Alexandria (Arabic: الإسكندرية Al Iskandariyya, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ Rakotə, Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια Alexándria, Koine Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἡ κατ' Αἴγυπτον IPA: [ɑlɛˈksɑndɾiɑ e kɑt ˈɛʝypton] "Alexandria in Egypt", Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه [eskendeˈrejːæ]) is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about 32 km (20 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving approximately 80% of Egypt's imports and exports. Alexandria is also an important tourist resort. It is home to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (the new Library of Alexandria). It is an important industrial centre because of its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez.
Alexandria was founded around a small pharaonic town c. 331 BC by Alexander the Great. It remained Egypt's capital for nearly a thousand years, until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, when a new capital was founded at Fustat (Fustat was later absorbed into Cairo). Alexandria was known because of its Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; its library (the largest library in the ancient world); and the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages. Ongoing maritime archaeology in the harbor of Alexandria, which began in 1994, is revealing details of Alexandria both before the arrival of Alexander, when a city named Rhacotis existed there, and during the Ptolemaic dynasty.
Bettany Hughes (born 1968) is an English popular historian, author and broadcaster. Her speciality is classical history.
Bettany Hughes is daughter of actor Peter Hughes and sister of cricketer and journalist Simon Hughes. Bettany Hughes was educated at the private Notting Hill & Ealing High School in Ealing, and won a scholarship to study Ancient and Modern History at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford where she received an upper second degree.
She has taught at Bristol, Manchester, Oxford and Cambridge universities and is a currently a Research Fellow of King's College London and an Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University. Her first book Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore has been translated into ten languages. Her second book The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life was Book of The Week on BBC Radio 4.The Hemlock Cup has been well received by critics and was chosen as a Book of the Year in several publications. In 2010 Hughes was awarded the Naomi Sargent Prize for Broadcast Excellence and was given a Special Award for services to Hellenic Culture and Heritage.[citation needed] She has also been awarded the 2012 Norton Medlicott Award for services to History. She has written and presented documentary films and series for National Geographic, BBC, Discovery, PBS, The History Channel and Channel 4.
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Swallow is the exploration of a man, whose idea of the world was shaped through guilt and shame. Swallow explores this man's life by means of an organic stream of consciousness where all things have already happened and represent the flashes of images that would likely happen in a single moment.
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A teen runaway dashing to reunite with the girl she loves, is lead astray when her ex-boyfriend and promised getaway lift ropes her on a joy ride she never wished for. Featuring hypnotic visuals and a vibrant hip-hop score, Alexandria Leaving spends one night in the life of a closeted teen whose only way out to a brighter future is through a resentful past.
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A fire-lit ritual in the school. Children stand in line before a great furnace. They are burning books. The old headmaster is too weary to resist. Alexandria, an 11 year old girl, will not join in. She runs away from the furnace. The headmaster tries to protect her. He tells her a story, an impossible tale about a chimney sweep and the Library of Burned Books. Alexandria listens. But a Fire Warden is listening too.
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After graduation, five friends set out to make a difference in the world for God. Their ambitions are high, their passions are strong but will they have the courage to fulfill their calling regardless of what comes their way. The sacrifice they are asked to pay may just be too high. Through Godly council from an outside source, the group realizes that this is not their time after all, it's all His.
Keywords: ambition, birthday-party, business-ethics, career, charity, christian-film, college, college-graduate, corrupt-businessman, death-of-friend
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Joseph pays his bills, does his taxes, and loves his wife. But when the grounding of his stable reality begins to fall apart everything becomes suspect. The truth seems too horrible for him to believe, and maybe he shouldn't. SyntheticHuman Pictures presents a terrifying look at a coming world in which the notion of identity begins to lose its definition.
Keywords: big-brother, brain-experiment, interrogation, neo-noir, secret, surveillance, synthetic-human
The truth seems too horrible for him to believe, and maybe he shouldn't.
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Zach and Kendra are considered the cutest couple within their peer group. Unfortunately, that all ends when Tim and Tammy move into the neighborhood, knocking them off of their pedestal and forcing them to find a new identity amongst their friends.
Zach and Kendra were the cutest...until Tim and Tammy moved into town. Now it's war.
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While John travels to his family home in Portugal, Alexandria remains in their hometown of Hartford, CT contemplating their relationship. This Black & White film explores the contradictions and complications of life among tight-knit Portuguese-American families.
Keywords: ferdinand-magellan, independent-film, portugal, portuguese
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Alexandra needs to leave behind her deceased ex-girlfriend. Donnie wants a partner for role-playing romps. Naomi seeks help her navigating through her spiritual doubts. Jill has an emotional debt to repay. Paul can't seem to find the right woman no matter how hard he tries. Stephanie only wants a hot fling. Jake thinks maybe he'll finally find a voluptuous pin-up to end his bachelor lifestyle. And, Anderson just craves a man to sweep him off his feet and into bed-or wherever. They make up four couples who find themselves drawn together through on-line personal ads. As they meet and go on first dates, these people explore themselves and each other through their conversations about politics, sex, pornography, infidelity, and religion. While all of the singles make discoveries, most of the realizations come at a price-which none of them is expecting. Getting Personal paints a comic and poignant portrait of human interaction in its myriad forms-love, lust, romantic relationships, or...just really bad dates.
Keywords: date, death, first-date, gay-relationship, infidelity, kiss, lesbian-relationship, loss, love, lust
First dates suck
(Haamiah)
Born three hunderd years
Before Christ in Macedonia
Another myth that spred his name
Throught the unknown east
Warriors marching restlessly
Our dreams were fed by our glories
Foresseing a new, a vast world
A nation opened to all
(Arlim)
Alexander the Great reached all
The lands he could touch with his own hands
Dreamed about a world of free men
The freest man ever lived
(Haamiah)
Persians striking at the crack of dawn
Two hundred fifty thousand men
But even with less than a quarter of them
We´ll enter into Babylon
Pharaoh in Egypt
Our dreams will feed our glories
Dreaming the men´s biggest dream
A nation opened to all
(Arlim)
Alexander the Great reached all
The lands he could touch with his own hands
Dreamed about a world of free men
The freest man ever lived
(Judith)
Loved by all
Royal blood
Beware of those
Who Think too much
(Haamiah)
Alexander the Great reached all
The lands he could touch with his own hands
Dreamed about a world of free men
He´s built a whole nation...
(Arlim)
With a seductive smile and a hypnotic gaze
I broke the silence and asked her name
She whispered in my ear
That there is only fear
Without hope or love for each other
I didn't need any hope I wasn't looking for love
I just needed a fix someone I could touch
I wasn't taking a chance on any type of romance
I just needed something
I bought the hotel room I knew that she was doomed
Like all the ones before another countless face
Caressing her pale skin
As smooth as porcelain
She undressed to reveal black lace
Pulling her close I felt her flesh
My not breath kissed her icy neck
Shot a chill down her spine
I knew the time was right
I will follow my intuition
Hold on tight and won't let go
With every breath I feel the tension
I just don't let it show
Each thrust, in time
I think I've crossed that line
I'm ready I'm ready
I'm gonna blow
To my surprise she knew the game
A selfish act, just wanted laid
Quietly she moaned John it's your turn
I thought what could it hurt
I wasn't fully aware of her sadistic intent
'Till she pulled out a whip then I knew what she meant
She tied me down and lit candles of red
And unleashed her fury
Each violent strike opened a wound
In ancient tongues she was consumed
On the wall a pentagram
While she took the seed of man
Alexandria you're a demon whore
A succubus a black hole
A deep void filled with passion
A wicked bitch a love assassin
An evil twist I can't resist the mistress of the damned
The stakes are high now I am damned
The stakes are high now I am doomed
My soul's at hand
Alexandria
far across the sea
a piece of history
in Egypt's land
I'll build a city
beautiful and strong
beyond belief
a new metropolis
to redefine my destiny
rise and shine Alexandria
under protection of my name
pure, divine, and imperial
a place to watch the stars
the center of the earth
I see it all... my worlds converging
and to guide a king's armada through the night
I raise the seventh wonder to delight Poseidon
rise and shine Alexandria
under protection of my name
pure, divine, and imperial
make me the city of a living angel
casting shades all over Babylon
hailing me, a holy son of god
as a monument of time
and the goals that I achieved
Hearing rumors through the grapevine round you
Cause they're rumors doesn't mean they're not true
Even if the headlines got it wrong
Where's there's some there's some fire and some burning remains
Complications, just ignore them for now
Always planned to go down with the ship anyhow
As the sinking vessel falls deep
The weight from the hull makes it break and bend
Like slim pickens atop the bomb
You hold on to the bitter end
Got your first start taking advice from these people that you call your friends
Snitches that stand in a row, didn't you know
You don't have to be like them
Alexandria
Like slim pickens atop the bomb
You hold on to the bitter end
Got your first start taking advice from these people that you call your friends
Snitches that stand in a row, didn't you know
You don't have to be like them
Alexandria
Don't have yo be like them
I just read your letter and fell down to my knees
My tears stain the paper and inside I found your keys
You're leaving for somewhere to find yourself again
You hope I forget you, like an echo in the wind
What now my heart cried
How am I to survive?
Like the ship of Cleopatra
With silver oars and flowing purple sails
I long for Alexandria
The land of fairytales
I walk to the bedroom and turn off all the lights
I'm hiding from sorrow and the fire of our nights
I lay on your pillow and breathe your memory
And dream of the city far beyond the deep blue see
What now my heart cried
Strange tension in the harbor tonight
I watch the rich girls down on Duke St. pass me by
That pass me by
Now the nausea's
In my guts
And I'm wrestling with doubt
The kind you get when your heroes
Sell you out
And as I watch the drawbridge come down
There's mass extinction
On my mind
Extinction on my mind
Extinction on my mind
Extinction
On my mind
Human cruelty stains my thoughts jet black
I've got this feeling