archimède

The album's French title, which translates into English as "Tea in the Harem of Archimedes," is a reference to the Mehdi Charef book Tea in the Harem (French title: Thé au Harem d'Archimède), as well as a pun on the French phrase "Théorème d'Archimède", the title of the album's fourth track.

The Harem World Tour: Live from Las Vegas

The Harem World Tour: Live From Las Vegas (2004) is a live album and video recording of Sarah Brightman's concert held in Las Vegas, part of her global Harem World Tour.

The Legend of Zhen Huan

At the age of 17, Zhen Huan (Sun Li), in her full bloom and youthful innocence, gets selected to join the palace harem as Emperor Yongzheng's (Chen Jianbin) concubine.

The Mughal Harem

The Mughal Harem is a book by historian K. S. Lal published in 1988.

Udaipuri Mahal

The contemporary Venetian traveler Manucci speaks of her as a Georgian slave-girl of Dara Shikoh's harem, who, on the downfall of her first master, became the concubine of his victorious rival.


see also