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George Wassouf (Arabic: جورج وسوف) (born December 23, 1961) is a Syrian singer with over 30 albums released. Wassouf's vocal style has been emulated by younger singers such as George El Rassi.
Born in Kafroun, tartous, Syria into a Christian household, he was called "the miraculous of his time" for his artistic talent in singing.[citation needed] Wassouf started singing at the age of 10 in his hometown Kafroun. He was discovered by his first manager and producer George Yazbeck at a wedding party that Wassouf was performing at, aged 12 years old. At the age of 16 he was called Sultan El-Tarab by George Ibrahim El Khoury a magazine director, Arabic for The Sultan of Music, with his classic song "el-Hawa Sultan".[citation needed] He became famous after appearing on the Lebanese show Studio El Fan 1980 when he was 16 years old when he was known as Sultan of Tarab.[citation needed]
Wassouf preferred not to shoot videos for his songs saying "I don't feel I can act ... I really can't... I only find myself when I'm on the stage ... singing, but the video clip forces me to act".[citation needed]
George Soros ( /ˈsɔroʊs/ or /ˈsɔrəs/;Hungarian: Soros György; Hungarian: [ˈʃoroʃ]; born August 12, 1930, as Schwartz György) is a Hungarian-American business magnate,investor, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Soros Fund Management. Soros supports progressive-liberal causes. He is known as "The Man Who Broke the Bank of England" because of his US$1 billion in investment profits during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis.
Between 1979 and 2011, Soros gave away over $8 billion to human rights, public health, and education causes. He played a significant role in the peaceful transition from communism to capitalism in Hungary (1984–89), and provided Europe's largest higher education endowment to Central European University in Budapest. Soros is also the chairman of the Open Society Institute.
Soros was born in Budapest, Hungary to a well-to-do, nonobservant Jewish family. His mother Elizabeth (also known as Erzebet), whom Tivadar married in 1924, came from a family that owned a thriving silk shop. His father Tivadar (also known as Teodoro) was a lawyer and had been a prisoner of war during and after World War I until he escaped from Russia and rejoined his family in Budapest. Tivadar was an Esperantist writer and taught George to speak Esperanto from birth. Soros later said that he grew up in a Jewish home and that his parents were cautious with their religious roots. Soros was thirteen years old in March 1944 when Nazi Germany occupied Hungary. Soros took a job with the Jewish Council, which had been established during the Nazi occupation of Hungary. Soros later described this time to writer Michael Lewis:
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Genres: Fantasy,Actors: Maksim Peretti (writer), Maksim Peretti (producer), Maksim Peretti (composer), Maksim Peretti (director), Liliy Burdinskaya (actor), Anton Ronzhenov (editor), Georgy Abramidze (actor),
Genres: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Short, Thriller,Actors: Marq English (miscellaneous crew), Jo Marriott (actress), Gladys San Juan (miscellaneous crew), Gary Andrews (director), Gary Andrews (writer), Joy Tinniswood (actress), Katherine Elizabeth McLean (actress), Katherine Elizabeth McLean (miscellaneous crew), Joy Andrews (editor), Joy Andrews (producer), Redvers G. Russell (actor), Julianne Honey-Mennal (producer), Lucy Claire Brennan (actress), Ella Sowton (actress), Dodie Browne (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Esther, Annie and George are 3 people whose lives have reached a crisis point. On the night of 31st October, all three find themselves drawn to a clearing in the woods. Secrets are revealed and nothing will ever be the same again as an ancient power emerges from the shadows...
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Plot: Second Class Citizen is based on the true devastating events that happened in Alexandria, Egypt on January 1st 2011. It explores the conflicts and unity between Christians and Muslims in that part of the world and how things are never black or white. All leading up to the February 11, 2011 Egyptian Revolution.
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Genres: Sci-Fi,Actors: John Ahle (editor), John Ahle (actor), John Ahle (writer), John Ahle (producer), Jessica Goldberg (actress), Christian Gehring (actor), Christian Gehring (producer), Christian Gehring (director), Brittany McManus (actress), Mary Kackley (actress), Joe Townsend II (actor), Michelle Kay Smith (actress), Deborah McCoy (actress), David Grosso (actor), David Trotter (actor),
Plot: 3 Days is the drama/comedy film about the trials and tribulations of five college kids on the verge of winter break. Thomas, who lusts after Brittany, enlists the help of his four best friends to win her over. But in doing so each faces different situations that only seem to be getting worse as break approaches.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Mark A. Keeton (actor), Sara Lukasiewicz (actress), Carolina Ravassa (actress), Michael Wolfe (actor), Andrew Lyman-Clarke (director), Andrew Lyman-Clarke (producer), Andrew Lyman-Clarke (writer), Andrew Lyman-Clarke (editor), Jason Abrams (producer), Jason Abrams (actor), Seth Panman (producer), David Kenner (actor),
Plot: Every year, hundreds of young people go out on wilderness hiking trips designed to teach them leadership and outdoor survival. On this particular trip, Haley is plagued by nightmares about the woods. Her intense and eccentric Guide doesn't make things any easier, driving her up the mountain. And when she sees a strange man digging through the trees, her experience begins to feel more like actual survival.
Genres: Horror, Short, Thriller,Actors: Mohammad Bakri (actor), Moshe Ivgy (actor), Eran Riklis (director), Sharon Alexander (actor), Michael Sharfstein (producer), Shai Avivi (actor), Anat Lubarsky (editor), Salim Dau (actor), Uri Klauzner (actor), Meir Suissa (actor), Yussuf Abu-Warda (actor), Doron Tsabari (actor), Ilan Sagiv (miscellaneous crew), Sami Samir (actor), Roberto Pollak (actor),
Plot: An Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup (mondial), he and his capturers share the love to soccer and toward the (not so happy) end a relationship is made.
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Plot: The son of famous studio owner is forced to make porno films to keep the bankrupt studio from being made into a shopping center. In an attempt to get back on the high ground he makes a nudie musical. He makes a bet with the debtors who wish to take ownership of the studio, that if they finance the musical and he can't complete it within two weeks, they can foreclose.
Keywords: amateur-pornography, dildo, erotica, female-nudity, filmmaking, male-frontal-nudity, male-nudity, nudity, pornographer, pornography-spoof