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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Marjan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Marjan was a lion at the Kabul Zoo in Kabul Afghanistan who was maimed in a grenade attack.
During the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan Marjan gained some noteriety as a particularly pitiable denizen of the Kabul zoo, the abandonment of which is remeniscent of what occurred in the Kuwait City Zoo during the first Gulf War, where many animals starved to death unattended.
Note: Marjan is also a common name in slavic countries, as well as a common female name in the dutch language (though in the latter case, the j is pronounced as a y).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Marjan   (597 words)

  
 Marjan (lion) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marjan was the most famous resident of the rundown Kabul Zoo.
Marjan, which in Pashto means Coral, was born in 1976 and was given as a gift to Kabul in 1978 by the Zoo in Cologne, Germany.
Despite overwhelming response, Marjan succumbed to old age and died in January of 2002.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marjan_(lion)   (495 words)

  
 Afghanistan Kabul Zoo Brooke Hospital 2005 Updates Donatella Euthanized
Marjan the lion was buried Monday at the Kabul Zoo, where he suffered the torments of war and won countless hearts worldwide.
Marjan, the lion, seems to be in pretty good shape, especially given his age and all that he has been through.
Marjan appears to be in relatively good condition now and is happily accepting his meals of fresh meat and clean water.
members.tripod.com /~animom/kabulzoo.html   (3838 words)

  
 Marjan the Lion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
It is suspected that Marjan died of liver and kidney failure.
Marjan, on the other hand, was born in captivity and lived a life on the front line.
Marjan was a king, and like a good king, he brought salvation in a time of hardship, and prosperity in a time of famine.
www.lionlmb.org /lion/marjan.html   (3075 words)

  
 Marjan Debaene
In April 2001, Marjan was part of the occasional band Hutsepot, for which she wrote a few Dutch folksongs, and went on tour with them for a week in Italy (Basilicata and Calabria).
In the Spring of 2003 Marjan collaborated with Rik Denys, former singer-songwriter of The Boondocks and Babel: DenysandDebaene Stil in Babylon.
Marjan and Rik chose their alltime favorite songs by their alltime favorite heroes/heroins and played them for selected crowds in small venues and clubs in Flanders.
www.marjandebaene.com /biography.html   (662 words)

  
 IranDokht - Partner
Marjan speaks in a soft tone of voice, her energy level is somewhat on the low side and she does not present herself as a happy woman.
Marjan might also be suffering from a “learned helplessness” which gets created from living in an environment that is hostile, abusive, and demeaning for a length of time.
In my understanding, Marjan is confronted by two sets of facts – one set of facts is that her husband is not appreciating her and the other set is that she wants this situation changed.
www.irandokht.com /editorial/index4.php?area=par&areaID=6&areaname=Partner§ionID=24&editorialID=564   (1030 words)

  
 Marjan Boel
Marjan is begonnen met een vierjarige opleiding voor presentatie en vormgeving.
Tijdens het uitoefenen van het reclamevak kreeg Marjan hernieuwde interesse in etaleren en decoreren, eveneens onderdeel van haar opleiding presentatie en vormgeving.
Naast Marjan haar schilderwerk, maakt zij ook kleine cyber-kunststukjes in de vorm van dagelijkse grappige e-mails ookwel funmail zoals ze het zelf graag noemt.
www.dekunstpoort.nl /Biografie/marjan-boel.htm   (320 words)

  
 lesbisch tepelpiercing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Marjan kuste Sonja in haar hals en langzaam ging haar mond in de richting van de tepel van Sonja.
Marjan voelde hoe ze zelf kletsnat werd van deze ervaring en ze kreunde toen ze Sonja's voet in haar kruis voelde.
Marjan dacht dat ze gek zou worden van verlangen en duwde haar kutje in Sonja's gezicht.
www.bajalaan.nl /lesbisch_tepelpiercing.htm   (901 words)

  
 Oops.nl, de geilste sexverhalen online.
Marjan kustte Sonja in haar hals en langzaam ging haar mond in de richting van de tepel van Sonja.
Marjan raakte steeds meer opgewonden en liet zich op haar knieen zakken.
Nu is het mijn beurt.” Marjan ging achterover liggen en liet Sonja begaan.
www.oops.nl /sexverhalen/lesbisch/tepelpiercing.html   (909 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Marjan, symbol of Kabul's suffering, dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Marjan survived a grenade to the face in the early 1990s.
Marjan, believed to be around 25, probably died of kidney and liver failure connected to old age, said John Walsh, international projects director of the World Society for the Protection of Animals.
Walsh said the Afghan government was discussing whether to have a remembrance ceremony for Marjan and he suggested a campaign be started to build a statue to the lion.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002/01/26/marjan.htm   (331 words)

  
 Voorzichtig beginnen - weekendpleegouders, thema, artikel 2001/1
Marjan en Pieter gingen naar een voorlichtingsavond en troffen er een volle zaal: alleenstaanden en paren, met of zonder kinderen.
Marjan en Pieter bleven enthousiast, bleven er zin in houden en zouden in principe aan meerdere pleegkinderen een plek willen bieden.
Idealisme is hun drijfveer, zeggen Marjan en Pieter, en ze hopen dat het lukt.
www.mobiel-pleegzorg.nl /archief/2001/mo01120.htm   (892 words)

  
 Interview mit Marie-Luise Marjan - Planet Interview
Marjan: Wir haben in der "Lindenstraße" elf verschiedene Nationen und es existieren praktisch keine Konflikte zwischen den Nationalitäten, außer natürlich innerhalb der Familien selber, aber das ist ja bei den deutschen Bewohnern der "Lindenstraße" nicht anders.
Marjan: Ja, das ist immer eine schöne Möglichkeit zur Retrospektive, denn bei den Dreharbeiten kann ich ja immer nur meine Geschichte verfolgen und weiß nie so genau was in den anderen Erzählsträngen vor sich geht.
Marjan: Ich glaube, dass der Kern in einem drin steckt und der Mensch letztendlich mit den Aufgaben des Lebens wächst, dann plötzlich seine Stärke erkennt und diese von da an auch bewusst lebt.
www.planet-interview.de /interviews/marjan-marie-luise.html   (2082 words)

  
 Marjan's Wedding: A Time for Celebration
At age 16, Marjan is marrying her first cousin, a very common practice.
When Marjan's mother and aunt decided on a groom candidate, they presented their choice to Marjan's father and uncles for approval.
Marjan is sitting with her sisters and cousins.
teacher.scholastic.com /scholasticnews/indepth/afghanistan/wedding.htm   (500 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Artist creates bronze sculpture of Marjan for donation to Kabul Zoo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
He said he was inspired by the plight of Marjan and other suffering animals at the Kabul Zoo, which were detailed in an Associated Press story in 2001.
The grenade was thrown by a guerrilla whose brother had entered Marjan's cage the day before to show off and been attacked and killed by the lion.
Marjan's story prompted the North Carolina Zoo to coordinate a drive that raised $500,000 for the Kabul Zoo, where Marjan died in January 2002.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-03-27-marjan_x.htm   (378 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Marjan, the lion of Kabul, roars his last
Marjan - one-eyed, decrepit and at least 40 years old - became famous around the world after his plight in Kabul's dilapidated zoo was highlighted in the international press.
In recent weeks Marjan had enjoyed probably the most luxurious time of his life, with regular gifts of meat and the care of keepers who were being paid for the first time in years.
Certainly Marjan, whose name means coral in local Afghan languages, had seen his share of Afghanistan's woes.
www.guardian.co.uk /afghanistan/story/0,1284,640237,00.html   (460 words)

  
 Marjan
Marjan the lion, who was injured several years ago by a hand grenade, sits in his quarters at the Kabul Zoo.
When marjan pounced on it thinking it was food, he lost one eye and 95 percent of his sight in the other.”
But Marjan is not the only casualty in Afghanistan’s unending wars and civil strife.
www.warmfuzzys.org /marjan.htm   (596 words)

  
 BBC News | UK POLITICS | MPs join battle for Kabul's lion
Former sports minister Tony Banks, a long-time animal welfare campaigner, is leading the Commons charge to protect Marjan and his fellow captives in the Afghan capital.
The current conflict is only the latest in a series of trials Marjan has endured in the war-torn city.
He has survived a grenade thrown by the friend of a man who died after Marjan bit off his arm, as well as stoning by the Taleban and rocket attacks.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/1670376.stm   (462 words)

  
 Planet Ark : Marjan, the one-eyed Afghan lion, roars his last
Marjan was the subject of an international rescue mission by the international rights organisation World Society for the Protection of Animals, which last month sent a team to Kabul to look after the lion and the few remaining occupants of the zoo.
A Taliban fighter once climbed into Marjan's enclosure to prove his bravery, only to be killed and devoured by the then much more sprightly lion.
Aside from Marjan, which means coral in both Afghanistan's Dari and Pashto languages, two wolves, several monkeys and a bloody-nosed fl bear are the main attractions of the zoo.
www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/14232/story.htm   (571 words)

  
 Patria Productions presents Pianist Marjan Kiepura
Born in Paris, Marjan Kiepura was accepted to the Juilliard School Preparatory Division by Mme Rosina Lhévinne at the age of eight, where he became a long-time student of Jeaneane Dowis.
Marjan Kiepura's debut Chopin CD recording entitled "Images of a Homeland" has to date received fourteen superb reviews including BBC Music Magazine, American Record Guide, Amazon and other music journals in the USA, England, Holland, Austria and Poland.
Marjan Kiepura believes they provide the key to Chopin's personality and in particular, his idiomatic Polish traits, more than any other genre in which he worked.
www.patriamusic.com /marjan.php   (708 words)

  
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Marjan était homme avant d'être poète, un homme doué
Marjan avait banni de son vocabulaire le mot « exclusion ».
Marjan était un militant et il a combattu toute sa vie avec
membres.lycos.fr /mirra/Marjan.html   (720 words)

  
 Aurangzeb The Nude: Ideas & Identities of India Pakistan
Marjan was Mansur’s age and they were polar opposites.
It probably had something to do with the fact that Sikhs were required, as part of their religion, to wear beards and turbans; that they shared a mistrust of all that were non-Afghani; that in Afghanistan, they too lived and died by the sword, like the Taliban.
Finally, as a means to defend Aurangzeb, Marjan, being very serious, handed the naked boy a sword he had taken from his father`s collection.
www.chowk.com /show_article.cgi?aid=00001851&channel=leafyglade   (2150 words)

  
 Karel Eykman: Sneeuwwitje en de zeven krakers
Marjan praatte intussen gezellig door over Bert Pijl die het op school over haar gehad had, heel aardig overigens en helemaal niet lullig, over de anderen die het zo interessant vonden dat ze nu een probleemgeval in de klas hadden.
De meesten waren zelfs een beetje jaloers en het leek Marjan nu ook wel wat, lekker op je zelf wonen en doen waar je zin in hebt.
Marjan meende het en Monika voelde een groot heimwee in zich opkomen, een verlangen naar tussen-de-middag- pauzes met lawaai in de kantine, urenlang platen draaien bij elkaar op de kamer, rondhangen bij de snackbar, of zelfs maar vertalen op een gewone les Engels.
www.squat.net /archiv/nl/sneeuwwitje/sneeuw17.html   (1064 words)

  
 Marjan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Marjan performs Middle Eastern dance professionally at private family parties, corporate events, and dance seminars.
Marjan is a natural entertainer who blends a versatile ethnic appearance with a light, graceful style.
Marjan also enjoys “country dance,” an entertainment-oriented blend of Irish, Scottish, and English folk dances, which she has performed with The Rogues in past years at the
www.isisandthestardancers.com /PerfCoGallery/marjan.htm   (177 words)

  
 Marjan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
the lion named Marjan, that once lived in the Kabul Zoo, see Kabul attractions
Marjan, Croatia, a hill in the city of Split
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marjan   (92 words)

  
 Marjan the lion dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The plight of Marjan and the other animals at the zoo became one of the stories emenating from Afghanistan over recent months and substantial funds were raised as part of a relief effort.
Relief efforts for Marjan and the zoo animals were lead by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), an oganisation with previous experience in Afghanistan.
Born Free has provided WSPA with some £3,000 from funds raised but now that others are in place and Marjan is dead we are seeking the best possible way to apply the remaining funds to other animals in need in Afghanistan and further a field.
www.bornfree.org.uk /zoocheck/zoonews008.htm   (443 words)

  
 Shadow Spinner - Talk It Up! Book Discussion Groups for Kids - Multnomah County Library
From a quiet spinner of tales, Marjan suddenly becomes the center of a more surprising story than she ever could have imagined.
Marjan looks up to Shahrazad and considers her a hero for delaying the murder of more young women.
At the end of the novel, Marjan is safe, but she has to leave the city.
www.multcolib.org /talk/guides-shadow.html   (452 words)

  
 SAVE MARJAN, Afghanistan's Courageous Lion Petition
Marjan, the one-eyed lion of Kabul zoo, has managed to survive war after war.
Marjan's brush with death, which blinded the lion in one eye, has left the poor animal traumatized.
Unfortunately Marjan has died at the meagre age of 48, but let's hope the struggle for his survival is etched onto all on our hearts and we have the will to take care of all those animals that have been injured by the sheer brutality of man
www.thepetitionsite.com /archived_petitions/318545906.html   (373 words)

  
 Marjan Djodjov Pejoski
Marjan Djodjov Pejoski at the runway with Alek Wek Fall 2001
Marjan Djodjov Pejoski majored in jewellery and shoe design and with his considerable talents, he amalgated his techniques to create contradiction-filled creations inspired by rock & roll and pop art.
Marjan Djodjov Pejoski Spring 2001 Click on image to see more of Marjan Djodjov Pejoski's collection.
www.fashionwindows.com /fashion_designers/marjan_djodjov_pejoski.asp   (619 words)

  
 Effective Teacher|New Teacher|Teacher Newsletter|Classroom Management Resources
Marjan Glavac has gained the admiration and trust of tens of thousands of educators around the world to share his knowledge and expertise to a world wanting to be led by a visionary.
Marjan Glavac's newsletter "The Busy Educator Newsletter" has been around long enough that those of us who have been educators for a while know that it lives up to what it promises: In-depth information - well-presented.
It could be assumed that Marjan Glavac's readers were equally devoted teachers who are truly interested in what's going on and what's new and noteworthy.
www.glavac.com   (766 words)

  
 Halliburton and Marjan Oilfield Services to form Emirates Logging Company L.L.C | Al Fahim Group
Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) and Marjan Oilfield Services, a member of the Al Fahim Group, announced today that they have signed a Joint Venture Agreement and Memorandum and Articles of Association to incorporate a Limited Liability Company to offer open and cased hole logging and wireline perforating services in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Marjan Oilfield Services, established in 1979 under the umbrella of Abdul Jalil Industrial Development, primarily offers slick wireline and electric line logging services for onshore and offshore operations along with experienced wireline service personnel.
Marjan has fully integrated bases in Mussafah and Bu Hasa to cover the services they provide to the oil and gas industry.
www.ameinfo.com /17365.html   (596 words)

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