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The Hajj (/hædʒ/;Arabic: حج Ḥaǧǧ "pilgrimage") is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, and a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all adult Muslims who are physically and financially capable of undertaking the journey, and can support their family during their absence. It is one of the five pillars of Islam, alongside Shahadah, Salat, Zakat, and Sawm. The gathering during Hajj is considered the largest annual gathering of people in the world. The state of being physically and financially capable of performing the Hajj is called istita'ah, and a Muslim who fulfills this condition is called a mustati. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God (Allah). The word Hajj means "to intend a journey", which connotes both the outward act of a journey and the inward act of intentions.
The pilgrimage occurs from the 8th to 12th (or in some cases 13th) of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar. Because the Islamic calendar is lunar and the Islamic year is about eleven days shorter than the Gregorian year, the Gregorian date of Hajj changes from year to year. Ihram is the name given to the special spiritual state in which pilgrims wear two white sheets of seamless cloth and abstain from certain actions.
Actors: Sandra Hetzl (producer), Sandra Hetzl (writer), Sandra Hetzl (director), Robert Dahm (miscellaneous crew), Jean-Renè Bilongo (actor), Eugene Muke Jabbie (actor), Abdulkarim Ali (actor), Benedict Osubor (actor), Paul Kalusa (actor), Alhaji Kasim Appiah (actor), Orhan Bayindir (actor), Bismark Bediako (actor),
Plot: Castel Volturno Italy, 2010. Bits of life of Castel Volturno's Black inhabitants, contemporary Argonauts, who crossed the Mediterranean sea on rubber boats, following their European dream. Castel Volturno, an ex-holiday-paradise in Southern Italy, is nowadays a vessel for those Subsaharians who survived the journey through the desert and over the sea. After stranding in Lampedusa and being rejected by the European Commission, the next station is Castel Volturno, without 'papers'. The African reality of Castel Volturno is transported without an objective or analytical narrative, without accusing, but through a texture made of many subjectivities. A texture made of myths, self-suggestion, references and metaphors. The film focuses on the invisible things behind what we already know about this more or less desperate reality.
Keywords: boat-people, migration, west-africaActors: Marie-Noelle Hauville (miscellaneous crew), Alexander Emmert (producer), Aurélien Wiik (actor), Fabien Pondevaux (miscellaneous crew), Moussa Maaskri (actor), Simon Abkarian (actor), Anatole Taubman (actor), Gérard Lanvin (actor), Catherine Hiegel (actress), Mehdi Nebbou (actor), Yves Marmion (producer), Nicolas Marié (actor), Rachida Brakni (actress), Rachida Brakni (actress), Saïd Amadis (actor),
Plot: In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation follow the same methods. Alex and Al Barad are two of them. The former is the head of the D.G.S.E.'s (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, the French equivalent of the CIA or the MI6) counter-terrorism unit while the latter reigns over a terrorist network, and both fight using the most ruthless of weapons: human beings. Secret Défense (aka Secrets Of State) tells of their secret war through the destinies of Diane, a student recruited by the French secret service, and Pierre, a troubled young man who thinks terrorism will bring him salvation. Trained and indoctrinated for missions which are beyond them, they are both drawn into a chain of events from which they seem incapable of escaping. While they both be sacrificed in the name of their "noble" causes?
Keywords: airport, anti-terrorism, anti-terrorist-squad, bomb, college-student, counter-terrorism, counter-terrorism-unit, counter-terrorist, dog, franceActors: Barbara Eden (actress), George Chakiris (actor), Cecil Kellaway (actor), Bob Henry (director), Hans Conried (actor), José Ferrer (actor), Charles Lederer (writer), Roy Clark (actor), Norman Rosemont (producer), Edward Knoblock (writer), Larry Billman (actor), Jack Regas (miscellaneous crew), Luther Davis (writer), Anna Maria Alberghetti (actress), Bonnie Evans (actress),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Norman Leavitt (actor), Frank Mitchell (actor), Ethan Laidlaw (actor), Jay C. Flippen (actor), John Bleifer (actor), Mike Mazurki (actor), Howard Keel (actor), Jack Elam (actor), David Bond (actor), George Bruggeman (actor), Ted de Corsia (actor), Jamie Farr (actor), Sebastian Cabot (actor), Aaron Spelling (actor), Leonard Mudie (actor),
Plot: Like a tale spun by Scheherazade, Kismet follows the remarkable and repeated changes of fortune that engulf a poor poet. It all happens in one incredible day when Kismet (Fate) takes a hand.
Keywords: 1001-nights, arabian-nights, baghdad-mesopotamia, based-on-play, based-on-stage-musical, based-on-stage-musical-based-on-stage-play, beggar, caliph, dancer, dancingActors: Alexander Hall (editor), Sidney Blackmer (actor), Edmund Breese (actor), Richard Carlyle (actor), Charles Clary (actor), Olin Francis (actor), Otto Hoffman (actor), Sydney Jarvis (actor), Noble Johnson (actor), Montagu Love (actor), Blanche Friderici (actress), Loretta Young (actress), Robert North (producer), Howard Estabrook (writer), Edward Ward (composer),
Plot: Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.
Keywords: arab, arabian-nights, baghdad-mesopotamia, based-on-play, beggar, caliph, camel, castle, cheat, dancerHey Joe someone stole your pearly girlie walked off with your jolly dolly
Maybe now you chanced to dance with me
Hey Joe I feel mighty lovey dovey let me be your new for toody
I'll be just as sweet as sweet can be
Now Joe I know just how you feel can't your fickle sweety left before a heel
But if I could be your sweety pie I'll promise you no other guy
Would steal me from you
Hey Joe go put on your dancin' shoes and I'll help you forget your blues
I'll simply got to have you for my own
[ steel - fiddle ]
Hey Joe please don't think I'm nuddy noddy don't think I'm a flirty girly
Cause I let you know I go for you
Hey Joe my poor heart is yearning burning just to hold you tightly nighty
Do I need you yes I guess I do
I love you Joe that's how I feel if I have a chance to prove my love is real
I'll be true to you forever and I swear no one could ever hope to steal me from you
Hey Joe if you want me tell me so my heart is packed and set to go