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  • • The Recitation of the Holy Qur'an in Trial FOREWORD This is an English version of the book entitled Fada il-e-Qur'an originally written in Arabic by the Imam Muhammad bin 'Abdul Wahb, an eminent Muslim Scholar, and translated into Urdu by Maulana Mahmud Ahmad Ghazanfar,

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows creatorsslave 2009

  • In his velvet coat, a big-rimmed hat slouched over his eyes, he patrolled the quays, singing, joking, an artless creature, so good-hearted and irresponsible that he was called "Fada," more in affection than contempt.

    Promenades of an Impressionist James Huneker 1890

  • He doesn't appear onscreen, but the Paris-born, Brooklyn-based Gypsy jazz guitarist composed and played "Bistro Fada," the lively, minor swing waltz that accompanies Owen Wilson 's travels back and forth from the 1920s.

    The Jazz Scene: Hot Tones, Francophones Will Friedwald 2011

  • The arrests of Fada and Majed Sha'ar, and the confrontation that followed it - along with another recent altercation following a land dispute between Golan Druze and Israeli authorities - might be signs that Israel's "quiet" occupation is about to get noisier.

    Yermi Brenner: Israel's Latest Gag: Musician Arrested, Accused of Being A Spy 2010

  • The arrests of Fada and Majed Sha'ar, and the confrontation that followed it - along with another recent altercation following a land dispute between Golan Druze and Israeli authorities - might be signs that Israel's "quiet" occupation is about to get noisier.

    Yermi Brenner: Israel's Latest Gag: Musician Arrested, Accused of Being A Spy 2010

  • A most interesting example of acquiring Irish is the US born comedian Des Bishop who spent a year in the Connemara gaeltacht learning Irish and whose show In the Name of the Fada not only tweaks the funny bone but also for many native Irish prompts a certain wistfulness at not having developed sufficient fluency.

    Ireland’s Language Remains on Life Support - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

  • A most interesting example of acquiring Irish is the US born comedian Des Bishop who spent a year in the Connemara gaeltacht learning Irish and whose show In the Name of the Fada not only tweaks the funny bone but also for many native Irish prompts a certain wistfulness at not having developed sufficient fluency.

    Ireland’s Language Remains on Life Support - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

  • Deby, who added the patronymic of his grandfather, Itno, to his name, was born in 1952 at Fada in the northeast of this poverty-stricken former French colony.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • Now..on to the ‘Fada’ quiz…as my man Charly Boy been ansa one time…“I go save my wife, abeg…as I no fit poke my mama”.

    THIS IS NOT A SERMON! princesa 2008

  • You will need: 1 cup broken wheat, or known as "Lapsi Fada" - available at any Indian grocery stores, 1.5 cups milk, sugar to taste-depending on how sweet you like it, cardamom, Almonds, Pistachios, Ghee.

    Lapsi- Broken Wheat Dessert Cardamom 2006

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