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SanaaArabic Sana'a'City (pop., 2004: 1,747,627), capital of Yemen. Located in the western part of the country, it was built on the site of an ancient pre-Islamic stronghold that has been traditionally dated to the 1st or 2nd century BC. Its people converted to Islam in 632. Nominally under Ottoman sovereignty from the mid-16th century, it was effectively controlled from the early 17th century until 1872 by the imams (leaders) of the Zaydi Shi'ite sect. It became the capital of an independent Yemen after the Ottoman defeat in World War I (1914–18). In 1990 it became the capital of the unified country. For many centuries it has been the chief economic, political, and religious centre of the Yemen highlands. The old walled city centre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1986. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Phylicia Rashad, Sean Combs, Audra McDonald and Sanaa Lathan, who all starred in the Broadway version, and Kenny Leon, who directed it, return in the television version, according to www. The raw material for a new pavilion in America, designed by Japanese architects SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa), was made in Germany, fabricated into large panels in China and assembled on site to enfold a startlingly transparent, billowing curtain around new spaces alongside Toledo's neo-classical Museum of Art in Ohio, p66. They greeted well-wishers, including recent Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus and husbande Brad Hall, plus Sanaa Lathan, Izabella Miko and some of the film's other stars -- Rachel Miner, Gregg Henry and Mike Starr -- as well as its composer Mark Isham and producer Art Linson. |
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