#Hamid Jafar

[clash-of-the-wizards]

WELCOME TO THE 2024 CLASH OF THE WIZARDS!

Thats right! Mod Hermann got her shit together finallyt!

This year, we shall pit against each other 64 fictional magic users (double what we had last year!) in an attempt to see who the ultimate witch, wizard, mage, or caster is! Our winner last year was the lovely Eda Clawthorne from The Owl House (who will, from this moment on, be my profile picture until the new crown is distributed!), and today and for the next week and a half we will see who will take her crown!

Polls will be released daily at 6 pm est, with a day's break between each round (so, if a poll ends on saturday, the next round won't be up until 6 on sunday, and so on)

But you're not here for the semantics! So, ROLL OUT THE COMPETITORS!

YOUR COMPETITORS THIS YEAR ARE!

Khadgar - World of Warcraft M Rasmodius/The Wizard - Stardew Valley Jadis/The White Witch - Chronicles of Narnia Tara Maclay - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Robin - Fire Emblem Eggplant Wizard - Kid Icarus Rincewind - Discworld Harry Dresden - The Dresden Files Jafar - Aladdin Dr Facilier - The Princess and The Frog Nico Minoru - Marvel's Runaways John Constantine - DC Comics Harrison - Camp Camp Simon Snow - Carry On Cookie Jarvis - Cookie Crisp Cereal Magical Trevor - Mr Weebl Ice King - Adventure Time Merasmus - Team Fortress 2 Schmendrick - The Last Unicorn Starlight Glimmer - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Wizardmon - Digimon Bloom Peters - Winx Club Basil Hawkins - One Piece Raelle Collar - Motherland: Fort Salem Gale of Waterdeep - Baldur's Gate 3 Strahd von Zarovich - Curse of Strahd Yennefer of Vengerberg - The Witcher Harrowhark Nonagesimus - The Locked Tomb Marcia Overstrand - Septimus Hemp Sunny Nwazue - Akata Witch Maleficent - Sleeping Beauty Gandalf - Lord of the Rings Corpse God - Dead Mount Death Play Alice - Bibliomania Howl Pendragon - Howl's Moving Castle Wizard Animal - Wizardisananimal on tumblr Vaarsuvius - Order of the Stick Usidore the Blue - Hello From the Magic Tavern Asra Alnazar - The Arcana Pluto - The Library of Ruina Rasputin - Anastasia Dreisang - Octopath Traveler Hamid Saleh Haroun al Tahan - Rusty Quill Gaming Hiserdoux Casperan - Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia Taako Taaco - The Adventure Zone: Balance Adaine Abernant - Dimension 20: Fantasy High Benjamin Thackerey - Widdershins Mah Yun - Sword Interval Donald Duck - Kingdom Hearts Vivi Orniter - Final Fantasy IX Moiraine Damodred - The Wheel of Time Raistlin Majere - Dragonlance Cedric - Sofia the First Kamek - Super Mario The Green Mage - Everhood Leif - Bug Fables Eridan Ampora - Homestuck Himiko Yumeno - Danganronpa V3 Galinda Upland - Wicked Merlin - Merlin (BBC) Archmage of Mampang - Sorcery! Noita - Noita Wei Wuxian - The Untamed Qifrey - Witch Hat Atelier SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS MOD HERMANN APPROACHES FINALS)

Friday, May 3 -- Round 1 side A Saturday, May 4 -- Round 1 side B Monday, May 6 -- Round 2 side A Tuesday, May 7 -- Round 2 side B Thursday, May 9 -- Round 3 Saturday, May 11 -- Round 4 Monday, May 13 -- Round 5 Wednesday, May 15 -- FINALS!!! (THIS POLL WILL BE OPEN FOR ONE WEEK!) Thursday, May 23 -- WINNER IS ANNOUNCED!

#clash of the wizards #clash of the wizards announcements

[slaterherms]

      ˗ˏˋ 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

                                𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 ! ´ˎ˗

( PART 2 ) below the cut you’ll find even more names in ARABIC that you could use. once again, see femme / masc next to names, but use them however you see fit <3 they’re just there to help out a little. 

see part 1 here. 

jafar (masc) — stream, creek 

hiba (femme) — gift 

jude (can be both) — praised 

shahd (femme) — pure honey 

maha (femme) — great 

husam (masc) — sharp sword 

aya (femme) — sign; miracle; quran verse

monya (femme) — little noble one 

yasmeen / yasmine (femme) — jasmine 

raya (femme) — friend; queen 

ghina (femme) — melody; song

shakir (masc) — one who is grateful 

rania (femme) — glittering; eye-catching

walid (masc) — newborn child

rashid (masc) — rightly guided

tareq / tarek (masc) — morning star 

taleen (femme) — advise

zaid (masc) — to increase

saja (femme) — to be calm and quiet 

faris (masc) — knight

hamid (masc) — praised; loving 

fahid / fahed (masc) — panther 

nadine (femme) — blessings; hope

osama (masc) — lion-like

dina (femme) — judged

shadya (femme) — singer

rawan (femme) — a river in paradise 

kinza (femme) — hidden treasure

lamees (femme) — soft to the touch

husni (masc) — goodness

#resource #rph #rpc #names masterlist #rp masterlist #rp names #muse help #rp resource #rp resources

[aboutanancientenquiry]

Afarin Nameh: Essays on the archaeology of Iran in Honour of Mehdi Rahbar; Āfrīnʹnāmah

آفرین‌نامه: مقاله‌های باستان‌شناسی در نکوداشت استاد مهدی رهبر

Editors: Yousef Moradi, with the assistance of Susan Cantan, Edward J. Keall and Rasoul Boroujeni

Publisher: The Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT),  Tehran, 2019

Table of contents of English section

Antigoni Zournatzi: “Travels in the East with Herodotus and the Persians: Herodotus (4.36.2-45) on the Geography of Asia” Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis: “From Mithradat I (c. 171-138 BCE) to Mithradat II (c. 122/1-91 BCE): the Formation of Arsacid Parthian Iconography” D.T. Potts and R.P. Adams: “The Elymaean bratus: A Contribution to the Phytohistory of Arsacid Iran” Vito Messina and Jafar Mehr Kian: “Anthrosol Detection in the Plain of Izeh” Rémy Boucharlat: “Some Remarks on the Monumental Parthian Tombs of Gelālak and Susa” Edward J. Keall: “Power Fluctuations in Parthian Government: Some Case Examples” Bruno Genito: “Hellenistic Impact on the Iranian and Central Asian Cultures: The Historical Contribution and the Archaeological Evidence.” Pierfrancesco Callieri: “A Fountain of Sasanian Age from Ardashir Khwarrah” Behzad Mofidi-Nasrabadi: “The Gravity of New City Formations: Change in Settlement Patterns Caused by the Foundation of Gondishapur and Eyvan-e Karkheh” St John Simpson: “The Land behind Rishahr: Sasanian Funerary Practices on the Bushehr Peninsula” Barbara Kaim: “Playing in the Temple: A Board Game Found at Mele Hairam, Turkmenistan” Eberhard W. Sauer, Hamid Omrani Rekavandi, Jebrael Nokandeh and Davit Naskidashvili: “The Great Walls of the Gorgan Plain Explored via Drone Photography” Jens Kröger: “The Berlin Bottle with Water Birds and Palmette Trees” Carlo G. Cereti: “Once more on the Bandiān Inscriptions” Gabriele Puschnigg: “East and West: Some Remarks on Intersections in the Ceramic Repertoires of Central Asia and Western Iran” Matteo Compareti: ““Persian Textiles” in the Biography of He Chou: Iranian Exotica in Sui-Tang China” Ritvik Balvally, Virag Sontakke, Shantanu Vaidya and Shrikant Ganvir: “Sasanian Contacts with the Vakatakas’ Realm with Special Reference to Nagardhan” Antonio Panaino: “The Ritual Drama of the High Priest Kirdēr” Touraj Daryaee: “Khusrow Parwēz and Alexander the Great: An Episode of imitatio Alexandri by a Sasanian King” Maria Vittoria Fontana: “Do You Not Consider How Allāh … Made the Sun a Burning Lamp?” Jonathan Kemp and John Hughes: “Analysis of Two Mortar Samples from the Ruined Site of a Sasanian Palace and Il-Khānid Caravanserai, Bisotun, Iran”

I found on the net the following abstract of the contribution of Antigoni Zournatzi to this volume, having as subject the Persian sources of Herodotus concerning the geography of Asia, although unfortunately for the moment I don't have access to the paper itself and more generally to this very interesting volume:

This paper considers a description of Asia in the work of Herodotus—a description that quite evidently further had implications for the manner in which this Greek historian perceived the shape and order of magnitude of the territories of Europe and Asia, as well as the overall form of the ‘inhabited’ world (oikoumenē). It supports the idea of a close affinity of Herodotus’ views in this instance with ancient Persian ways of looking at the world. Indications that Herodotus’ picture of Asia—and hence, his views about the form of the ‘inhabited’ world that are based upon this picture—must emanate from official Persian definitions of their realm derive, on the one hand, from the general coincidence of Herodotus’ Asia with Persian territorial realities, and on the other hand, from significant convergences that can be traced between Herodotus’ representation of the Asiatic continent and the Persians’ own perceptions and representations of their imperial domain.

Mehdi Rahbar is leading Iranian archaeologist.

#iran #iranology #mehdi rahbar #herodotus #antigoni zournatzi

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[journalonline24]

Abraaj Liquidators Sue Fund Backed by Gates Foundation Liquidators of bankrupt private-equity firm Abraaj Group are suing to claw back money from a health-care fund backed by investors including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

#Abraaj Group #alternative investments #Arif Naqvi #bankruptcy #Bill Gates #Chris Rowland #corporate #corporate actions #corporate crime #corporate financial difficulty #crime #financial services #financial vehicles #funds #Gates Foundation #general news #Hamid Jafar #health care #industrial news #investing #legal action #life sciences #political #private equity #securities #Simon Conway #trusts

[brightpinkpeppercorn]

When Sara announced her interest in Prince Hamid:

Lady Grandmother’s Reaction:

Where my brain went:

#desire and decorum #desire & decorum #playchoices #choices #prince hamid #prince ali realness #the duke is jafar #lady grandmother is the sultan?

[thehashemitefamily]

الاميرة عالية بنت الحسين نشرت صورة و علقة عليها اواخر التسعينات من اليمين عون ابن أختي عائشة عمر ابن اخي فيصل واخته اية ثم جمانة وجعفر البنة وابن اختي زين ثم نجلي طلال ونجلي عبدالحميد

Princess Alia Bint Al Hussein published a picture and commented on it in the late nineties, from the right, Aoun, my nephew, Aisha Omar, nephew of Faisal, his sister Aya, then Jumana, Jafar Al-Banna, my nephew Zain, then my two sons Talal and my sons Abdul Hamid.

#prince omar bin faisal #princess ayah bint feisal #aoun juma #jaafar al saleh #jumana al saleh

[dreowyn]

Obama admin.'s 35-yr lease of Port Canaveral to Middle East company with Russian ties endangers U.S. national security

Obama admin.’s 35-yr lease of Port Canaveral to Middle East company with Russian ties endangers U.S. national security

Port Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida, is one of the busiest cargo and cruise ports in the world, with fuel accounting for 75% of the cargo in 2011. It is also a naval port adjacent to the U.S. strategic ballistic missile nuclear submarine base, as well as close to U.S. Air Force facilities and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. As such, Port Canaveral is critical to America’s national security.…

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#Adm. James A. Lyons #Aimen Nabi Mir #Business Backs Education Campaign #Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States #Crescent Group #Gulftainer #Hamid Jafar #House Armed Services Committee #islamic society of north america #Jack Lew #Jafar Dhia Jofa #Majid Jafar #Muslim Brotherhood #Port Canaveral #Rosoboronexport #Rostec #Russia’s Club-K container cruise missile launch system #Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities #Varkey GEMs Foundation

[erhiem]

The Taliban say there is an “apology” throughout Afghanistan, the first comment on how they might rule the country this time. Hundreds of people gather near a US Air Force C-17 transport plane in a perimeter at Kabul airport on Monday.

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The Taliban say there is an “apology” throughout Afghanistan, the first comment on how they might rule the country this time. Hundreds of people gather near a US Air Force C-17 transport plane in a perimeter at Kabul airport on Monday.

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KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban announced an “apology” across Afghanistan and urged women to join their government on Tuesday, trying to convince a wary population that they have changed a day after deadly mobs captured the main airport as desperate mobs tried to flee his rule.

After a spate of attacks across Afghanistan in which many cities fell to rebels without a fight, the Taliban sought to portray themselves as more moderate than the one that imposed a brutal regime in the late 1990s. But many Afghans are skeptical.

Older generations remember the ultra-Orthodox Islamic views of the Taliban, which included stoning, amputations and public executions, along with severe sanctions on women, before being pulled out of the US-led invasion following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

While there were no major reports of abuse or fighting in the capital of Kabul as the Taliban now patrol its streets, many residents have remained at home and prisons have been evacuated after rebels took over and looted arsenals. went. Many women have expressed fears that two decades of Western experimentation to expand their rights and rebuild Afghanistan will not escape the resurgent Taliban.

Meanwhile, Germany halted development aid to Afghanistan over the Taliban’s takeover. Such aid is a significant source of funding for the country – and the Taliban’s efforts to introduce a lighter version of itself may be aimed at ensuring that the money continues to flow.

The announcement marks the first comment on how this regime might run Afghanistan.

The promise of an apology to Enamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban’s Cultural Commission, was the first comment on how the Taliban could rule nationally. His remarks, however, remained unclear, as the Taliban are still in talks with political leaders of the country’s fallen government and no formal handover deal has been announced.

He said, “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has with all dignity and sincerity announced a full apology to the whole of Afghanistan, especially to those who were with the opposition or supported the occupiers for years and more recently. ,” They said.

Other Taliban leaders have said they will not take revenge on those who have worked with the Afghan government or abroad. But some in Kabul allege that Taliban fighters have a list of people who cooperated with the government and are looking for them.

Samangani described the women as “the main victims of more than 40 years of crisis in Afghanistan”.

“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan does not want women to be victims of this anymore,” he said. “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is prepared to provide an environment for women to work and study, and the presence of women in various (government) structures in accordance with Islamic law and in accordance with our cultural values.”

Pakistani paramilitary personnel stand guard as they enter Pakistan from a border crossing in Chaman on Tuesday.

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Women were violently repressed the last time the Taliban came to power

This would be a marked departure from the last time the Taliban came to power, when women were largely confined to their homes. Samangani did not specify exactly what he meant by Islamic law, implying that people already knew the rules. He said that “all parties should be involved” in a government.

In another sign of the Taliban’s efforts to paint a new image, a female television anchor on private broadcaster Tolo interviewed a Taliban official on camera in a studio on Tuesday – a conversation that would have once been unimaginable. Meanwhile, women in hijabs briefly demonstrated in Kabul, calling on the Taliban to “not eliminate women” from public life.

Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, noted both the Taliban’s pledges and their fears now under their rule.

“Such promises will need to be respected, and for the time being – again understandably, given past history – these announcements have been greeted with some skepticism,” he said in a statement. “The past two decades have seen many difficult victories in human rights. The rights of all Afghans must be protected.”

Different countries weigh whether to cut or increase their humanitarian aid

Germany suspended development aid to Afghanistan for 2021, which was estimated at 250 million euros ($294 million). The German news agency DPA described Afghanistan as the nation receiving the most development aid from Berlin. Other funding goes to security services and humanitarian aid.

Meanwhile, Swedish Development Aid Minister Per Olsson Friedh said his government would slow aid to the country in an interview with Degens Neuter newspaper. But Britain remains committed to growth.

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said humanitarian aid could increase to 10%. He said the aid budget would be reconfigured for development and humanitarian purposes and the Taliban would not receive any money previously earmarked for security – but added that the aid would not be conditional on how the Taliban governs.

Monday was a day of turmoil at Kabul airport as many Afghans tried to flee

Meanwhile, Kabul’s international airport, the only way out for many, reopened for military evacuation flights under the watch of American troops.

All flights were suspended on Monday, when thousands of people desperate to leave the country arrived at the airport. In shocking scenes captured on video, some of the planes clung to it as it took off and then died. US officials said at least seven people died in the chaos at the airport.

NATO’s senior civilian representative in Afghanistan, Stefano Pontecorvo, posted a video online on Tuesday that showed US troops emptying the runway. What appeared to be a military cargo transport aircraft could be seen from afar.

“I watch airplanes take off and land,” he wrote on Twitter.

Overnight, flight-tracking data showed a US military plane flying to Qatar, which is home to the advance headquarters of US Military Central Command. A British military cargo plane headed for Kabul took off from Dubai.

Nevertheless, there were signs that the situation was still weak. The US embassy in Kabul, which now operates from the airport, urged Americans to register online for evacuees, but did not arrive at the airport before being contacted.

The German Foreign Ministry said the first German military transport plane landed in Kabul, but due to the continuing chaos, it could only carry seven people before departing again.

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Biden sticks to US withdrawal from Afghanistan

Across Afghanistan, the International Committee of the Red Cross said thousands of people have been injured in Taliban attacks across the country in recent days. However, in many places, security forces and politicians surrendered their provinces and bases without a fight, possibly out of fear of what would happen when the last American troops withdrew as planned at the end of the month.

A resolute US President Joe Biden said on Monday he stood “completely behind” his decision to withdraw US forces and acknowledged the “gut-wrenching” images that surfaced in Kabul. Biden said he was faced with a choice between honoring a previously negotiated withdrawal agreement or sending back thousands more troops to start a third decade of war.

Biden said in his televised address from the White House, “20 years later, I’ve learned the hard way that there was never a good time to call back the US military.”

Talks continued on Tuesday between the Taliban and several Afghan government officials, including former presidents Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, who once headed the country’s negotiating council. Officials with knowledge of the talks said discussions were held on how the Taliban-dominated government would function given the changes in Afghanistan over the past 20 years, rather than just dividing who controls which ministries. That is, officials familiar with the talks said. He spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss confidential details of the conversation.

President Ashraf Ghani had earlier fled the country amid Taliban advances and his whereabouts are unknown.

The post The Taliban Say There Is An ‘Amnesty’ Across Afghanistan : NPR appeared first on Spicy Celebrity News.

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[technologyinfosec]

Dana Fuel plans feasibility research for demerger of upstream enterprise

Dana Fuel, the Center East's largest regional non-public sector pure gasoline firm, at the moment introduced its intention to pursue a feasibility research for exploring a possible demerger of its upstream enterprise into a brand new firm, which, as a part of the demerger, will even be listed on the Abu Dhabi Inventory Alternate (ADX). At the moment, the corporate owns upstream oil and gasoline producing belongings together with Dana Fuel Egypt and a 35 per cent stake in Pearl Petroleum, its Kurdistan area of Iraq E&P focussed enterprise. These belongings might be collectively often called the "Upstream Enterprise". The corporate's "midstream enterprise" would be the UAE gasoline mission. This mission is at present below arbitration and two separate damages claims are being made in relation to the intervals 2005-2014 and 2014-2030. If the demerger is executed, the present shareholders in Dana Fuel will personal shares in two separate entities. Each corporations would proceed to be publicly listed on the ADX. The upstream enterprise and the midstream enterprise have fairly distinct funding prospects, and the Dana Fuel Board believes that there are an a variety of benefits to be realised by shareholders from structuring these as separate listed companies, which is the rationale the corporate is pursuing a feasibility research on the potential demerger. Hamid Jafar, chairman of Dana Fuel stated: "We're learning the feasibility of a demerger as we consider it could possibly be worth accretive for our shareholders. Our upstream enterprise has grown significantly over the past 13 years and can proceed to ship progress within the years to return. A pure-play upstream firm could entice important new funding each regionally and internationally linked to future manufacturing progress. A pure-play midstream enterprise can be extra steady and have much less publicity to commodity value adjustments. The demerger would offer the choice to shareholders to stay invested in both or each corporations at their discretion, every firm having its personal enterprise technique and alternatives." Read the full article

#technology #technologyinfosec

[thesufidotcom]

Dilbar De Deedar Ne Kieea Maino Masto Mast! [The Sight of my Beloved has made is ecstatic!] Complete Sufi Music Listing: Download more than 2000+ MP3 at http://ift.tt/2yy96dL 100 Best Qawwali Music Tracks Ever 40 Best Naat Tracks Ever 20 Best Kalam e Bulleh Shah Tracks Ever 20 Best Sufi Rock Tracks Ever 2017 Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) Special Aab e Revan (Farsi) Abdul Ghafoor Soomro Abdul Rauf Rufi Abida Parveen Allama Iqbal Kalam – Various Artists Akhtar Qureshi Alam Lohar Ali Haider Alim Qasmimov (Mugham Music) Allan Fakir Altaf Raja Ram Shankar Chhote Mazid Shola Amjad Ghulam Fareed Sabri Anandmurti Gurumaa Arieb Azhar Arif Lohar Armand Amar Aroshanti (Zen Searching For Silence) Ashi (Punjabi Sufi Songs) Aslam Sabri Qawwal Atif Aslam Azaans From Different Holy Mosques Aziz Ahmed Warsi Qawwali Aziz Mian Qawwal Badar Miandad Qawwal Badar and Bahadur Ali Khan Bahman Solati (Rumi Poetry Of Love) Bardes From Makran Barkat Sidhu Bulleh Shah Kaafian Bushra Sadiq Call Of The Sufis Eduardo Paniagua Emre Ensemble & Mehmet Cemel Yesilcay Fairuz Music From Baalbek Folk Festival Faiz Ahmad Faiz sung by Tina Sani Fanna Fi Allah Sufi Qawwali Party Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Qawwal Fasih Ud Din Soharvardi Haddad Alwi Featuring Sulis Cinta Rasul Hamid Ali Bela Hamid Ali Khan Hamza Shakkur Hans Raj Hans Hina Nasrullah Hossein Alizadeh Hossein Alizadeh + Madjid Khaladj Huriya Rafiq Qadri Ihsan Ozgen Imran Aziz Mian Inayat Hussain Bhatti Jagjit Singh Jagjit and Chitra Singh sing Mirza Ghalib Jalal Zolfonum & Soheil Zolfonum (Mystic String Music Of Iran) Junaid Jamshed Junoon Kashmiri Sufi & Folk Music Kavita Seth & Brij Bhushan Kazi Nazrul Islam (Rebel Poet of Bengal) Khursheed Ahmad Naat Mai Bhagi (Sindhi Folk and Sufi) Maulana Tariq Jameel [Urdu Bayan] Marghoob Ahmad Naat Mehnaz Mekaal Hasan Band Mercan Dede Sufi Dreams Mohammad Tufail Niazi Mohammed Iqbal Bahu (Heer Waris Shah & Saif ul Mulook) Mohsin Abbas Haider Morocco – The Music Of Islam Muhammad Rafi Naat Muniba Shaikh Naat Music From Afghanistan Music in the World of Islam: Strings, Flutes & Trumpets Music Of Islam – World Sufi Music Muzaffar Warsi Naat Najam Sheraz Noor Jehan Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Nusrullah Khan Noori Owais Qadri Pathanay Khan Punjabi Sufi & Folk Music Qari Sadaqat Ali (Quran Recitation) Qari Sheikh Abdul Basit Abdul Samad Qari M Saeed Chishti Qari Shakir Qasmi Surah Recitations Qari Waheed Zafar Naat Qaseeda Burd Sharif Naat Quratulain Balouch (QB) Rabbi Shergill Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Rahat Multanikar Seraiki Sufiana Kalam Rashid Azam Naat Reshma Rifai Sufi Dervish Order Sufi Music Roop Kumar Rathod Sabri Brothers Qawwal Sadia Raza Naat Khawaan Saeen Zahoor Sami Yusuf Sanam Marvi Satnam Singh Sings Kalam Baba Farid Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan Shaukat Ali Shahida Parveen Shahram Nazeri Sharif Idu Shazia Manzoor Sings Sufiana Kalaam Sheikh Abdur Rahman Al Sudais (Imam-e-Kaaba) Sheikh Ahmad Al Ajamy Sheikh Ahmad Al Tuni Sheikh Mohamed Al Helbawy Egyptian Sufi Music Shubha Mudgal Shyama Perara (Rumi Recitations) Sufi Inspired Music from India Sufi Music Ensembles from Turkey & Egypt Sindhi Rajasthani Sufi Music Sufi Soul Music Sufi Whirling Music Semaa/Sama Sultan Bahu Sufiana Kalaam Surinder Kaur & Parkash Kaur Syubbanul Akhyar Ensemble (Indonesian) Tabrez Aziz Mian Qawwal Thind Kuldeep Umme Habiba Naat Ustad Jafar Hussain Khan Ustad Juman Wadali Brothers Warsi Brothers Yemen Music from the Heart Of Arabia Yusuf Islam (Formerly Cat Steven) Zahida Parveen Zia Mohyeddin Read Faiz Ahmad Faiz Zia Mohyeddin Reads Urdu Adab Prose Zia Mohyeddin Read Mirza Ghalib Zikr Rough Guide To Sufi Music Zila Khan http://ift.tt/2wM8ML8

[tasksweekly]

[TASK 048: IRAN]

Shout out to anon for inspiring this task! There’s a masterlist below compiled of over 140+ Iranian faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever character or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags!

THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!

STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.

THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK -  examples are linked!

Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite Indonesian faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by a Indonesian artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on Indonesian culture and customs.

Screencaps

RP icons [of all sizes]

Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]

PNG packs

Manips

Dash Icons

Character Aesthetics

PSD’s

XCF’s

Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!

FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!

FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.

Written Guides.

and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

Note: If you’re using this masterlist for casting purposes please do further research before casting any of the following because some pages only listed their nationalities! 

Thank you to @warflowered for some of these suggestions!

Ladies:

Soraya Ghasemi (77) Iranian - actress.

Pouri Banayi (76) Iranian - actress.

Maryam Amir Jalali (69) Iranian - actress and singer.

Susan Taslimi (67) Iranian - actress, film director, theatre director, and screenwriter.

Googoosh (66) Iranian singer and actress of Iranian Azerbaijani origin.

Shohreh Aghdashloo (65) Iranian - actress.

Golab Adineh (63) Iranian - actress.

Gohar Kheirandish (62) Iranian - actress.

Afsar Asadi (59) Iranian - actress and make-up artist.

Azita Hajia (59) Iranian - actress.

Leila Forouhar (59) Iranian - pop singer and actress.

Bita Farrahi (59) Iranian - actress.

Roya Teymourian (58) Iranian - actress.

Akram Mohammadi (58) Iranian - actress.

Zohreh Mojabi (57) Iranian - actress and playwright.

Afsaneh Bayegan (56) Iranian - actress and beauty pageant titleholder.

Fatemeh Motamed-Arya (55) Iranian - actress.

Katayoun Riahi (55) Iranian - actress.

Roya Nonahali (54) Iranian - actress.

Fatemeh Goudarzi (53) Iranian - actress.

Yasmin Le Bon (52) Iranian / English - model.

Laya Zanganeh (51) Iranian - actress.

Mandana Jones (50) Iranian / Welsh - actress.

Shiva Rose (48) Iranian / Irish, Ashkenazi Jewish, Welsh - actress, activist, and blogger.

Ateneh Faghih Nasiri (48) Iranian - actress.

Pantea Bahram (47) Iranian - actress.

Parastoo Golestani (46) Iranian - actress.

Mahtab Keramati (46) Iranian - actress.

Atoosa Rubenstein (45) Iranian - magazine editor.

Niki Karimi (45) Iranian - actress, director, and screenwriter.

Ladan Mostofi (44) Iranian - actress.

Leila Hatami (44) Iranian - actress and director.

Falamak Joneidi (44) Iranian - actress.

Leyli Rashidi (44) Iranian - actress.

Hedieh Tehrani (44) Iranian - actress.

Shaghayegh Farahani (44) Iranian - actress.

Vishka Asayesh (44) Iranian - actress, set designer and art director.

Anahita Hemmati (43) Iranian - actress.

Sahar Zakaria (43) Iranian - actress.

Merila Zarei (43) Iranian - actress.

Behnoosh Bakhtiari (42) Iranian - actress.

Behnaz Jafari (42) Iranian - actress.

Maya Sansa (41) Iranian / Italian - actress.

Mitra Hajjar (40) Iranian - actress.

Saba Kamali (40) Iranian - actress.

Zuleikha Robinson (39) Indian, English, possibly Iranian and Scottish - actress and singer.

Elham Hamidi (39) Iranian - actress.

Mahnaz Afshar (39) Iranian - actress.

Shabnam Gholikhani (39) Iranian - actress and director.

Hadis Fooladvand (39) Iranian - actress.

Ana Nemati (39) Iranian - actress and model.

Anahita Nemati (39) Iranian - actress and model.

Yekta Naser (38) Iranian - actress and model.

Hanieh Tavassoli (38) Iranian - actress.

Freema Agyeman (38) Iranian / Ghanaian - actress.

Shaghayegh Dehghan (38) Iranian - actress.

Sahar Valadbeigi (38) Iranian - actress.

Nazanin Afshin-Jam (38) Iranian - entertainer, public speaker and human rights activist.

Mozhan Marno (37) Iranian - actress.

Negar Foroozandeh (37) Iranian - actress.

Sahar Dolatshahi (37) Iranian - actress.

Sarah Shahi (37) 75% Iranian 25% Spanish - actress and former cheerleader.

Nazanin Boniadi (37) Iranian - actress.

Nadia Björlin (36) Iranian / Swedish - actress, model, and singer.

Shila Khodadad (36) Iranian - actress.

Behnoosh Tabatabaei (36) Iranian - actress.

Mehraveh Sharifinia (36) Iranian - actress.

Niusha Zeighami (36) Iranian - actress.

Nasim Pedrad (35) Iranian - actress and comedian.

Maryam Palizban (35) Iranian - actress.

Leyla Milani (35) Iranian - model, actress, TV host and entrepreneur.

Mercedes Masohn (35) Iranian - actress.

Claudia Lynx (35) Iranian - model and actress.

Shermine Shahrivar (34) Iranian - model.

Rana Azadivar (34) Iranian - actress and model.

Tannaz Tabatabaei (34) Iranian - actress.

Negar Javaherian (34) Iranian - actress and translator.

Necar Zadegan (34) stated as “American people of Iranian descent“ - model.

Taraneh Alidoosti (33) Iranian - actress.

Leila Otadi (33) Iranian - actress.

Golshifteh Farahani (33) Iranian - actress, musician and singer.

Aylar Lie (33) stated as being “of Iranian origin” - actress, model, singer and former pornographic actress.

Elnaz Shakerdoust (32) Iranian - actress, designer and model.

Sheila Vand (32) Iranian - actress and performance artist.

Mikaela Hoover (32)  Iranian / English, German, possibly other - actress.

Pegah Ahangarani (32) Iranian - actress and film director.

Baran Kosari (31) Iranian - actress, model and designer.

Elnaz Golrokh (31) Iranian - make-up Artist, fashion and beauty blogger.

Aida Mohammadkhani (29) Iranian - actress.

Sadaf Taherian (28) Iranian - actress and model.

Amber Le Bon (27) Iranian (maternal grandfather), English, Irish, small amount of French - model.

Hasti Mahdavifar (25) Iranian - actress.

Medalion Rahimi (24) Iranian (also with Russian ancestry) - actress.

Tarlan Parvaneh (18) Iranian - actress.

Yara Shahidi (17) Iranian / African-American [including Ghanaian], possibly Choctaw Native American - actress and singer.

Vida Ghahremani (born in 1937) Iranian - actress.

Men:

Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz (87) Iranian - actor.  

Jamshid Mashayekhi (82) Iranian - actor.  

Ali Nassirian (82) Iranian - actor.  

Reza Naji (74) Iranian - actor.

Behzad Farahani (72) Iranian - actor.

Dariush Arjmand (72) Iranian - actor

Homayoun Ershadi (70) Iranian - actor and screenwriter.

Shahram Shabpareh (69) Iranian - Pop singer, composer and songwriter.

Kazem HajirAzad (67) Iranian - actor.

Mahmoud Pak Niat (64) Iranian - actor.

Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia (62) Iranian - actor.

Parviz Parastui (61) Iranian - actor and singer.

Jafar Dehghan (57) Iranian - actor.

Akbar Abdi (56) Iranian - actor and comedian.

Fariborz Arabnia (53) Iranian - actor and director.

Adrian Pasdar (52) Iranian / German, with some likely Polish - actor and director.

Farhad Aslani (51) Iranian -  actor.

Omid Djalili (51) Iranian - stand-up comedian, actor, television producer, voice actor and writer.

Jian Ghomeshi (50) Iranian - musician, writer, and former radio broadcaster.

Reza Attaran (49) Iranian - actor.

Hamid Farrokhnezhad (48) Iranian - actor.

Amir Aghaei (46) Iranian - actor

Peyman Moaadi (46)  Iranian - actor, screenwriter and director.

Asghar Farhadi (45) Iranian - film director and screenwriter.

Amin Zendegani (44) Iranian - actor.

Ahmad Saatchian (44) Iranian - actor.

Parsa Pirouzfar (44) Iranian - actor and theater director.

Shahab Hosseini (43) Iranian - actor and director.

Ramin Djawadi (42) Iranian / German - composer.

Pejman Bazeghi (42) Iranian - actor.

Mohammad Reza Golzar (40) Iranian - actor, singer and model.

Ali Ghorban Zadeh (38) Iranian - actor.

Mahdi Pakdel (36) Iranian - actor.

Houman Seyyedi (36) Iranian - actor and filmmaker.  

Dominic Rains (35) Iranian - actor.

Mostafa Zamani (34) Iranian - actor.

Sirvan Khosravi (34) Iranian - pop rock singer, musician, composer, music arranger.

Saber Abar (33) Iranian - actor and theater director.

Amirhossein Kermanshahi (33) Iranian - actor and photo model.

Dominic Adams (32) Iranian / English - actor and model.

Arash Mohajeri (31) Iranian - actor and model.

Hamid Fadaei (28) Iranian - model.

Troy Gentile (23) Iranian, Italian, possibly other - actor.

Shaheen Jafargholi (20) Iranian / Welsh - singer and actor.

Sayeed Shahidi (14) Black, Chocktaw, Iranian - actor.

Parham Rownaghi (born in 1997) Iranian - actor.

Mehdi Bajestani (born in 1974) Iranian - actor.

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[humanrightsupdates]

Iran: Severely ill Iranian-Kurdish woman denied care

Iranian Kurdish woman Zeynab Jalalian, serving a life sentence, is severely ill and requires specialized medical care outside prison. However, the authorities have persistently refused to transfer her to a hospital, apparently to punish her and extract forced “confessions”. In protest, she has been refusing all medications since March 2017. The denial of access to medical care in these circumstances amounts to torture.

Severely-ill Iranian Kurdish prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, 35, who is serving a life sentence in Khoy prison, West Azerbaijan Province after a grossly unfair trial, has been refusing all medications since March 2017 in protest at the authorities’ refusal to provide her with adequate medical care; their false claims to the UN that she is in perfect health and receives regular medical care; and their tampering with her medical records making it appear that she undergoes weekly check-ups. Zeynab Jalalian is at risk of losing her eyesight in prison as she is being denied specialized medical care for a worsening eye condition. She suffers from a serious case of pterygium, a wing-shaped growth of tissue that starts on the white of the eye and spreads across the cornea if left untreated. Since 2014, doctors have recommended surgery to remove the pterygium on her eyes, as it is impairing her vision and causing her severe discomfort. However, the authorities have refused to transfer her to a hospital outside prison to receive the surgery, and have only given her eye drops, which do not treat her condition.

Zeynab Jalalian also suffers from heart problems, intestinal and kidney complications, and an oral thrush condition that has caused painful white bumps on her tongue and interferes with her ability to eat and swallow. Since around March 2017, the right side of her body has gone also numb and the reason remains unknown as she has not received any diagnostic tests. According to her lawyer, over the past two years, she has repeatedly asked the prison authorities to take her to a hospital outside prison for specialized testing and treatment for these health problems but the authorities have ignored her requests. Some of her requests have been rejected outright while others have been accepted on condition that she makes videotaped “confessions”.

Please write immediately in Persian, English, Arabic or your own language:

Immediately provide Zeynab Jalalian with the specialized medical care she needs outside prison, including eye surgery, and protect her from further torture and other ill-treatment, including through the denial of adequate medical care;

Implement the recommendation of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which calls for Zeynab Jalalian to be released immediately and accorded an enforceable right to compensation;

Order a prompt, independent and impartial investigation into her allegations of torture and other ill-treatment, bringing to justice anyone found responsible, including those with superior responsibility, in fair trials and without recourse to the death penalty.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 6 OCTOBER 2017 TO: Prosecutor General of Iran Mohammad Jafar Montazeri Office of the Prosecutor General of Iran Khayyam Street (opposite Behesht Street), Tehran, Iran [email protected] Salutation: Your Excellency

Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani Number 4, Deadend of 1 Azizi Above Pastour Intersection Vali Asr Street, Tehran, Iran Salutation: Your Excellency

And copies to: Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Mohsen Naziri Asl Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 28 1209 Geneva, Switzerland Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country. H.E. Hamid Baeidinejad, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 16 PRINCES GATE LONDON SW7 1PT, Tel: [phone] or 02072254209 Email: [email protected]

Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date. This is the second update of UA 151/14. Further information: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/4931/2016/en/ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Zeynab Jalalian was arrested in March 2008 for her social and political activities with the political wing of the Party for Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), which aimed at the empowerment of women belonging to Iran’s Kurdish minority and Kurdish self-determination. PJAK is a Kurdish political opposition group which also has an armed wing. Zeynab Jalalian was held in solitary confinement for eight months without access to a lawyer. She has said that during this period, intelligence officials tortured her including through flogging the soles of her feet, punching her in the stomach, hitting her head against a wall, and threatening her with rape. She was sentenced to death in early 2009 on the charge of “enmity against God” (moharebeh).

Zeynab Jalalian’s trial was grossly unfair and lasted no more than a few minutes. Branch One of the Revolutionary Court in Kermanshah Province claimed that she had “taken up arms against the state” despite the absence of any evidence linking her to the armed activities of PJAK. Noting her “alleged membership in the political wing of PJAK” and her movement between Iran and Iraq, the court reasoned that “she may have been indeed involved in terrorist operations but is refraining from telling the truth.” This is a violation of the right to presumption of innocence, which requires that everyone charged with a criminal offence is presumed and treated as innocent until and unless a court has judged after a fair trial that the charge has been proved beyond reasonable doubt by the prosecution. Zeynab Jalalian’s lawyer, whom she had only been allowed to appoint a few weeks prior to the trial, was denied the opportunity to represent her at the trial as he had not been informed of the date for which it had been scheduled. Her death sentence was upheld on appeal in May 2009 but was commuted to life imprisonment in December 2011 after she was granted clemency by Iran’s Supreme Leader.

Since her arrest, Zeynab Jalalian has consistently been under pressure from the authorities to make videotaped “confessions”. In May 2016, she was featured in a state television programme called “The Shadow of Terrorism”. It denounced PJAK as a “deadly terrorist group” bent on “brainwashing” and recruiting “gullible” youths and children and killing women and children. The programme referred to reports about Zeynab Jalalian’s denial of access to medical care as “a typical propaganda tactic by the terrorist PJAK to take advantage of a victim”. Zeynab Jalalian was shown in the programme saying: “The reports about me having lost my sight, my life being at risk or that I am sick are not true. I have had some medical problems but they have been minor.” This account was reinforced with lengthier interviews with the head of Khoy Prison, a prison social worker, and a woman introduced as Zeynab Jalalian’s cell mate whose face was blurred. They claimed that Zeynab Jalalian has had full access to medical care and her eye pain has been resolved with the use of eye drops. Her sister has since told Amnesty International that Zeynab Jalalian has retracted her statements in this programme, saying that she was coerced into making them. Following the broadcast, Zeynab Jalalian’s lawyer stated in an interview that both her eye condition and her mouth infection were worsening, the basic treatment provided in the prison clinic was insufficient, and she required specialist treatment in a hospital.

In April 2016, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention called on Iran to release Zeynab Jalalian immediately as she had been detained only for peacefully exercising her rights to freedoms of expression and association through “her activities as a social and political activist for the rights of Kurdish women” and “her involvement in political activism… with the non-militant wing of the PJAK”. The Working Group stated that she had been denied the right to a fair trial and that her treatment violated the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The refusal of authorities to provide prisoners with medical care constitutes torture if such deprivation is intentional and inflicts “severe pain or suffering” for such purposes as punishment, coercion or intimidation, obtaining a “confession”, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind. See Amnesty International's report: Health care taken hostage: Cruel denial of medical care in Iran’s prisons, 18 July 2016: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/4196/2016/en/

Further information on UA: 151/14 Index: MDE 13/7005/2017 Issue Date: 25 August 2017

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[papuaunik]

Ormas Islam Dukung Polri Proses Hukum JUT

Ketua MUI Provinsi Papua KH Syaiful Islam Al Payage Papuaunik-Organisasi kemasyarakatan (Ormas) Islam di Provinsi Papua, dengan tegas menyatakan dukungannya mendukung upaya proses hukum oleh kepolisian daerah (Polda) Papua terhadap mantan panglima laskar jihad Indonesia Jafar Umar Thalib (JUT). Pernyataan ini disampaikan oleh Ketua MUI Provinsi Papua KH Syaiful Islam Al Payage usai pertemuan ormas-ormas Islam Provinsi Papua di Kotaraja, Abepura, Kota Jayapura, Minggu malam. "Sesuai dengan kejadian yang terjadi, terutama berkaitan dengan JUT dan santrinya atau kelompoknya, yang pada pekan lalu meresahkan warga Koya Barat. Kami ormas Islam seluruh Papua mendukung dengan tegas proses hukum yang dilakukan oleh Polda Papua," katanya. Penegasan ini disampaikan oleh KH Syaiful Islam Al Payage yang didampingi oleh Ketua ICMI Papua Dr Mansur, Ketua NU Kota Jayapura H Kahar Yelipele, Dewan Penasehat Majelis Muslim Papua H Arobi Aitarauw, dan Ketua Badko Musyawarah Ulama Provinsi Papua Idrus Hamid. Lalu, Ketua KAHMI Papua Muh Idrus, Sekum Bakomudin H Abdul H Jusuf, Ketua HMI Cabang Jayapura Hariyanto Rumagia dan mantan Ketua DPP KNPI Rifai Darus serta tokoh Papua Thaha Al Hamid "Masyarakat muslim dan nasrani menanti proses hukum itu, sehingga jangan sampai dikecewakan kalau bisa hasilnya benar-benar dipertanggungjawabkan apa yang dilakukan di Koya Barat bahwa itu adalah kriminal murni," katanya.

Suasana Organisasi kemasyarakatan (Ormas) Islam di Provinsi Papua melakukan jumpa pers terkait JUT KH Syaiful juga menjelaskan bahwa umat muslim di Papua sangat mendukung keberagaman, kedamaian, kenyamanan dan saling menghargai antara satu agama dengan yang lainnya. "Kami harus tegaskan bahwa umat Islam seluruhnya, bahwa pada hari ini yang hadir adalah ormas-ormas Islam mendukung tanah Papua yang damai, aman, saling menghargai satu sama lain," katanya. Mengenai aksi demo damai yang akan dilakukan oleh umat nasrani di Kota Jayapura dan sekitarnya pada Senin (4/3), KH Syaiful mengatakan akan memberikan dukungan. "Saya akan hadir bersama para tokoh Papua diantaranya Pak Thaha Al Hamid. Kami mendukung untuk mendorong proses hukum dan kami akan mendorong untuk mengedepankan toleransi antarumat beragama, kami akan mengawal proses hukum, karena apa yang dilakukan oleh JUT bukan mewakili umat muslim," kata KH Syaiful Islam Al Payage. Sebelumnya, Direktorat Reskrim Umum Polda Papua, mengamankan Jafar Umar Thalib (JUT) beserta tujuh anggotanya terkait insiden pengrusakan rumah warga di kawasan Koya Barat, Distrik Muara Tami, Kota Jayapura, pada Rabu pagi pekan kemarin. Tak berapa lama, JUT dan enam orang pengikutnya ditetapkan sebagai tersangka kasus pengrusakan rumah warga di Koya, Kota Jayapura. "Hasil gelar perkara itulah kemudian dilakukan penetapan terhadap tujuh orang termasuk Jafar. Sedangkan keenam orang tersangka lainnya yaitu AJU (20), B , S alias AY (42), AR (43) dan IJ (29)," kata Direskrim Umum Polda Papua Kombes Tonny Harsono. (Ms/Ian) Read the full article

[pesantrenpandeglang]

DAUROH BAHASA ARAB UMM AL QURA MAKKAH KSA 1441/2020

Pondok Pesantren Darunnajah dan Ikatan Pengajar Bahasa Arab (IMLA) Indonesia menghaturkan selamat dan sukses atas terselenggaranya Dauroh Bahasa Arab bagi Pengajar Indonesia Teriring ucapan terima kasih atas dedikasi Lembaga Bahasa Arab Universitas Umm Al-Qura Mekkah dalam ikut mengembangkan bahasa Arab di Indonesia

Pimpinan PP Darunnajah, Dr. KH. Sofwan Manaf, M.Si.

Ketua Umum IMLA Indonesia, Dr. KH. Tulus Musthofa, M.A.

Sejak 2007, Kerajaan Saudi Arabia melalui Universitas Umm Al-Qura Mekkah Kerajaan Saudi Arabia mengadakan Pelatihan Bahasa Arab bagi Dosen, Guru atau para Pimpinan Pesantren di Indonesia.

Setiap tahun, hingga 2020, lembaga ini melakukan seleksi bersama Pesantren Darunnajah dan IMLA terhadap 20 Guru dan Dosen penggerak Bahasa Arab di Indonesia.

Sebanyak 20 Peserta yang terseleksi mendapat berbagai fasilitas, seperti transportasi, akomodasi, konsumsi, pelatihan, dan kunjungan ke berbagai lokasi bersejarah di Mekkah dan Madinah.

Alhamdulillah program ini berjalan dari tahun ke tahun.

Wabah Covid-19 yang melanda berbagai masyarakat di belahan dunia, tidak menyururkan perhatian, semangat, dan usaha untuk mengadakan pelatihan tersebut. Insya Allah, Pihak Universitas Umm Al-Qura akan melangsungkan Pelatihan tahun ini 1441/2020.

Syekh Dr. Hasan Abdul Hamid Al-Bukhori selaku Dekan Lembaga Bahasa Arab di Unversitas Umm Qurro Mekkah menjelaskan hal itu, dan wabah ini tidak menyurutkan perhatian dan semangat Umm Quro dalam membina para Pengajar Bahasa Arab di belahan dunia, khususnya Indonesia.

Pelatihan ini akan dilaksanakan dengan Daring melalui aplikasi Cisco Webex mulai Ahad 9 Agustus hingga 4 minggu kedepan 6 September 2020, selama 4 jam pelatihan setiap hari.

Alhamdulillah berbagai persiapan telah dilakukan dengan simulasi penggunaan aplikasi dan dengan antusias para peserta dari 24 lembaga Perguruan tinggi, Pondok Pesantren dan lembaga pendidikan lainnya mengikuti kegiatan tersebut.

Semoga kegiatan ini berjalan dengan baik dan dapat berkontribusi bagi perkembangan bahasa Arab di Indonesia.

Adapun peserta yang mengikuti Daurah Ummul Qurra tahun ini sebagai berikut:

Nyak Mustakim (STIT Al-Hilal Sigli)

Dhiauddin (IAI Al-Muslim Aceh)

Amir Syuhada (Pesantren At Toyyibah Pangkalpinang)

Ahmad Jafar Shodik (UIN Bengkulu)

Ujang Musa Tohid (Pesantren Darul Ulum Sukabumi)

Muhammad Hanif (STID Mohammad Natsir Bekasi)

Suhardi Abdul Hamid (Pesantren Darul Ilmi Bandung)

Wahyudin (STAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon)

Muhammad Bisri (Pondok Modern Tazakka Batang)

Burhan Yusuf Habibi (STAIN Salatiga)

Ihwan Agustono (Pondok Pesantren Al-Haramain Sampang)

Yokke Suryadarma (Universitas Darussalam Gontor Ponorogo)

Muhammad Kamil (UIN Antasari Banjarmasin)

Ade Kosasih (Universitas Padjajaran Bandung)

Aprijon Efendi (UIN Sultan Syarif Kasim Pekanbaru)

Arman Husni (IAIN Bukitinggi)

Muslihin Sultan Kadir (IAIN Bone)

Moh. Zulkifli Paputungan (IAIN Sultan Amai Gorontalo)

M. Towil Akhiruddin (Pondok Pesantren Tahfizh al-Quran Rabiul Qulub Bogor)

Fazlur Rachman (Universitas Al-Azhar Indonesia Jakarta)

Muhammad Zaki Masykur (IAI Bani Fattah Jombang)

Al Ackbar Mastur (MAN Insan Cendikia Jambi)

Rahmat Ridhwan (Pondok Pesantren Al-Hijaz Jakarta)

Cahya Edi Setiawan (STAI Masjid Syuhada Yogyakarta)

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[businessweekme]

Dubai Bank Wins Right to Swap Abraaj Debt

Noor Bank PJSC, which provided a $100 million loan to the collapsed Abraaj Group, won the right to swap the debt for stakes in some of the Dubai-based buyout firm’s funds, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Privately-held Noor Bank won approval from a court in the Cayman Islands, where Abraaj is undergoing a supervised restructuring, to take ownership of stakes in the funds that were pledged against the loan, the people said, asking not to be identified because the process is private.

Noor Bank will hold the stakes alongside other investors and limited partners, the people said. The lender may eventually be able to recover more than it lent to Abraaj when the assets in the funds are sold, one of the people said.

Read more: Abraaj Was Dubai’s Star Investor. Now It Can’t Make Rent

Abraaj was one of the most high-profile private equity companies in the Middle East until its dramatic collapse last year. The firm owes banks more than $1 billion and is being restructured after it defaulted on loans and was found to have borrowed money from some of its own funds to meet operating expenses without investors’ consent, people with knowledge of the matter have said.

Asset Sales

Court-appointed liquidators are now seeking to sell its funds and assets to repay investors. Noor Bank declined to comment, while Abraaj’s liquidators, Deloitte LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, didn’t respond to emails seeking comment.

Other creditors to Abraaj include the Kuwait Public Institution for Social Security, Dubai-based Mashreqbank PSC, Sharjah-based Crescent Group Chairman Hamid Jafar, Commercial Bank of Dubai PSC, Societe Generale SA and discount carrier Air Arabia PJSC, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report.

Noor Bank, controlled by Dubai’s government and ruling family, is one of seven Islamic banks in the United Arab Emirates. In the first-half of last year, it posted a 76 percent increase profit to 321 million dirhams ($87 million).

The post Dubai Bank Wins Right to Swap Abraaj Debt appeared first on Bloomberg Businessweek Middle East.

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