RADIO STATION | GENRE | LOCATION |
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Free Palestine Radio | World Middle East | Palestine |
Alaqsa Voice | Talk | Palestine |
Al-Quds Radio | News,World Middle East | Palestine |
Raya FM | Varied | Palestine |
Plot
It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages - the world shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds. Destiny comes seeking Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin, a Crusader briefly home to France from fighting in the East. Revealing himself as Balian's father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City. In Jerusalem at that moment--between the Second and Third Crusades--a fragile peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king, Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias, and the military restraint of the legendary Muslim leader Saladin. But Baldwin's days are numbered, and strains of fanaticism, greed, and jealousy among the Crusaders threaten to shatter the truce. King Baldwin's vision of peace--a kingdom of heaven--is shared by a handful of knights, including Godfrey of Ibelin, who swear to uphold it with their lives and honor. As Godfrey passes his sword to his son, he also passes on that sacred oath: to protect the helpless, safeguard the peace, and work toward harmony between religions and cultures, so that a kingdom of heaven can flourish on earth. Balian takes the sword and steps into history.
Keywords: 1100s, 1180s, 12th-century, abuse-of-power, adultery, anti-war, arab, archery, armor, army
Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Safeguard the helpless, and do no wrong
Tiberias: I have given Jerusalem my whole life. First, I thought we were fighting for God. Then I realized we were fighting for wealth and land. I was ashamed.
Imad: This is not a very good horse... I will not keep him. [he hands the reins to Balian]
Godfrey of Ibelin: [Director's Cut, before caving in his nephew's skull] Thank my brother for his love!
King Baldwin IV: If you continue like this, I shall have to find some use for you. If God can spare you, that is.::Balian of Ibelin: God does not know me.::King Baldwin IV: Yes, but I do.
Reynald: Who says I raid?::Tiberias: That witness, all of Jerusalem, Holy God! - and me.
Godfrey of Ibelin: You are not what you were born, but what you have within yourself to be.
Balian of Ibelin: [to the people of Jerusalem] It has fallen to us, to defend Jerusalem, and we have made our preparations as well as they can be made. None of us took this city from Muslims. No Muslim of the great army now coming against us was born when this city was lost. We fight over an offence we did not give, against those who were not alive to be offended. What is Jerusalem? Your holy places lie over the Jewish temple that the Romans pulled down. The Muslim places of worship lie over yours. Which is more holy?::[pause]::Balian of Ibelin: The wall? The Mosque? The Sepulchre? Who has claim? No one has claim.::[raises his voice]::Balian of Ibelin: All have claim!::Bishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem: That is blasphemy!::Almaric: [to the Patriarch] Be quiet.::Balian of Ibelin: We defend this city, not to protect these stones, but the people living within these walls.
Guy de Lusignan: [approaching a Muslim caravan] This caravan is armed, Reynald.::Reynald: Good. No sport otherwise.::Guy de Lusignan: They've seen us. Go after them. The rider is getting away.::Reynald: It's broad desert. Nothing will come of it, nothing.::Guy de Lusignan: I'd prefer not to be hanged before my wife is queen.::Reynald: Don't worry. "Who but Reynald", they'll say. It's always me. They'll believe it in Jerusalem, I assure you. You were at Nazareth, praying.::Guy de Lusignan: You're a dangerous man, Reynald.::Reynald: If the war's to be now or later, I would have it now. How long can the leper last?::Templar Master: God wills it. God wills it!::Templars: God wills it!::Reynald: Jerusalem! [all charge towards the Muslim caravan]
Balian of Ibelin: It is a kingdom of conscience, or nothing.
priest exhorting Crusaders: To kill an infidel, the Pope has said, is not murder; it is the path to Heaven.
Plot
Wealthy eccentric Sir Vincent Brampton and his fiancée Linda Latham hire Ken Duffield to lead them on a jungle hunt. Duffield is looking for the murderer of his son; he gets the killer and Linda.
Keywords: africa, hunter, jungle, natives, safari
Murderous Mau-Mau! Maddened Beasts! Mighty Jungle Love!
Jerusalem ( /dʒəˈruːsələm/; Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yerushaláyim ; Arabic: القُدس al-Quds and/or أورشليم Ûrshalîm) is the capital of Israel, though not internationally recognized as such, and one of the oldest cities in the world. It is located in the Judean Mountains, between the Mediterranean Sea and the northern edge of the Dead Sea. If the area and population of East Jerusalem is included, it is Israel's largest city in both population and area, with a population of 801,000 residents over an area of 125.1 km2 (48.3 sq mi). Jerusalem is also a holy city to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
During its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times. The oldest part of the city was settled in the 4th millennium BCE. In 1538, walls were built around Jerusalem under Suleiman the Magnificent. Today those walls define the Old City, which has been traditionally divided into four quarters—known since the early 19th century as the Armenian, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Quarters. The Old City became a World Heritage site in 1981, and is on the List of World Heritage in Danger. Modern Jerusalem has grown far beyond its boundaries.
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry has led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". Although he lived in London his entire life except for three years spent in Felpham he produced a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God", or "Human existence itself".
Considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, Blake is held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity, and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. His paintings and poetry have been characterised as part of both the Romantic movement and "Pre-Romantic", for its large appearance in the 18th century. Reverent of the Bible but hostile to the Church of England – indeed, to all forms of organised religion – Blake was influenced by the ideals and ambitions of the French and American revolutions, as well as by such thinkers as Jakob Böhme and Emanuel Swedenborg. Despite these known influences, the singularity of Blake's work makes him difficult to classify. The 19th-century scholar William Rossetti characterised Blake as a "glorious luminary," and as "a man not forestalled by predecessors, nor to be classed with contemporaries, nor to be replaced by known or readily surmisable successors".