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unusual facts about Naser al-Raas


Naser al-Raas

However, on 20 March, while attempting to depart Bahrain via the Bahrain International Airport, he was seized by four plainclothes police officers.


Al-Zain Sabah Al-Naser Al-Sabah

Al-Zain also held a co-production role in the multiple award-winning film “Amreeka”, which was an official selection at multiple film festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and Cairo Film Festival.

Jan Raas

Raas found sponsors when old ones pulled out and the team received backing from SuperConfex, Buckler, WordPerfect, Novell and finally Rabobank.

Khalil al-Rifaei

Along with fellow parliamentarian Naser al-Hariri, also from Daraa, he resigned from his seat in protest at the continued killings of protesters during the 2011 protests in Syria.

Music of Gujarat

Gujarati folk dance includes the Raas and Garba dances, which are said to have been passed on by Krishna, who spent his childhood at Gokul, learning the flute.

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.

Once Upon a Time, Cinema

Transported to the Shah by being sent down his harem slide, Golnar rejects him, and attempts to escape, leading to a slapstick chase-scene.

Palo de Mayo

) is a type of Afro-Caribbean dance with sensual movements that forms part of the culture of several communities in the RAAS region in Nicaragua, as well as Belize, the Bay Islands of Honduras and Bocas del Toro in Panama.

Prix d'Ispahan

The meeting had been hastily arranged to honour the Shah of Persia, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, who was making an official visit to Paris.

Puerto Cabezas

The University of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast (URACCAN) has a campus in Puerto Cabezas, as well as in several other locations in RAAN and RAAS.

Runway Awareness and Advisory System

The Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS) is an electronic detection system developed by Honeywell.

Samaneh Kazemi

The reputation of Miraza made her to be invited to Tehran by Naser al-Din Shah Qajar.

Sheikh Jafar Shooshtari

On the way, he stopped at Ray, where many scholars and clerics on the order of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar visited him and asked him to stay in Tehran.

Sumo people

The language spoken around Rosita and Bonanza in the north-eastern part of the RAAN, and today known as 'Mayangna', is in fact two closely related dialects, Twahka and Panamahka, while the people of Karawala in the RAAS, who were also formerly regarded as 'Sumu', speak a closely related sister-language called Ulwa.

Tehran Zoological Garden

Later, when Naser al-Din Shah Qajar traveled to Europe he was inspired by the modern zoological gardens.


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