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Aslan (/ˈæsˌlæn/ or /ˈæzˌlæn/) is the main character of C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series. He is "the great Lion" of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and his role in Narnia is developed throughout the remaining books. He is also the only character to appear in all seven books of the series. Aslan is Turkish for "lion". Lewis often capitalises the word lion in reference to Aslan, since, at least partially, he represents Jesus Christ.
Aslan is depicted as a talking lion, the King of Beasts, son of the Emperor-Over-the-Sea, the king of Narnia; a wise, compassionate, magical authority (both temporal and spiritual); mysterious and benevolent guide to the human children who visit; guardian and saviour of Narnia. The author, C. S. Lewis, described Aslan as an alternative version of Christ; that is, as the form in which Christ might have appeared in a fantasy world.
Throughout the series, it is stated that Aslan is "not a tame lion", since, despite his gentle and loving nature, he is powerful and can be dangerous. He has many followers, including humans, talking beasts, and mythological creatures such as Centaurs, Fauns, Dryads, Dwarfs, Satyrs, Naiads, Hamadryads, Mermaids, Sylvans, Unicorns, and Winged Horses.
Reza Aslan (Persian: رضا اصلان, IPA: [ˈɾezɒː æsˈlɒːn]; born May 3, 1972) is an Iranian-American author, commentator and religious scholar. He has written two books on religion: No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Aslan is a member of the American Academy of Religion. He is also a professor of creative writing at University of California, Riverside.
Aslan's family came to the United States from Tehran in 1979, fleeing the Iranian Revolution. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. At the age of 15 he converted to evangelical Christianity. He converted back to Islam the summer before attending Harvard. In the early 1990s, Aslan taught courses at De La Salle High School in Concord, California.
Aslan holds a BA in religious studies from Santa Clara University, an MTS from Harvard Divinity School, an MFA from the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop, and a PhD in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His dissertation was titled "Global Jihadism as a Transnational Social Movement: A Theoretical Framework".
The Joker is Wild was the second album released by Alex Harvey after the demise of The Soul Band. The album was released in 1972. Some time after 1972 the album The Joker Is Wild was reissued and repackaged, the album song listings stayed the same, but the album was credited as being made by "The Sensational Alex Harvey Band" even though this band did not exist at the time, and the title was changed to This Is.
The album was recorded at Regent Sound Studio, London in early 1972. These songs are unfinished demos only, recorded for a Spanish singer named Tony Caldeira (who wrote "The Joker Is Wild" and "Silhouette and Shadow"). Alex was teaching Tony vocal delivery and phrasing. Alex received a cheque for the session which subsequently bounced. The producer, Paul Murphy, sold the tapes to Metronome Records in Germany and they issued the LP as The Joker Is Wild in 1972. This Is SAHB is a low budget reissue of "Joker" intended to cash in on SAHB's success (even though Zal, Chris, Ted and Hugh weren't involved with the recordings). The photo of SAHB on the sleeve features keyboard player John Martin on the far left.
Actors: Gregory Itzin (actor), April Wade (actress), Aimée Flaherty (producer), Ariana Almajan (actress), Dove Meir (actor), Tybee Diskin (actress), Tybee Diskin (producer), Gerard Marzilli (producer), Gerard Marzilli (actor), Tennyson E. Stead (writer), Tennyson E. Stead (producer), Tennyson E. Stead (director), Tyler Seiple (actor), Danielle Jones (actress), Danielle Jones (producer),
Plot: Quantum Theory is the story of Chelsea and Roe, two brilliant, snarky women of science, who develop a prototype with the power to alter reality... until it's snatched from under them by LDI, a ruthless and powerful defense contractor. With reality itself under the control of a corporate military superpower, can Chelsea and Roe take back their technology and their world?
Keywords: conspiracy, female-driven, gay, heist, heroine, quantum-theory, reality-bending, role-model, smart, super-scienceActors: Karsten Stöter (producer), Benny Drechsel (producer), Guillaume de Seille (producer), David Steinberger (producer), Michael Reuter (producer), Rebekka Garrido (producer), Anna Katchko (producer), Mandy Krause (miscellaneous crew), Emir Baigazin (writer), Emir Baigazin (director), Emir Baigazin (editor), Assan Kirkabakov (actor), Omar Adilov (actor), Aliya Mendygozhina (producer), Ulan Nugumanov (costume designer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Birthe Neumann (actress), Bo Ehrhardt (producer), Frank Hvam (actor), Nicolas Bro (actor), Susanne Falck (miscellaneous crew), Ole Dupont (actor), Hella Joof (actress), Simon Jul Jørgensen (actor), Søren Malling (actor), Jonatan Spang (actor), Jonatan Spang (director), Jonatan Spang (writer), Rasmus Rise (miscellaneous crew), Louize Nissen (costume designer), Mille Lehfeldt (actress),
Plot: Laura and Mark have been together for 10 years and she has always supported him in his shallow pop-singing career. However, Laura has her talent measured, and it appears she is packed with it! Laura's career takes off while Mark's is dangerously close to the abyss. Mark then discovers that the equipment used for measuring talent can also be used for stealing it. He is now heading towards stardom again - but also serious trouble!
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Türkan Soray (actress), Kemal Inci (actor), Bora Tekay (director), Cihan Ünal (actor), Kerem Çatay (producer), Melek Gençoglu (writer), Ece Yörenç (writer), Ilkay Akdagli (writer), Ilkay Saran (actress), Baris Aksavas (actor), Merve Bolugur (actress), Ilkay Altintas (writer), Ozan Daggez (actor), Zerrin Tekindor (actress), Burcu Gunay (actress),
Genres: Family,Actors: Fatma Karanfil (actress), Emre Altug (actor), Mine Tugay (actress), Baris Çakmak (actor), Ali Gündogdu (producer), Matteo Gottardis (miscellaneous crew), Tamer Levent (actor), Gülçin Santircioglu (actress), Müfit Aytekin (actor), Alpay Kemal Atalan (actor), Atilla Karagöz (actor), Andaç Haznedaroglu (director), Savas Özdemir (actor), Oguz Oktay (actor), Yesim Gül Aksar (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Tarik Akan (actor), Serdar Akar (director), Engin Altan Düzyatan (actor), Zihni Göktay (actor), Ozan Guven (actor), Bahar Akça (actress), Nejat Birecik (actor), Filiz Taçbas (actress), Ali Nuri Türkoglu (actor), Yasemin Öztürk (actress), Melek Gençoglu (writer), Selin Demiratar (actress), Arda Esen (actor), Sevil Ustekin (actress), Nehir Erdogan (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Aristarkh Livanov (actor), Aleksandr Domogarov (actor), Vladimir Episkoposyan (actor), Sergey Nikonenko (actor), Nikolay Chindyaykin (actor), Olga Sumskaya (actress), Yuri Kara (director), Vladimir Salnikov (actor), Yuri Kara (producer), Yuri Kara (writer), Denis Karasyov (actor), Yuriy Dumchev (actor), Natalya Gromushkina (actress), Inna Pivars (actress), Igor Novosyolov (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: Bryce Menzies (producer), Sam Neill (actor), John Clarke (actor), John Fox (miscellaneous crew), Timothy White (producer), Zoe Carides (actress), Deborah Kennedy (actress), Nick Lathouris (actor), Neil Thumpston (editor), Denis Moore (actor), Lynda House (producer), Yvonne Lawley (actress), John Ruane (writer), John Ruane (director), Nicholas Papademetriou (actor),
Plot: Carl Fitzgerald is down-on-his-luck until he meets Sophie, a beautiful Greek girl. He gets a job as a cook, but accidentally kills fellow worker Mustafa. He turns to his unscrupulous best friend for help and together they attempt to dispose of the body.
Keywords: australia, black-comedy, independent-filmActors: Fariborz Lachini (composer), Mehri Vadadian (actress), Fatemah Motamed-Aria (actress), Hosein Amirfazli (actor), Hamid Jebeli (actor), Mohammad Varshochi (actor), Iraj Tahmasb (actor), Morteza Ahmadi (actor), Kiumars Malekmotei (actor), Hossein Kazbian (actor), Mehri Mehrinia (actress), Ali Asghar Garmsiri (actor), Mahmoud Basiri (actor), Esfandiar Mavandadi (actor), Esmail Davarfar (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Norbert Weisser (actor), Peter Guber (producer), Michael Ensign (actor), Paul L. Smith (actor), Zannino (actor), Randy Quaid (actor), Gigi Ballista (actor), Mihalis Giannatos (actor), Bo Hopkins (actor), John Hurt (actor), Peter Jeffrey (actor), Franco Diogene (actor), Paolo Bonacelli (actor), Alan Parker (actor), David Puttnam (producer),
Plot: On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American 'Billy Hayes (I)' (qv) is caught attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in identifying the person who actually sold him the hash. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. Told to trust no one, Billy does befriend a few of the other inmates, namely fellow American Jimmy Booth (in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque), a Swede named Erich, and one of the senior prisoners having already served seven years, an Englishman named Max, the latter two also in for hash related charges. One prisoner not befriended is Rifki, who wields power in the prison as the unofficial eyes and ears for the guards. As Billy, his family and his girlfriend Susan attempt through legal and diplomatic channels for Billy's release, Max tells him that the only way out is to "catch the midnight express" aka escape, which is what Jimmy is continually trying to do. When Billy's situation changes, he becomes more desperate in every sense of the word. It seems as if Billy has only two options: to let the prison ultimately figuratively then literally kill him, or to somehow regain control of his life through whatever means available.
Keywords: 1970s, accidental-killing, actual-animal-killed, airplane, airport, airport-security, american-consulate, anger, animal-cruelty, ankara-turkey
To commemorate Reza Aslan losing his job at CNN for his anti-Trump tweets, Gavin McInnes deconstructs a taqiyya video from the annoying Reza Aslan. MORE: https://www.therebel.media/reza_aslan_is_an_ass Subscribe to the Rebel’s YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/RebelMediaTV PLUS http://www.Facebook.com/JoinTheRebel *** http://www.Twitter.com/TheRebelTV
Original Version of "This Is" released on Reekus Records, 1986. This Is by Aslan: http://smarturl.it/AslanThisIs It’s featured on the Reekus Records 30th Anniversary compilation album 'Too Late To Stop Now’:http://smarturl.it/TooLateToStopNow
Erste Videoauskopplung aus dem kommenden Mixtape "Streetgladiator" von Aslan ! Werdet Fan von meiner Facebook Seite: http://www.facebook.com/AslanSoundOffiziell Titel: Aslan ft. Jeyz - Streetgladiator VÖ: 10.12.2011 TAGS: aslan, aslan sound, aslan streetgladiator, aslan con air, aslan meine stadt, aslan celo abdi, aslan mietwagentape, aslan frankfurt, frankfurt, azzlack, aslan, aslan sound, aslan streetgladiator, aslan con air, aslan meine stadt, aslan celo abdi, aslan mietwagentape, aslan frankfurt, frankfurt, azzlack, aslan, aslan sound, aslan streetgladiator, aslan con air, aslan meine stadt, aslan celo abdi, aslan mietwagentape, aslan frankfurt, frankfurt, azzlack
Sam Harris educates Reza Aslan regarding Islam and the views held in majority muslim countries. ✔️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freedomspeaksusa/ ✔️Like, Share, and Subscribe for more content that is Pro Liberty, Pro Freedom, and Pro America. Intro Music: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/precious-dubmix-soundtrack/
Sigur Ros - All Alright from 2008 album: Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust http://marcoaslan.com
A travel in Southern France, capturing 3 divergent cultures French, Italian, and Brazilian languages. http://marcoaslan.com
This is a compilation of a project called Guia Brazil. Via branded content agency BEI+. There are about 50 videos of Guia Brazil. I have also uploaded "Bom Jardim" and "São Paulo". Music by Tony Anderson (aka 23Violins) http://soundcloud.com/23violins
A series of pleasant thoughts that distract one’s attention from the present. http://marcoaslan.com Music by Sophie Hunter “Le Vent Nous Portera” Buy the song: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/1983/id357721071 Places: Spain, Italy, Brazil, Uruguay, China, Taiwan, Japan, U.S (Cali, NY) iPhone 4s, HVX200, Canon 5DM2
A man recalls his childhood years and life history through the lenses of his Super8 camera. http://www.marcoaslan.com Short film from 2007
Just for fun vid. 7D on Glidecam. Hollywood, Los Angeles http://www.marcoaslan.com
Don't stop your crying on my account
A frightening lion, no doubt
He's not safe, no he's not safe
Are you tempted now to run away?
The King above all Kings is coming down
But He won't say the words you wish that he would
Oh, he don't do the deeds you know that He could
He won't think the thoughts you think He should
But He is good, He is good
I know you're thirsty, the water is free
But I should warn you, it costs everything
Well, He's not fair, no He's not fair
When He fixes what's beyond repair
And graces everyone that don't deserve
No one knows Him whom eyes never seen
No, I don't know Him but He knows me
He knows me, He knows me
Lay down your layers, shed off your skin
But without His incision, you can't enter in
He cuts deep, yeah He cuts deep
When the risk is great and the talk is cheap