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Arar FC Players
Arar or Ar-Ar may refer to: Geography and history * Arar, Saudi Arabia, the capital of Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah (The Northern Border) province ** Arar border crossing, a Saudi-Iraqi border crossing near Arar, Saudi Arabia and Nukhayb, Iraq * Arar, Pakistan, a village in Sargodha District, Pakistan * Saône, a river in eastern France, formerly known as Arar * Battle of the Arar, a battle between the Romans and the Helvetii in 58 BC People * Ege Arar (born 1996), Turkish basketball player * Funda Arar (born 1975), Turkish singer * Maher Arar (born 1970), Canadian-Syrian engineer, deported from the US ** '' Arar v. Ashcroft'', a legal case brought by Maher Arar * Mustafa Wahbi al-Tal (1897–1949), Jordanian poet nicknamed Arar * Taleb Abu Arar (born 1967), Bedouin Israeli Arab politician Science * Argon–argon dating, a radiometric dating method * ''Juniperus phoenicea ''Juniperus phoenicea'', the Phoenicean juniper or Arâr, is a juniper found throughout the Mediterranean r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arar, Saudi Arabia
Arar (Arabic: عرعر) is a city and governorate in northern Saudi Arabia. It serves as the capital of the Northern Borders Province. The city is located near the border with Iraq. As of the 2022 census, it has a population of 202,719. History The city of Arar was founded in 1951 following the construction of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline by Saudi Aramco. Initially, Arar served as an oil pumping station, equipped with a health center and worker housing. The early workforce primarily consisted of individuals from Al-Ahsa, Ha'il, Yanbu, and Al Wajh. In 1954, a summit was held in Arar between King Saud of Saudi Arabia and King Hussein of Jordan during their respective reigns. In 1968, the remains of an ancient city were discovered approximately 30 km from Arar. The site yielded numerous finely crafted sculptures and statues of aquatic creatures such as turtles and fish. Additionally, around 200 inscriptions in the Safaitic and Thamudic scripts were found. Iraqi Airw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arar Border Crossing
Arar ( ' ) is a border crossing between Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The nearest town in Saudi Arabia is Arar (ʿArʿar) and the nearest in Iraq is An Nukhayb. The crossing has barracks for Iraqi border guards, a mosque, and offices for processing people crossing the border. The crossing sees a huge spike in traffic during the Hajj as Iraqis cross into Saudi Arabia to visit Mecca. Background On 5 January 2015, the Saudi forces at the crossing were subject to a suicide attack by ISIL. Two guards were killed in the attack. On 18 November 2020, Arar crossing was reopened after 30 years of closure following the Gulf War , combatant2 = , commander1 = , commander2 = , strength1 = Over 950,000 soldiers3,113 tanks1,800 aircraft2,200 artillery systems , page = https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-PEMD-96- .... References Iraq–Saudi Arabia border crossings {{SaudiArabia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arar, Pakistan
Arar Shareef ( Punjabi and Urdu:اراڑشریف) or simply as "Arar" ( coordinates:31°51'51"N 72°26'13"E 31.863365, 72.438867) is a historic village located in Sahiwal Tehsil, Sargodha, Pakistan.Tehsils & Unions in the District of Sargodha - Government of Pakistan It is nearby to the town of Farooqa, which is a ''mandi'' and central business hub since the British times. It is about 49 km (30.4 mi), south from city. Geographically it lies on a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saône
The Saône ( , ; ; ) is a river in eastern France (modern Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté). It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising at Vioménil in the Vosges (department), Vosges Departments of France, department and joining the Rhône in Lyon, at the southern end of the Presqu'île. Terminology The name derives from that of the Celtic mythology, Gallic river goddess Souconna (mythology), Souconna, which has also been connected with a local Celts, Celtic tribe, the Sequani, Sequanes. Monk, Monastic copyists progressively transformed ''Souconna'' to ''Saoconna'', which ultimately gave rise to . The other recorded ancient names for the river were and . The name ''Arar'' later gave rise to specific regional terms in historiography, created to designate various northern parts of History of Burgundy, historical Burgundy in relation to the river Saône. Depending on the point of view of a particular author, northern Burgundian lands were thus designated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of The Arar
The Battle of the Arar was fought between the migrating tribes of the Helvetii and six Roman legions under the command of Gaius Julius Caesar in 58 BC. It was the first major battle of the Gallic Wars and ended in a tactical victory for the outnumbered Roman army. Background When Caesar became governor of the provinces given to him by the Roman Senate, three of his four legions were in northeastern Italy guarding against potential threats from Thracian tribes. The Transalpine Gaul Province, however, was guarded by a single legion and exposed to invasions by the enemies of Rome. Shortly after he became governor, Caesar became aware that the Helvetii were planning to migrate to western Gaul as a result of the growing presence of Germanic tribes in their present home territory. The migration of the Helvetii into Roman Gaul and the potential creation of a new Helvetian state was seen by Rome as a threat to the stability of Gaul, Transalpine Gaul, and Roman Hispania. When the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ege Arar
Ege Arar (born 2 September 1996) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Trabzonspor of the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi (TBL). Early years In 2010, Ege was selected to play for the Galatasaray Academy, after a try-out against 37 other competing players in his age group. Ege was selected to the Turkish junior national Under-16 team, and he played at the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a gold medal. In 2014, after leading Galatasaray's Under-18 junior team in the Istanbul youth league to a third place finish, and Galatasaray's Under-20 junior team to the final of the Turkish Developmental League (Geliştirme Ligi), he was selected to the Turkish national under-18 team. He started in all of Turkey's games at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and won the gold medal at the tournament. Shortly after that, he was moved up to the senior men's club team of Galatasaray. He was initially given the jersey number 34, which was previously used by another f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funda Arar
Funda Arar (; born 8 April 1975) is a Turkish singer. Funda Arar spent her early childhood in Ankara, where she was born, and later in Muğla and Adapazarı. She studied at Istanbul Technical University's music conservatory, specialicizing in the mandolin. Her first album ''Sevgilerde'' came out in 1999, became a big hit, especially the song "Aysel". ''Sevgiliye'' was released a year later and included hits like "Seni Düşünürüm" and "Cesminaz" in collaboration with Kıraç. ''Alagül'' and ''Sevda Yanığı'', her third and fourth albums came out in 2002 and 2003, which had the songs "Haberin Var mı?", "Aşksız Kal". Arar's album ''Son Dans'' was released in December 2005 following a long break. Recently, she released the much anticipated ''Rüya'' (2008) (Turkish classical music), in which she sang songs in a variety of makams such as Hicaz, Rast, Hüzzam, Muhayyerkürdî, Uşşak, Kürdîlihicazkâr, and Nihavend. In this album, she was accompanied by a master ensemble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maher Arar
Maher Arar () (born 1970) is a telecommunications engineer with dual Syrian and Canadian citizenship who has resided in Canada since 1987. Arar was detained during a layover at John F. Kennedy International Airport in September 2002 on his way home to Canada from a family vacation in Tunis. He was held without charges in solitary confinement in the United States for nearly two weeks, questioned, and denied meaningful access to a lawyer. The US government suspected him of being a member of Al Qaeda and deported him, not to Canada, his current home and the passport on which he was travelling, but to Syria. He was detained in Syria for almost a year, during which time he was tortured by Syrian authorities, according to the findings of a commission of inquiry ordered by the Canadian government, until his release to Canada. The Syrian government later stated that Arar was "completely innocent." A Canadian commission publicly cleared Arar of any links to terrorism, and the governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arar V
Arar or Ar-Ar may refer to: Geography and history * Arar, Saudi Arabia, the capital of Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah (The Northern Border) province ** Arar border crossing, a Saudi-Iraqi border crossing near Arar, Saudi Arabia and Nukhayb, Iraq * Arar, Pakistan, a village in Sargodha District, Pakistan * Saône, a river in eastern France, formerly known as Arar * Battle of the Arar, a battle between the Romans and the Helvetii in 58 BC People * Ege Arar (born 1996), Turkish basketball player * Funda Arar (born 1975), Turkish singer * Maher Arar (born 1970), Canadian-Syrian engineer, deported from the US ** '' Arar v. Ashcroft'', a legal case brought by Maher Arar * Mustafa Wahbi al-Tal (1897–1949), Jordanian poet nicknamed Arar * Taleb Abu Arar (born 1967), Bedouin Israeli Arab politician Science * Argon–argon dating, a radiometric dating method * ''Juniperus phoenicea ''Juniperus phoenicea'', the Phoenicean juniper or Arâr, is a juniper found throughout the Mediterranean re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustafa Wahbi Al-Tal
Mustafa Wahbi Tal (; 25 May 189924 May 1949), also known by his pen name Arar (), was a Jordanian poet, writer, teacher and civil servant, widely regarded as Jordan's most prominent poet and among the best-known Jordanian poets among Arab readers. Born in Irbid in the Ottoman Empire on 25 May 1899, Tal completed his elementary education in his hometown, later leaving to complete his high school education in Damascus. His rebellious and stubborn temperament would appear as early as his high school years in Damascus, when he would be exiled several times by the Ottoman authorities for participating in school strikes. In his adulthood, Tal would be imprisoned and exiled several times for democratic activism or for insulting high-ranking officials by the governments of the Arab Kingdom of Syria, and, after its downfall, by the government of the Emirate of Transjordan. His first job was in Al-Karak, Karak, Transjordan, as an Arabic literature teacher. Later Tal would be appointed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
