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Attal
Attal () surname originated from the Arab word "''عتال attâl''" (porter). It can be associated with the Spanish town of Atal from the province of La Coruña and is documented since the 17th century as a surname used by Jews. Beit Hatfutsot (Jewish diaspora museum, Tel Aviv), accessed 6 March 2020 Notable people with the name include: * (born 1985), Palestinian football player * (born 1989), French politician, Prime Minister of France from January to September 2024. * |
Gabriel Attal
Gabriel Nissim Attal de Couriss (; born 16 March 1989) is a French politician who was the prime minister of France from January to September 2024. He was the youngest and the first openly Gay man, gay prime minister in French history. A member of the Renaissance (French political party), Renaissance party, he previously served in the French Parliament and in various Council of Ministers of France, ministerial positions. Following his election to the National Assembly (France), National Assembly in the 2017 French legislative election, Attal became the junior minister to the minister of Ministry of National Education (France), national education and youth in 2018, which made him the youngest person to serve in the Government of France since the establishment of the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic. He later served as the Spokesperson of the Government of France, spokesperson of the government in 2020; the Ministry of Public Action and Accounts, minister of public action and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvan Attal
Yvan Attal (; ; born ) is a French actor, scriptwriter and film director. Life and career Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to History of the Jews in Algeria, Algerian-Jewish parents, he grew up in the outskirts of Paris. His acting debut was in Éric Rochant's ''Un monde sans pitié'' (1989), which earned him a César Award for César Award for Most Promising Actor, Most Promising Actor. His first feature film as a director was ''Ma femme est une actrice'' (2001), which co-starred Charlotte Gainsbourg, Attal's real-life partner. He directed a segment in the film ''New York, I Love You'', and appeared as an actor in another. He acted in ''The Interpreter (2005 film), The Interpreter'' and ''Anthony Zimmer'', and in ''Rush Hour 3'' he played a French cab driver named George. Personal life Attal's longtime partner is Anglo-French actress-singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, whom he met on the set of the 1991 film '. Gainsbourg and Attal are not married, and Gainsbourg has attributed her reluc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fahed Attal
Fahed Adnan Foad Abdul Attal (; born 1 January 1985) is a Palestinian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Move to Jordanian Premier League After grabbing the attention of scouts of clubs such as Al-Wahdat with a dazzling performance at the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup Attal agreed a loan deal with Al-Jazeera of the Jordan League. After scoring 8 goals in his inaugural season, Attal was transferred on a permanent deal worth $21000 USD. In 2010, he signed a one-year $50,000 contract to join Al-Wahdat With the signing of Abdullah Deeb, Attal chose to search for a new club. He signed a one-year contract with Hebron-based Shabab Al-Khaleel of the West Bank Premier League. International career Attal was the all-time top goalscorer of the Palestine national team, with 14 goals in 39 games until 2024. Twelve of Attal's goals with the national team came in the 2006 calendar year earning him recognition from International Federation of Football History and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Attal
Madeleine Attal, also known as Madeleine Attal-Charvet, (11 December 1921 – 13 January 2023) was a French actress and theatre director. Biography Attal began her acting career in 1945 with the Compagnie du Peyrou, before heading a drama troupe at a Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ... radio station, where she worked as a continuity announcer and a theatre and film director. At the theatre, she staged a number of plays, such as ''La Pastorale des voleurs'' by Max Roqueta in 1960 at the Festival de Carcassonne, as well as ''Gaslight'' by Patrick Hamilton at the Salle Molière in Montpellier in 1963. She was director of from 1983 to 1984. She was also programming director of France 3 Sud. Madeleine Attal died in Montaud, Hérault on 13 January 2023 at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attali
Attali () is a Jewish surname originated from the Arab word "عتال ''attâl''" (porter). Laurent Hertz, ''Dictionnaire étymologique de noms de famille français d'origine étrangère'', L'Harmattan Éditions L'Harmattan, usually known simply as L'Harmattan (), is one of the largest French book publishers. It specialises in non-fiction books with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. It is named after the Harmattan, a trade wind in W ..., 1997, p.88 Notable people with the surname include: * Bernard Attali (born 1943), French businessman * Charley Attali (born 1930), French-Israeli aerospace engineer * Jacques Attali (born 1943), Algerian-French economist and scholar References {{surname, Attali Arab-Jewish surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Attal
Henri Attal (1936–2003) was a French actor. Selected filmography External links Fragments d'un dictionnaire amoureux 1936 births 2003 deaths Male actors from Paris French male film actors French male television actors {{France-film-actor-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atal (other)
Atal or Attal is a Pashto language word which means Champion or triumph: *Atal, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia *Atal Nagar or Nava Raipur, a city and planned capital of Chhattisgarh, India *Atal Tunnel, a road tunnel being constructed in Himachal Pradesh, India * As Tall as Lions, an American musical group ** ''As Tall as Lions'' (album), their 2006 album * Technological and Logistics Directorate, of the Israel Defense Forces *Atal, a character of the Cthulhu Mythos People with the given name * Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian poet, writer and statesman who served as the prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 ... (1924–2018), Prime Minister of India * Atal Bihari Panda, Indian actor Entertainment *Atal (TV series), ''Atal'' (TV series), an Indian TV series People with surname * Bakhtarullah Atal, Afghan cricketer * Bishnu S. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter (other)
Porter may refer to: Companies * Porter Airlines, Canadian airline based in Toronto * Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets * Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer * H.K. Porter, Inc., a locomotive manufacturer People * Porter (name), an English surname and given name (including a list of persons with the name) Occupations * Porter (carrier), a person who carries objects * Porter (college), a member of staff in many of the colleges of the Universities of Cambridge, Lancaster, Oxford and Durham * Porter (railroad), a railroad employee who assists passengers at stations * Porter (monastery), the monk appointed to be the one who interacts with the public * Pullman porter, a railroad employee who assists passengers on sleeping cars * Deal porter, a dockworker specializing in handling baulks of softwood * Doorman (profession), American English for the occupation known in British English as porter * Groom Porter, official in char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Hertz
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Laurent may refer to: *Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname **Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent **Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician **Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer of minor planet (51) Nemausa *Laurent, South Dakota, a proposed town for the Deaf to be named for Laurent Clerc See also *Laurent series, in mathematics, representation of a complex function ''f(z)'' as a power series which includes terms of negative degree, named for Pierre Alphonse Laurent *Saint-Laurent (other) *Laurence (name), feminine form of "Laurent" *Lawrence (other) Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Harmattan
Éditions L'Harmattan, usually known simply as L'Harmattan (), is one of the largest French book publishers. It specialises in non-fiction books with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. It is named after the Harmattan, a trade wind in West Africa. Description L'Harmattan was founded in 1975. In 2013 it produced 500 magazines and 2,000 new books per year, both in print and as e-books, and has a backlist of 38,000 books, 33,000 e-books, and 1,700 videos, with about a third each on Europe, Africa, and the rest of the world. A third of its titles are in literature, a tenth in history, and 5 per cent each in philosophy, current affairs, education, politics, sociology, and fine arts. Slightly fewer are published in economics, psychology, ethnology, languages, etc., but even these categories have hundreds of titles, for example 500 in languages, and more languages taught than almost any other publisher. L'Harmattan controls costs by requiring authors to prepare electronic man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Coruña
A Coruña (; ; also informally called just Coruña; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality in Galicia, Spain. It is Galicia's second largest city, behind Vigo. The city is the provincial capital of the province of A Coruña, having also served as political capital of the Kingdom of Galicia from the 16th to the 19th centuries, and as a regional administrative centre between 1833 and 1982. A Coruña is located on a promontory in the Golfo Ártabro, a large gulf on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the main industrial and financial centre of northern Galicia, and holds the headquarters of the Universidade da Coruña. A Coruña is the Spanish city featuring the tallest mean-height of buildings, also featuring a population density of of built land area. Name Origin There is no clear evidence as to what the name derives from. It seems to be from ''Crunia'', of unknown origin and meaning, documented for the first time at the time of Ferdinand II of Leó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arab-Jewish Surnames
Arab Jews ( '; ') is a term for Jews living in or originating from the Arab world. Many left or were expelled from Arab countries in the decades following the founding of Israel in 1948, and took up residence in Israel, Western Europe, the United States and Latin America. The term is controversial and politically contested in the diaspora and Israel, where the term "Mizrahi Jews" was adopted by the early state instead. However, a minority of anti-Zionist Jews of Mizrahi origin actively elect to call themselves "Arab Jews". quote:"it is not surprising that very few Jews of Arab descent, in Israel, would label themselves ‘Arab Jews’. It has turned out to be the marker of a cultural and political avant-garde. Most of those who used it, did so in order to challenge the Zionist order of things (i.e., ‘methodological Zionism’; see Shenhav, 2006) and for political reasons (Levy, 2008) However, Jews living in Arab lands have historically not identified themselves as Arabs or Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
