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Fatima Zohra Badji (1942-2014) (Arabic: وكانت فاطمة الزهراء باجي) better known by her stage name of Noura (Arabic: نورة) was an Algerian singer. She was the first North African and Algerian to attain a gold record and was the first Algerian to appear on the front page of Paris Match. She received citations and awards from Tunisia, Libya and the Ministry of Culture of Algeria in recognition of her cultural contributions.
Fatima Zohra Badji was born in 1942 in Sidi Amar, a small village near Cherchell, Algeria to a large family. As a shy child, she spent a lot of time listening to the radio and decided in the 1950s to ask for a job at a radio station. She was hired to host a children's program by station manager Saïd Rezzoug, who assigned her to work under the composer Amari Maâmar. Maâmar liked the sound of her voice and introduced her as a singer with the song "El Ouarda" written by Said Hayef.
She quickly became a star, the first with wide popularity in the country with a variety of themes, which touched on alienation, exile and love. She also performed in many genres including Andalusian classical music, chaabi, chaoui, Kabyle, Sahrawi, covering all types of regional folk music, singing in both Arabic and Kabyle. Some of her early hits included "Ghorba", "Gal-el menfi", and "Hua, hua" and she starred in the operetta أنا الورقة المسكينة (I am a poor leaf) written by Mustapha Kechkoul of Radio Algiers and composed by Mustapha Skandrani. Promoted by the artistic director of the Opéra d'Alger, Mohamed Jamoussi and the musician, Mahboob Bati, Noura soon became one of the most noted singers in Algeria.
Actors: Mohammed BuAli (director), Mohammed BuAli (producer), Mohammed Haddad (composer), Fareed Ramadan (producer), Fareed Ramadan (writer), Khaled Ameen (actor), Zahra Arafat (actress),
Genres: Drama, Fantasy,Actors: Cornelia Stefan (miscellaneous crew), Tobe Hooper (director), Andrew Cohen (editor), Jaye Gazeley (producer), BC Smith (composer), Daniela Tully (producer), Malik McCall (actor), Ahd (actress), Isa Swain (miscellaneous crew), Soumaya Akaaboune (actress), Tim Andrew (producer), Robert Crippen (producer), Khalid Laith (actor), Carol Abboud (actress), Maxine De Vere (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Horror, Thriller,Actors: Joan Scheckel (miscellaneous crew), Cameron Arguelles (miscellaneous crew), Christian Granderath (producer), Bettina Ricklefs (producer), Max Richter (composer), Andreas Wodraschke (editor), Franz Rodenkirchen (miscellaneous crew), Gerhard Meixner (producer), Roman Paul (producer), Ahd (actress), Conrad Schmidt (miscellaneous crew), Peter Pohl (costume designer), Monika Helmer (miscellaneous crew), Verona Meier (producer), Rena Ronson (producer),
Plot: WADJDA is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. After a fight with her friend Abdullah, a neighborhood boy she shouldn't be playing with, Wadjda sees a beautiful green bicycle for sale. She wants the bicycle desperately so that she can beat Abdullah in a race. But Wadjda's mother won't allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. So Wadjda decides to try and raise the money herself. At first, Wadjda's mother is too preoccupied with convincing her husband not to take a second wife to realize what's going on. And soon enough Wadjda's plans are thwarted when she is caught running various schemes at school. Just as she is losing hope of raising enough money, she hears of a cash prize for a Koran recitation competition at her school. She devotes herself to the memorization and recitation of Koranic verses, and her teachers begin to see Wadjda as a model pious girl. The competition isn't going to be easy, especially for a troublemaker like Wadjda, but she refuses to give in. She is determined to continue fighting for her dreams...
Keywords: 10-year-old, abaya-the-cloak, arabian-veil, audio-cassette, backpack, bedroom, belief-in-god, belief-in-the-afterlife, belief-in-the-devil, best-friendActors: Michaël Abiteboul (actor), Ian M. Stratford (miscellaneous crew), Saunder Jurriaans (composer), Brady Corbet (actor), Brady Corbet (writer), Danny Bensi (composer), Zachary Stuart-Pontier (editor), Antonio Campos (director), Antonio Campos (writer), Alexandra Neil (actress), Josh Mond (producer), Alexander Norton (producer), Sean Durkin (producer), Mati Diop (actress), Mati Diop (actress),
Plot: Recently heartbroken, Simon travels to Paris to clear his head. After several days of wandering aimlessly, Simon finds himself drawn into a sex parlor and has a sexual encounter with an exotic prostitute, Victoria. The chemistry builds between the two until they find themselves in a serious relationship, one that leads to blackmail, betrayal and the ultimate revelation of Simon's true nature.
Keywords: american-abroad, blackmail, character-name-in-title, male-rear-nudity, masturbation, paris-france, prostitute, written-by-directorActors: Anirban Ray (director), Anirban Ray (producer), Nickyta Ray (writer), Nickyta Ray (producer), Nickyta Ray (actor), Nickyta Ray (writer), Benny Joseph (miscellaneous crew), Mustafa Rahim Hamidi (actor), Nashita Roshna (actress), Abhirup Bhattacharya (composer), Mousa al Rawahi (editor), Siji Ck (miscellaneous crew), Anto Devassy (miscellaneous crew), Salma al Habsi (actor), Pc Pradeep (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Muscat 5pm tells three stories of three individuals in Muscat, Oman at 5pm. The film depicts four necessities that one needs in life to be happy---Love, Health, Money and Creative Satisfaction. However not all of us are blessed with all the four in one single life; hence we are left incomplete, craving, desperate, angry and sad. The three stories---PlayStation, Sans taste and Taekwondo Lessons deals with the lives of labourer Narayan, travel consultant Nizar and accountant Noura respectively. While Narayan has love, he lacks money to make his loved one happy. Nizar is rich but he can't enjoy the money because he suffers from severe diabetics. Receptionist Noura has a healthy sound body but remains depressed as she cannot pursue her creative dreams.
Genres: Drama, Family, Short,Actors: Iyad Hajjaj (actor), Iyad Hajjaj (miscellaneous crew), Kelly Perine (actor), Sadie Dean (actress), Sadie Dean (producer), Leila Almas (actress), Sadie Dean (writer), Sadie Dean (director), Sylvia Johnson (actress), Sylvia Johnson (producer), Yusuf Khan (actor), Scott R. Miller (actor), Anthony R. Mendoza (actor), Ryan R. Zeidan (director), Ryan R. Zeidan (writer),
Plot: Two Arab-American siblings, Michael and Noura, visit their uncle in Los Angeles for the summer. Michael is studying to be a doctor, while Noura is striving to be an actress. They encounter influences through music and theater that detours their original plans. Their dreams awaken, uprooting their lives with adversity and discovery ahead. They struggle with their personal growth and strict family values.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Branislav R. Tatalovic (miscellaneous crew), Branislav R. Tatalovic (producer), Navid Negahban (actor), Paul Seydor (miscellaneous crew), David S. Ward (miscellaneous crew), Nadia Hamzeh (director), Nadia Hamzeh (actress), Nadia Hamzeh (writer), Nadia Hamzeh (writer), Nadia Hamzeh (producer), Nadia Hamzeh (costume designer), Dominic Conti (actor), Barbara Doyle (miscellaneous crew), Chris Payne (actor), Mamito Kukwikila (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: "Fiasco" is cross-cultural comedy about an Arab girl, Noura, who is secretly married to her gay, American best friend Daniel in order to obtain a green card to prolong her stay in America and become a famous artist. The green card interview is in two days and everything seems to be going as planned, when all of a sudden, Noura's strongly conservative father Fareez shows up unannounced. Her father's surprise visit propels Noura's double life towards disaster.
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Hanung Bramantyo (director), Dhamoo Punjabi (producer), Dhamoo Punjabi (producer), Salman Aristo (writer), Sastha Sunu (editor), Manoj Punjabi (producer), Surya Saputra (actor), Tya Subiakto Satrio (composer), Oka Antara (actor), Dennis Adhiswara (actor), Fedi Nuril (actor), Rianti Cartwright (actress), Karan Mathani (producer), Ginatri S. Noer (writer), Zaskia Adya Mecca (actress),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Claude d'Anna (miscellaneous crew), Sylvain Bursztejn (producer), Nouri Bouzid (writer), Raouf Ben Amor (actor), Mustapha Adouani (actor), Moufida Tlatli (editor), Férid Boughedir (actor), Férid Boughedir (writer), Férid Boughedir (director), Fatima Ben Saïdane (actress), Anouar Brahem (composer), Anne Mirman (miscellaneous crew), Marie-Christine Rougerie (editor), Fethi Haddaoui (actor), Hassen Daldoul (producer),
Plot: A coming-of-age comedy/drama set in Tunisia. Twelve-year-old Noura is an impressionable boy who must learn to reconcile two conflicting worlds - the loving world of Moslem women and the vastly different, harsher world of men - while also dealing with his own budding sexuality.
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Genres: Comedy, Crime,[intro: Noreaga talking]
[Noreaga]
Yo, New Orleans, LA, Va to Queens, I-95, where we never drive clean
But good, gotta get out the hood, to really make it, now we kick it
Until our whole team'll take it to another level, another Rolie wit
Another bezel, like war against God against another devil
Sustainin, now we rim Moschino, niggaz say we taped it, switched it
Now it's Cristal, instead of Mistic, Jose, catch me wit a pigeon and
A gold biscuit, gettin mad lifted, let me find out, it's sellin dimes
Out my crack house, yeah that's crashed out, let me catch that
Just like Stackhouse, kick ya back out, have you mad vexed
Like you did your whole bid, but didn't max out, yo Jose is
In other words courageous, from South Carolina to D.C.
Yo the NC in Atlanta like Montana, comin out the airport wit the hammer
Motherfucker, smoke more weed than Chris Tucker, in Friday
When he treated Worm like a sucker, in three ways
Sell a whole key in three days, the way I know the crack game'll have you
amazed
In the ill days, yo I drink Lectaid, Jose is sayin chulo, like Menegay
South side lost royal and royal, grand royale in Ohio, Cincinnati, Minnesoto
Yo from Philly to Connecticut, got niggaz settin in, all predicate
Like this rap game is pregnant, N-O-R-E, Nore
Stand for Niggaz On the Run Eatin, no matter if they still treatin
The object of the game is just to stay leavin, hit me on the Nokio
Let me know if you still breathin, top grenade, ice it up, cop pies, slice it
You really think you nice enough, fuck around wit Trice Allah
Even seekin scrolls until your world fall in, to my niggaz gettin they props
Where they supposed to've been, don't rush, take your time
The best come to those who wait, like Heinz, they be ketchup and spoil your
Aiyyo it's I-95, wit my niggaz lost faith, wha!
[Chorus x2: Nas (Noreaga)]
Blood money (That's what this life lead to)
Blood money (That's how my niggaz bleed to)
Blood money (That's what we smoke weed to)
Blood money (That's how my niggaz eat to)
[Nature]
Aiyyo, eatin from the same plate, and drinkin from the same cup
Whoever thought that some much would have to change
I went to games as a Knicks fan, they had Strickland, they traded him
Ever since then, son, I hated them, shit's turnin sour in the N-Y
Half the team hurt, still niggaz get high and rock Queens shirts
Feinds on the block know me for holdin b's work
Seein chips poppin up in European whips, exceed the speed limit
Tinted up and weed scented, treatin life like the auto bomb, never slow up
I'm gettin head for being young and vulger, fly gifted
Y'all niggaz die over bitch shit, I got some hoes in the law gettin high
Like Rik Smits, born hypocrit, every now and then be on some different shit
Switch directions, my bad, quick disception
My first love is for bloody money so skip the extras
[Chorus]
[Nas]
Now what's a don?, a nigga that's a thug wit a charm, always on point
As soon as he's on, his goons'll respond, he move right and fear losin his
life
Mad dime, but never could fit the shoes of his wife
You could tell by the finger nails, clean, hair diced up, every four days
A weekly routine, where he lived, stay out the hood, fuck what a nigga say
Out for blood, but yo, lustin the dough, he see snake smile for way
In the same garden he play, but a true don'll get his proper groove on
He tell the truth even when he lies, give you a fake name
Even though his name is Nas, god body, and wide body, rumble for five
To the S-Class, six niggaz, double your size, either come wit a plan
To make it happen, cuz sellin weight or rappin, we still trapped in a slave
mine
And keep the crackers laughin
(That's what this life lead to)