- published: 03 Feb 2016
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Zahira College, Colombo ( commonly known as Zahira College or simply as Zahira ) ( Sinhala: සහිරා විදුහල, Tamil: சாஹிரா கல்லுரி, Arabic: Zahira means "Excellence" ) is the very first Muslim school in Sri Lanka and was founded in 1892 as Al Madrasathul Zahira by two of the most prominent Sri Lankan Muslims of the day, I. L. M. Abdul Aziz and Arasi Marikar Wapchie Marikar, with the active patronage of Ahmed Orabi Pasha of Egypt. It is currently the largest Muslim educational institution in Sri Lanka with more than 4000 students studying there. The college is situated at the heart of Colombo city. The college also has one of the oldest mosques in the country in its premises.
The idea of school mainly for Muslims was conceived by visionaries at a time, such as Proctor M. C. Siddi Lebbe of Kandy, when circumstances were positively hostile to English education due to the reasons where English education was very much associated with proselytism. At this juncture in history of Sri Lanka almost all the schools in the country were run by Christian missionaries. Because Sri Lanka had not won its independence from the British Empire an almost state aided conversion submerged other communities. Nevertheless Muslim pioneers in education were more than satisfied that Islam would weather assaults at conversion but that education was essential for the Muslim community’s progress if not its very survival. Thus did Zahira make its first small steps on Monday, 22 August 1892.
Actors: Bernard Vander Donckt (miscellaneous crew), Marc Barbé (actor), Chantal Akerman (producer), Patrick Quinet (producer), Chantal Akerman (writer), Joseph Conrad (writer), Chantal Akerman (director), Stanislas Merhar (actor), Henry Bean (writer), Serge Zeitoun (producer), Claire Atherton (editor), Catherine Marchand (costume designer), Bérengère Saint-Bezar (miscellaneous crew), Elsa Pardo (miscellaneous crew), Nathalie Geoffroy (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Suhasini (actress), Indrans (actor), Biju Menon (actor), V.K. Sriraman (actor), Sudheesh (actor), Thilakan (actor), Zeenath (actress), Nandu (actor), Santha Devi (actress), Praveena (actress), T.V. Chandran (writer), T.V. Chandran (director), M.R. Gopakumar (actor), Beena Paul (editor), Issac Thomas Kottukapally (composer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Enaam Salousa (actress), Othman Abdul Menem (actor), Yehia El-Fakharany (actor), Dalal Abdel Aziz (actress), Karima Mokhtar (actress), Mounir Makram (actor), Hasan Kami (actor), Mohamed Kamel (actor), Magda Zaki (actress), Sandra Nashaat (director), Dalia Ibrahim (actress), Lamis Gaber (writer), Hussien El Adl (actor),
Plot: Mabrouk, the village idiot and his sister Fatheya inherit a land after the death of their mother. Bolbol moves to Cairo after suffering from her step mother's treatment and becomes a prostitute, when she returns to the village, she meets Mabrouk who was her childhood sweetheart and their love flourishes again.
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Nando Angelini (actor), Antonietta Zita (editor), Alberto Farnese (actor), Gordon Mitchell (actor), Mario Costa (director), Nando Tamberlani (actor), Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni (costume designer), Francesco De Masi (composer), Maria Grazia Spina (actress), Nino Stresa (writer), Moira Orfei (actress), Cristina Gaioni (actress), Nino Stresa (writer), Gordon Scott (actor), Jany Clair (actress),
Plot: In the Middle East, circa 1860s, the evil Omar seeks to become Khadive by killing off his adversaries and by marrying the reluctant Fawzia, favorite niece of the current Khadive. (After marrying Fawzia, he plans to eliminate her so he can then marry his own choice, the ruthless Zahira.) Omar's brutal policies result in the death of a young woman named Laila. Laila's brother, Kerim, then becomes Omar's sworn enemy. Now known as "the Black Shiek," Kerim becomes a Robin Hood of the desert, rallying various tribes in a revolt against Omar. In the process Kerim meets and falls in love with Fawzia who eventually comes to share his feelings. In disguise, Kerim infiltrates Omar's headquarters but is discovered, imprisoned -- along with Fawzia and her father, Mansur -- and flogged. A sympathetic slave girl named Selima rides and informs Prince Ahmed who comes to Kerim's rescue. In a hand-to-hand duel, Kerim kills Omar. Then Kerim and Fawzia ride off together into the desert.
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