Lawrence of Arabia dominated the 1963 Academy Awards. It was also voted as "the best British film of all time" by leading filmmakers. It reached the top of the box office and managed a close 2nd overall for the year. Steven Spielberg stated it was his favorite film and the film that inspired him to becoming a film maker. This is just to say it was an important film with a lot of unusual pieces to reconcile. E.g. before Alec Gui...
Phoenix and Phoenices Copilot answers zas inquiry about "Phoenix" in mythology The oldest referent of the name "Phoenix" in mythology is associated with the ancient Egyptian Bennu bird. The name "Bennu" relates to the verb "weben," meaning "to rise brilliantly" or "to shine"⁴. This bird is often linked to the sun, creation, and rebirth. The Greek word "phoenix" could have been derived from the Mycenaean Greek "po-ni-ke," which may have meant "griffin" or "palm tree" and is believed to be a...
There on a plain, a multitude. From a distance—a hill or the eye of a soaring bird—one could see numberless little dots in the shape of men assembled around a lesser crowd in the middle. There was a great distance separating them. Focusing the gaze, one could make out the silhouettes: a great many feathers brandished in the air over a palette of colors that gave the frenzy an almost carnival atmosphere. A pointillist would have had a field day with the scene, were it not for the shimmering, a...
Re-citation And Resuscitation From The Archives Of Arab Revolution date Jan 6, 2023 AttachmentsDownload PDF Scanned by your friends at Shoeboxed
Share this Article What does a flag symbolize? Who decides the meaning conferred upon a flag as a nation’s symbol? Is its meaning confined to the meaning given to the colors or symbols that characterize it? Does its meaning alter based on where a flag is flown? Alam (2022), which translates to flag, does not raise these questions directly but stimulates its viewers to formulate questions of similar nature on what and what not constitutes the underlying meaning and value of similar nation...
Marid (thing) See all of Marid, no other writeups in this node. (thing) by Zephronias Rep: 16 ( +16 / -0 ) (Rep Graph) (+) Fri Sep 16 2022 at 14:54:34 A marid is a type of malevolent spirit found in Arabic mythology and folklore. The word in Arabic, مريض, literally means "illness," while the Semitic root comes from the Hebrew marad, מרד, which means, among other things, "to rebel." As can be guessed by the name, they are considered to be malevolent spirits, or demons, or typ...
"It might be that my empathy was miscalibrated that day, but I came out of Mediterranean Fever feeling worse than when I went in." There's a particular bleakness in brightness, a depth of contrast that makes shadows longer. Even without a subject as intensely personal the layered boundaries of a beach-front apartment in the occupied territories would give me plenty cause to deploy words like littoral or liminal. Literal too, as our protagonists has aspirations to writing. Th...
Unicorn Wiki Shadhavar Edit Oryx canens Habitat Asia Minor Primary source Al-Qazwini, Jabir ibn Hayyan More Shādhavār (شادهوار) or āras (آرس) is a unicorn found in the writings of Muslim scholars such as al-Qazwini or al-Damiri. According to al-Qazwini it lives in the furthest regions of Rûm (Rome), which is the name A...
Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Arabic coffee (thing) See all of Arabic coffee, there are 3 more in this node. (thing) by heyoka Wed Mar 21 2001 at 14:38:53 Coffee, or kahwa is not just a drink, especially among the Bedouins. Tea is for every day, but coffee is a ceremony for visitors, guests, and the sharing of news. Drinking coffee together is a symbol of harmony, and of trust. Arabic coffee as served in a city cafe will be sweet, very sweet, with the sugar...
