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Zahra's Paradise

Its themes and style have been compared to that of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, a graphic novel that was adapted into an animated film, was a recipient of numerous awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2007.


1962 Buin Zahra earthquake

The 1962 Buin Zahra earthquake occurred on September 1, 1962, in the area of Buin Zahra, Qazvin Province, Iran.

Ahlulbayt TV

Ahlulbayt TV frequently features many prominent Shia Muslims scholars and speakers including Sayed Fadhel Milani, Sayed Mahdi Modarresi, Ummulbanin Merali, Sayed Mustafa Qazwini, the late Barrister Murtaza Lakha, Hajji Mohammed al-Hilli, Sayed Mohammad Razavi, Sayed Zafar Abbas, Sheikh Ali Massoumian, Sayed Mohammed Mousawi, Rebecca Masterton, Zahra Al Alawi, Amina Inloes, as well as others, and also broadcast live video feeds from the Holy City of Karbala.

Brian K. Zahra

While on the Michigan Court of Appeals, Zahra joined Judges Kurtis Wilder and Joel Hoekstra in upholding a state constitutional amendment barring public employers from recognizing same-sex unions.

Clap Yo Hands

"Clap Yo Hands" was the first single released from Naughty by Nature's fourth album, Poverty's Paradise.

Craziest

"Craziest" was the second single released from Naughty by Nature's fourth album, Poverty's Paradise.

Curtain Falls

The background music is almost identical to that of Coolio's 1995 hit, "Gangsta's Paradise", as they both share usage of a sample of Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise".

Death of Zahra Baker

Apparently, Elisa told her attorney that Zahra's prosthetic leg was left in a dumpster that she and Adam had disposed of at Fox Ridge Apartments in Hickory.

After moving to North Carolina, the Bakers settled in Hickory where Zahra attended public school until she started being home schooled.

Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim

After Saddam Hussein was toppled in the U.S.-led 2003 invasion of Iraq, Abdul-Zahra's group appeared to be a legitimate political movement.

Driss Debbagh

Driss Debbagh was the son of Tayed ibn Brahim Debbagh and his second wife Zahra bint Mohammed Soussi.

Fatima-Zahra Mansouri

Fatima Zahra Mansouri was born in 1976 into a family from Ocre, the daughter of Abderrahman Mansouri, who was pasha (deputy governor) of Marrakech for eight years.

Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema

The story begins with Kunene and his friend Zakes as teenagers living in the Soweto Township.

Kunene becomes a Robin Hood figure, gaining the title "The Hoodlum of Hillbrow".

Jamiat al-Zahra

Teachers at Jami'at al-Zahra include Rahim Ra’ouf, Fariba Alasvand and Farideh Mostafavi (Khomeini's daughter).

Khayyam Sarhadi

Sarhadi was a son of a famous Indian film director, producer and writer Zia Sarhadi and a writer mother Zahra Sarhadi.

Killer's Paradise

The filmmakers are granted an interview with then President Óscar Berger, who dismisses their criticism as merely "pessimistic," and says he is optimistic that new programs, including a national overhaul of the police force and foreign training for homicide investigators, will improve the situation.

Medina Azahara

A female scholar in her own right, her title az-Zahra (the brilliant) was given to the oldest functioning university in the world, the al-Az'har/al-Azhar University in Cairo in 968, built by the Fatimids.

Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui

She is the paternal cousin of King Mohammed VI; daughter of Prince Moualy Ali Alaoui (a cousin of King Mohammed V) and "Princess Lalla Fatima az-Zahra", the elder half-sister of King Hassan II.

Sermon of the roar of a camel

Ibn al-Jawzi, al-Manaqib, see Bihar, vol.8, 160; and `Abd al-Zahra', I, 310-11;

Shaykh Hassan Cissé

He is the son of Sidi Ali Cissé and Fatima Zahra Niasse; and grandson of Ibrahim Niass, also spelled "Niasse" (died 1975), who was a Shaykh of the Tijaniyyah Sufi order and head of the largest Muslim community in twentieth-century West Africa and initiator of the largest branch of the Tijaniyyah Sufi order.

Tahmasp I

Zahra Baji daughter of Prince Ot'ar Shalikashvili of Samtskhe from Shalikashvili family of Georgia, m.

The Stoning of Soraya M.

Stranded in the remote Iranian village of Kuhpayeh by car trouble, a journalist is approached by Zahra, a woman with a harrowing tale to tell about her niece, Soraya, and the bloody circumstances of Soraya's death, by stoning, the previous day.

Żabbar Sanctuary Museum

The paintings include works by Rocco Buhagiar, Gian Nicola Buhagiar, Rafel Bonnici Cali, Michele Busuttil, Tousaint Busuttil, Giuseppe Calì, Giuseppe Maria Caruana, Giovanni Battista Conti, Giuseppe D'Arena, Stefano Erardi, Rafael Gagliardi, Tommaso Madiona, Mattia Preti, Italo Horatio Serge, Filippo Venuti and Francesco Zahra.

Zahra Aga Khan

Like her father, Princess Zahra is a fan of Thoroughbred horse racing and has begun racing horses in her own name, the owner-breeder of the Prix Vermeille winner Mandesha.

Zahra Shojaei

President Khatami appointed Zahra Shojaei as his advisor on women's affairs (a position formerly held by Shahla Habibi) and the head of the Center for Women's Participation.

Zahra's Blue Eyes

Set in the West Bank, the plot of the series mostly centers around Israeli military and civilians conspiring to steal the eyes of Palestinian children.


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