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  2. Ibn Abi al-Dunya - Wikipedia

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    Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Ubaid ibn sufyan ibn Abi al-Dunya, Abu bakar, Baghdadi, known by his epithet of Ibn Abi al-Dunya (AH 207/8–281, 823–894 CE) was a Muslim scholar. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] During his lifetime, he served as a tutor to the Abbasid caliphs, al-Mu'tadid (861–902) and his son, al-Muktafi (878–908).

  3. Anam Zakaria - Wikipedia

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    Anam Zakaria (Urdu: انَم زَكَريا) is a Canada-based Pakistani writer, oral historian and educator. [1] [2] She is the author of the prize-winning book The Footprints of Partition: Narratives of Four Generations of Pakistanis and Indians (2015) and 1971: A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India (2019).

  4. Dunya and Desi - Wikipedia

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    Dunya and Desie (Dutch: Dunya en Desie in Marokko – "Dunya and Desie in Morocco") is a 2008 Dutch film about the friendship between two Dutch teenage girls, directed by Dana Nechushtan and based on the television series Dunya en Desie ("Dunya and Desie"), which aired over three seasons, from 2002 to 2004.

  5. The Paper Chase (film) - Wikipedia

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    The Paper Chase is a 1973 American comedy-drama film starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, and John Houseman, and directed by James Bridges.. Based on John Jay Osborn Jr.'s 1971 novel The Paper Chase, it tells the story of James Hart, a first-year law student at Harvard Law School, his experiences with Professor Charles Kingsfield, a brilliant and demanding contract law instructor, and ...

  6. 2024 Kolkata rape and murder incident - Wikipedia

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    On the night of 8 August 2024, the victim had dinner with her colleagues and retired in a seminar hall after a 36-hour shift in the hospital. At about 9:30 IST the following morning, her body was discovered in the seminar hall in a semi-nude state with her eyes, mouth, and genitals bleeding.

  7. History of paper - Wikipedia

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    The word "paper" is etymologically derived from papyrus, Ancient Greek for the Cyperus papyrus plant. Papyrus is a thick, paper-like material produced from the pith of the Cyperus papyrus plant which was used in ancient Egypt and other Mediterranean societies for writing long before paper was used in China.

  8. Dawn News - Wikipedia

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    Dawn News is a Pakistani 24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Karachi, the station is a subsidiary of Pakistan Herald Publications Limited (PHPL), Pakistan's largest English-language media group.

  9. Hasb-e-Haal - Wikipedia

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    Hasb-e-Haal (Urdu: حسبِ حال, lit. '"as usual"') is a Pakistani Urdu-language comedy show based on political satire that airs on Dunya TV at 11:05 pm from Thursday to Sunday. [1]