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Tahar
Tahar is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Amor Ben Tahar (born 1969), Tunisian football player *Arcandra Tahar (born 1970), Indonesian politician and government minister *Aymen Tahar (born 1989), Algerian football player *Zoulikha Tahar (born 1992), Algerian feminist, poet, slameuse and self-taught videographer Given name *Tahar Allan, Algerian politician *Tahar Ben Jelloun (born 1944), Moroccan poet and writer *Tahar Bekri (born 1951), Tunisian poet *Tahar Djaout (1954–1993), Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer *Tahar Douis, Moroccan wrestler of alligators *Tahar El Khalej (born 1968), Moroccan football player *Tahar Haddad (1899–1935), Tunisian author, scholar and reformer *Tahar Lamri, (born 1958), Algerian writer *Tahar Mansouri (born 1965), Tunisian marathon runner *Tahar Rahim (born 1981), French actor *Tahar Tamsamani (born 1980), boxer from Morocco who participated in three Olympic tournaments *Tahar Zbiri (1929-2024), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aymen Tahar
Aymen Tahar (; born 2 October 1989) is an Algerian professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Greek Super League 2 club AEL. At international level, he has represented the Algeria U20 national team. Club career Playing in England Aymen was born in Algiers, Algeria, and raised in Sheffield, England to an Algerian family. Though he grew up supporting Arsenal, Aymen played in Sunday League football and his performance caught the attention of Luis Silva, who had a role of helping him join the Sheffield United academy in 2005 where he progressed through the ranks and was a regular in the reserve side up to 2008–2009 season. He made his début at the end of February 2009, coming on as a late sub for Lee Hendrie against Hull City in the FA Cup 5th round. At the end of the season, Tahar was released by the club. After leaving Sheffield United, he joined Staveley Miners Welfare and had a successful spell there, having become a key player for the club. Playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcandra Tahar
Arcandra Tahar (born 10 October 1970) is an Indonesian politician. He was formerly Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia on the Working Cabinet, replacing Sudirman Said who was dismissed by President Joko Widodo in a cabinet reshuffle on 27 July 2016. Tahar was honourably discharged from the said post on 15 August 2016, following allegations that he was a U.S. citizen, making him the minister with the shortest working period in Indonesian history (20 days). He was later appointed Deputy Minister of the same. Early life Tahar was born on 10 October 1970 at Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, to Taharuddin and Zuraida. He is of Minangkabau descent and a Muslim. Education Studying there from 1989–1994, Tahar obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology, then went to work for Andersen Consulting. Subsequently, he enrolled at Texas A&M University in 1996 for his Master's of Science in Ocean Engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahar Bekri
Tahar Bekri (born 1951) is a Paris-based Tunisian poet and literary critic. Early life Tahar Bekri was born on July 7, 1951, in Gabès, Tunisia. Career Bekri has taught Literature of the Maghreb at Paris 13 University since 1985. He has published several books of literary criticism, including one about Algerian poet Malek Haddad. He defines Maghreb Literature as literary texts published by authors from Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco who use colloquialisms in French, Arabic and Berber Berber or Berbers may refer to: Ethnic group * Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa * Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages Places * Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile People with the surname * Ady Berber (1913–196 .... Bekri has published poetry collections in French and in Arabic. Works Poetry collections * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Non-fiction * * * * * * Further reading * References Living people 1951 births People from Gabès 20th-century Tunisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahar Rahim
Tahar Rahim (born 4 July 1981) is a French actor. His breakthrough performance was in the 2009 French film '' A Prophet'', for which he won the César Award for Best Actor and Most Promising Actor. He then starred as FBI agent Ali Soufan in the miniseries '' The Looming Tower'' and Judas in the film ''Mary Magdalene'' (both 2018). Rahim garnered critical acclaim and nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for portraying Mohamedou Ould Salahi in '' The Mauritanian'' (2021). He received another Golden Globe Award nomination for portraying Charles Sobhraj in the miniseries '' The Serpent'' (2021). Rahim has since portrayed Paul Barras in the period film ''Napoleon'' (2023) and Ezekiel Sims in the Sony Spider-Man Universe film ''Madame Web'' (2024). Early life Rahim was born in Belfort, France, to a family from Oran, Algeria. After earning a Baccalauréat at the ''Lycée Condorcet'' of Belfort, Rahim enrolled first in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun (; born 1 December 1944) is a Moroccan writer who rose to fame for his 1985 novel ''L'Enfant de sable'' ('' The Sand Child''). All of his work is written in French although his first language is Darija. He has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Early life and career Tahar Ben Jelloun was born in Morocco in December 1944. As a child, he attended an Arabic-French bilingual elementary school. He then studied in the Lycée Regnault in Tangier, Morocco, until he was 18 years old. He studied philosophy at Mohammed V University in Rabat. After he was a professor of philosophy in Morocco, he joined the group that ran the literary magazine '' Souffles'' in the mid-1960s, and he wrote many pieces for the cultural magazine. He later participated in the student rebellion against the repressive and violent acts of the Moroccan police. In 1966, he was forced into military service as his punishment. Five years later, his first poems were published in ''Homm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahar Zbiri
Tahar Zbiri (; 4 April 1929 – 30 October 2024) was an Algerian military officer, best known for his role in the country's post-independence military and political developments, particularly his involvement in an attempted coup against the government of president Houari Boumédiène in 1967. Zbiri served in the Algerian People's National Army as a colonel, the highest rank that existed during the regime of Houari Boumédiène, the second head of the state. Zbiri led an unsuccessful coup attempt against president Houari Boumédiène in 1967 after participating in the 1965 military takeover. Early life Zbiri was born on 4 April 1929, in Sedrata, Algeria. In the early 1950s, Zbiri worked as a team leader in the Ouenza mines, where he gained significant experience in trade union activities through his involvement with the Union générale des syndicats algériens (General Confederation of Labor (CGT)), a French trade union. His unionist background led him to join the nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahar Douis
Tahar Douis is a Moroccan wrestler of alligators known for hypnotizing them and putting his head inside their open jaws. He was born in the 1950s in Marrakech, left home at age 6 to join a group of street performers, and later began performing for the London-based Circus Hasani at age 16. In the 1980s he was taught by Bob Tiger, a great third-generation Seminole gator wrestler from the Florida Everglades. Previous to his career as an alligator wrestler, he was a snake charmer and circus strong man. As a strong man, he earned a Guinness World Record in the 1970s by carrying 12 men weighing a total of 1,700 pounds on his shoulders, forming the world's heaviest human pyramid. In the late 1980s his alligator show was a star attraction in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as part of their "Safari Fantasy" themed shows. By the middle of the 1990s he was wrestling gators as part of the "Splash" show at the Riviera in Winchester, Nevada on the Las Vegas Strip. Tahar is kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahar Djaout
Tahar Djaout (11 January 1954 – 2 June 1993) was an Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer. He was assassinated in 1993 by the Armed Islamic Group. Early life He was born in 1954 in Oulkhou, a village in the Kabylie region. After university he worked as a journalist for ''Algérie Actualité'', and by the late 1980s, he became one of Algeria's foremost literary talents. Assassination He was assassinated by the Armed Islamic Group because of his support of secularism and opposition to what he considered fanaticism. He was attacked on 26 May 1993 as he was leaving his home in Algiers, Algeria. He died on 2 June, after lying in a coma for a week. One of his attackers professed that he was murdered because he "wielded a fearsome pen that could have an effect on Islamic sectors." After his death the BBC made a documentary about him entitled 'Shooting the Writer', introduced by Salman Rushdie. Work * '' The Last Summer of Reason'' Novel, Ruminator Books, 2001] (French ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahar Haddad
Tahar Haddad (; 1899 – December 1935) was a Tunisian author, trade unionist, socialist, scholar and reformer. Haddad was born in Tunis to a family of shopkeepers and studied Islamic law at the Great Mosque of Zitouna from 1911 until his graduation in 1920. He became a notary, and he abandoned his career to join Al-Destour, which was the first major political party spearheading the Tunisian national movement. In the following years, he became a prominent member in the burgeoning Tunisian labor movement, and he quickly became a leading spokesperson for the movement. He left the Destour party when he became dissatisfied with the leadership, particularly the party's negative attitude towards the labor movement.Tahar Haddad, Tunisian Social Reformer " ''Tunisian Community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahar El Khalej
Tahar El Khalej (; born 16 June 1968) is a Moroccan former footballer who played as a defender. Club career Born in Marrakech, El Khalej started at Kawkab Marrakech in 1990, spending four seasons there, helping them win one league title and two national cups. In 1994, he moved to Portugal to sign with UD Leiria, which was, at the time, recently promoted to the first tier. Making his debut on 22 October 1994, against Vitória de Guimarães Vitoria or Vitória may refer to: People * Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian * Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer * Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer * Sofia Vitória (bor ..., he was frequently used as a midfielder alongside Mário Artur and Abel. After two seasons in Leiria, El Khalej joined S.L. Benfica, Benfica in 1997. He made his debut on 9 September 1997 and went on to amass nearly 100 appearances, 72 in the league, without winning any silverware. With the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
