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Ramadan (Arabic: رمضان Ramaḍān, IPA: [rɑmɑˈdˤɑːn]; Persian: Ramazan; Urdu: Ramzān; Turkish: Ramazan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating and drinking during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and submissiveness to God. Muslims fast for the sake of God (Arabic: الله, trans: Allah) and to offer more prayer than usual. Compared to the solar calendar, the dates of Ramadan vary, moving backwards by about eleven days each year depending on the moon; thus, a person will have fasted every day of the Gregorian calendar year in 34 years' time. Muslims believe Ramadan to be an auspicious month for the revelations of God to humankind, being the month in which the first verses of the Qur'an were revealed to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.
The word Ramadan is derived from an Arabic root R-M-Ḍ, as in words like "ramiḍa" or "ar-ramaḍ" denoting intense heat, scorched ground and shortness of rations. Ramadan, as a name for the month, is of Islamic origin. Prior to Islam and the exclusion of intercalary days from the Islamic calendar, the name of the month was Natiq and the month fell in the warm season. The word was thus chosen as it well represented the original climate of the month and the physiological conditions precipitated from fasting. In the Qur'an, God proclaims that "fasting has been written down (as obligatory) upon you, as it was upon those before you". According to a hadith, this might refer to the Jewish practice of fasting on Yom Kippur.
Maher Zain (Arabic: ماهر زين ; born March 16, 1981 in Tripoli, Lebanon) is a Muslim Swedish R&B singer, songwriter and music producer of Lebanese origin. His debut album Thank You Allah, an internationally successful album with strong Muslim religious influences, was released in 2009. He released his follow-up album Forgive Me on April 2, 2012.
Maher Zain and his family moved to Sweden when he was eight years old. He completed his schooling there gaining a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering. After university he entered the music industry in Sweden and linked up with RedOne, the Moroccan-born Swedish producer.
When RedOne moved to New York in 2006 Maher Zain followed soon after to continue his music industry career in the USA producing for artists such as Kat DeLuna. On a visit home to Sweden he became engaged once more with his Islamic faith and decided to move away from a career as a music producer to become a singer/songwriter of contemporary R&B music with a strong Muslim religious influence.
Actors: Mohamed Henedi (actor), Diaa El-Merghani (actor), Youssef Eid (actor), Laila Taher (actress), Youssef Maaty (writer), Sayed Ragab (actor), Karima Mokhtar (actress), Sameh Abdelaziz (director), Ahmed Wafik (actor), Tarek Abdel Aziz (actor), Mahmoud Abdel Ghaffar (actor), Lamitta Frangieh (actress), Nora Al Sebaay (actress), Nisrin Imam (actress), Ahmed Gamal Said (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Harold Dennis (actor), Tony DeGuide (actor), Tony DeGuide (producer), Simeon Henderson (actor), Mark Harris (producer), Mark Harris (director), Mark Harris (writer), Mark Harris (producer), Meiko Taylor (actress), Ruby Gonzalez (actress), Nick Kanari (producer), Nick Kanari (actor), Qasim Basir (editor), Qasim Basir (producer), Mel Roberson (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Bassem Samra (actor), Amr Ismail (composer), Ahmad Abdalla (editor), Ahmed Azmi (actor), Hanan Metaweh (actress), Riham Abdel Ghafour (actress), Ahmed Atef (producer), Ahmed Atef (writer), Ahmed Atef (director), Amr Abdel Gelil (actor), Nasser Abdel-Rahmane (writer), Ahmed Abdel-Qawi (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Miroslawa Garlicka (editor), Agnieszka Wagner (actress), Igor Nola (producer), Dzemail Maksut (actor), Josif Josifovski (actor), Ljupco Konstantinov (composer), Vlado Jovanovski (actor), Kiril Ristoski (actor), Nada Gesovska (actress), Nikola Ristanovski (actor), Birçe Hasko (actor), Fehmi Grubi (actor), Stevo Spasovski (actor), Gheorghe Zamfir (composer), Kiril Gravcev (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Adel Imam (actor), Sameer Ghanem (actor), Wahid Seif (actor), Ilham Shaheen (actress), Othman Abdul Menem (actor), Sami Sarhan (actor), Zakaria Mouafi (actor), Umran Bahar (actor), Naima El Soghier (actress), Badr Nofal (actor), Seif Allah Mokhtar (actor), Hafez Amin (actor), Hassan Hussein (actor), Mohamed Abo Hashish (actor), Samir Abdelazim (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Crime,Actors: Fatin Abdel Wahab (director), Fouad El-Mohandes (actor), Shouweikar (actress), Hassan Mustafa (actor), Hussein Ahmed (editor), Youssef El Sebai (writer), Mohamed Shawky (actor), Salama Elias (actor), Samiha Ayyoub (actress), Saad al-Din Wahbah (writer), Abdel Rahim El Zarkany (actor), Hussein Ismail (actor), Abdel Azim Abdel Haq (actor), Girodo Lillac (composer), Iskandar Mansy (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy,Actors: Rolf Wanka (actor), Bojan Adamic (composer), Ruzica Cvingl (editor), Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic (actor), Marianne Schönauer (actress), Bosko Kosanovic (director), Katharina Mayberg (actress), Bosko Kosanovic (writer), Ilija Dzuvalekovski (actor), Bozidar Drnic (actor), Salko Repak (actor), Ernst Roberts (producer), Elsa Dzuvalekovska (miscellaneous crew), Zlata Milankovic (actress), Mileva Zahrajscek (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Vladimir Medar (actor), Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanic (actor), Severin Bijelic (actor), Vojislav Bjenjas (editor), Janez Vrhovec (actor), Rade Markovic (actor), Abdurrahman Shala (actor), Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic (writer), Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic (director), Ilija Dzuvalekovski (actor), Marijan Lovric (actor), Milivoje Popovic-Mavid (actor), Nadja Regin (actress), Lidija Debarlieva (miscellaneous crew), Milutin Jasnic (actor),
Plot: Continuing their exploits against the Yugoslav National Liberation Army, the Ballists attack an echelon of wounded warriors led by Dr. M. He takes the wounded to a nearby town. Aware that the justice is on the side of Doctor M., Ramadan, son of one of the Ballist leaders, joins him and contributes to defeat of the Ballists.
Genres: ,Actors: Vladimir Medar (actor), Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanic (actor), Severin Bijelic (actor), Vojislav Bjenjas (editor), Janez Vrhovec (actor), Rade Markovic (actor), Abdurrahman Shala (actor), Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic (writer), Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic (director), Ilija Dzuvalekovski (actor), Marijan Lovric (actor), Milivoje Popovic-Mavid (actor), Nadja Regin (actress), Lidija Debarlieva (miscellaneous crew), Milutin Jasnic (actor),
Plot: Continuing their exploits against the Yugoslav National Liberation Army, the Ballists attack an echelon of wounded warriors led by Dr. M. He takes the wounded to a nearby town. Aware that the justice is on the side of Doctor M., Ramadan, son of one of the Ballist leaders, joins him and contributes to defeat of the Ballists.
Genres: ,Actors: Samuel Goldwyn (miscellaneous crew), Karl Dane (actor), George Marion Jr. (writer), Frances Marion (writer), Paul Girard Smith (writer), Artur Guttmann (composer), George Fitzmaurice (director), Samuel Goldwyn (miscellaneous crew), George Fawcett (actor), Montagu Love (actor), Bull Montana (actor), Rudolph Valentino (actor), Rudolph Valentino (actor), Agnes Ayres (actress), John W. Considine Jr. (producer),
Plot: Men and women, fathers and children. Ahmed, son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl who fronts her father's gang of mountebanks. Among the cutthroats is Ghobah, a villainous Moor to whom Yasmin is promised. In ruins near Touggourt, the city where Yasmin dances, she and Ahmed meet secretly until one night when her father and the gang capture the son of the sheik, torture him, and hold him for ransom. Will Ahmed believe that Yasmin set him up for capture? Even if true love finds a way through webs of deceit, what will the vigorous and imposing sheik say about his son consorting with a dancing girl?
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