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2 unusual facts about Shajar al-Durr


Samah Selim

In 2011, Selim won the Arkansas Arabic Translation Award for her translation of Jurji Zaydan's novel Shajarat al-Durr, based on the life of the Mamluk sultana.

Shajar al-Durr

Repulished in 5 volumes by Alhay'ah Almisriyah, Editor Gamal El-Ghitani, Cairo 1996, ISBN 977-01-4642-0


An-Nasir Yusuf

Alarmed by these developments, the Mamluk leaders in Egypt decided to replace Shajar al Durr with the Atabek (commander in chief) Aybak.

Centaurea calcitrapa

According to a research by A. Pieroni, V. Janiak, C. M. Dürr, S. Lüdeke, E. Trachsel and M. Heinrich (2002) in the Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy (The School of Pharmacy, University of London) "the antioxidant activity of the young whorls of Centaurea calcitrapa, both in the DPPH and in the lipid peroxidation inhibition assays, are very interesting and the species should be investigated phytochemically and biochemically focusing on these

Christian Dürr

Christian Dürr (born 18 April 1977 in Delmenhorst) is a German politician for the Free Democratic Party.

Delaware and Ulster Railroad

The DURR suffered a major washout at Kelly's Corner on August 28, 2011, as a result of Hurricane Irene.

Die Nacht… Du bist nicht allein

Die Nacht… Du bist nicht allein (English: The night… You are not alone) is the first single from the 2005 Schiller album Tag und Nacht with vocals by German singer Thomas D. and his wife Tina Dürr.

Emil Dürr

For almost three hours Dürr and the 26th Panzergrenadiers had been subjected to a naval bombardment; salvo after salvo landing in the line of main defense outside the village of Saint Manvieu and on the village itself.

Heinz Dürr

Dürr was chairman of the board of AEG from 1980 to 1990, and from 1991 he served as executive board chairman of Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Reichsbahn, Germany's state-owned railways.

Dürr was born in Stuttgart on 16 July 1933 and, aged 12, attended the National-Political Institute of Learning in Rottweil in 1944–45.

Thomas Dürr

Thomas D (Thomas Dürr, born 1968), rapper in the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier

Young Soul Rebels

The second narrative involves a gay punk (Jason Durr) and a soul boy (Mo Sesay) in a relationship, which is the source of the narrative conflict as they face double prejudice of racism and homophobia, in both West Indian and white British communities.


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