by D. Pelaez | Jul 17, 2019
Awalmir, Ustad (1931-1982) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: استاد اولمیر Alias: – GENERAL INFO Description: Ustad Awalmir was an ethnic Afghan composer, musician, singer, and poet who wrote and sang in the Pashto...
by D. Pelaez | May 1, 2019
Tocada Movida (2007) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: – Alias: – There is a popular saying in chess. When you move a piece and then drop it, your opponent says “piece touched, piece moved“. If you touch it...
by D. Pelaez | Mar 28, 2019
al-Nadim, Ibn (935–995) Alternative last name spellings: ibn Abī Ya’qūb Ishāq ibn Muḥammad ibn Ishāq al-Warrāq Alternative first name spellings: Abū al-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Ishāq al-Nadīm Alias: GENERAL INFO Description: Ibn al-Nadim was an Arab erudite and...
by D. Pelaez | Apr 10, 2018
Ziryab (789–857) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: Abu l-Hasan ‘Ali Ibn Nafi‘ Alias: – GENERAL INFO Description: Ziryab was a musician recognized as a polymath, famous for the refined oriental customs that...
by D. Pelaez | Mar 8, 2018
Sappho (ca. 650/610 – 580 BC) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: Sappho of Lesbos. Alias: – “To have beauty is to have only that, but to have goodness is to be beautiful too.” GENERAL INFO...
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