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Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the “saffron crocus”. The vivid crimson stigmas and styles, called threads, are collected and dried to be used mainly as a seasoning and colouring agent in food.

Such marriages as are allowed by tradition, or within a culture, will often be symbolic or ritual, instead of the more normal popularity of a marriage.

Unfinished projects, many of them presented for the first time through original storyboard drawings, unveil a Mickey that might have been.

Diandra, an African-American albino, grew up in a poor family in the Bronx. In her childhood, her peers considered Diandra to be a foster kid and often bullied her. Everything changed when the famous photographer Shameer Khan noticed her walking along the street.

Nasrollah Moein Najafabadi (born 19 January 1951‎), more commonly known as Moein , is a prominent, singer. Moein began his artistic career as a radio singer. He released several albums before Yeki Ra Doost Midaram in 1986, which was his first album to be widely noticed in homeland.

The “acqua alta” (high water) reached more than five feet, a record touched only five times in the history of the city.Governor Luca Zaia warned that the floods could reach levels as high as those in 1966 that struck Venice and also devastated the historic center of Florence, another of Italy’s jewels.

The Arba’een Pilgrimage is the world’s largest public gathering that is held every year in Karbala, Iraq at the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashura, the religious ritual for the commemoration of martyrdom of the grandson of Prophet Mohammad and the third Shia Imam, Husayn ibn Ali’s in 680.

Thirty-eight years on from the persian Revolution, a new breed of persian filmmakers are making their mark on the global cinematic landscape by subtly but constantly challenging the country’s strict censorship laws.persian director Hamid Nematollah, who has navigated this tricky terrain for more than 30 years, is among them.

Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor has announced she has converted to Islam.The artist, who is best known for her 1990 hit version of the song Nothing Compares 2 U, said she had changed her name to Shuhada’.