Bernard-Henri Levy (born in Béni Saf, Algeria) is a French public intellectual, writer and journalist. He is often referred to simply as BHL. Lévy was one of the leaders of the “Nouvelle Philosophie” (New Philosophy) movement in 1976. In 1981, he published L’Id’ologie française (“The French Ideology”), arguably his most influential work. “Superman and prophet: we have no equivalent in the …

At an early age Benjamin Peary Pal was introduced to plants. His father, though a physician, used to spend his spare time growing flowers and vegetables in their garden. Once when he was tired he asked teenaged Pal to look after the garden. Pal not only began to take care of the plants but also started improving it after reading …

Benazir Bhutto, at age 35, was one of the youngest chiefs of state in the world. More than that, she was the first woman ever to serve as prime minister of an Islamic country, but the road that brought her to power had already led through exile, imprisonment and devastating personal tragedy. Only days after young Benazir Bhutto returned to …

Balbir Singh — Balbir Singh Dosanjh, popularly known as Balbir Singh Senior has been a former Indian Hockey player who has represented the nation in 3 Olympic Games getting his team a Gold Medal victory at all the 3 events and has also been the Coach of the Indian Hockey team for some time. He is named Balbir Singh Sr. …

Bal Thackeray — “Bal” Keshav Thackeray (born January 23, 1924), popularly called ‘Balasaheb’, ‘Sher’, Ttiger’, or “Hridaysamrat” is the founder and president of the Shiv Sena, a Hindu nationalist and populist party mainly present in Maharashtra, India. Background Thackeray was born to Prabodhankar Thakaeray in a Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu family and is a Hindu revivalist and Hindu nationalist. Several nationalists …

Pigs Coloring Pages: Pig coloring pages for children to print and color. Pigs Coloring Pages

Ayn Rand was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 2, 1905. At age six she taught herself to read and two years later discovered her first fictional hero in a French magazine for children, thus capturing the heroic vision which sustained her throughout her life. At the age of nine, she decided to make fiction writing her career. Thoroughly …

Ayman al-Zawahiri — Ayman Muhammad Rabaie al-Zawahiri, Ayman al-Zawahiri is usually spelled Zawahiri. Al-Zawahiri has also gone under the names of Abu Muhammad, Abu Fatima, Muhammad Ibrahim, Abu Abdallah, Abu al-Mu’iz, The Doctor, The Teacher, Nur, Ustaz, Abu Mohammed Nur al-Deen, Abdel Muaz (Abdel Moez, Abdel Muez). Ayman al-Zawahiri was born on June 19, 1951 to a prominent upper middle …

Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini Biography Born — 24 September 1902 in Khomein, Iran 1964-78 — Is exiled to Iraq for criticizing the Shah and sparking riots, evicted by Saddam Hussain, he moves to Paris suburb. 1979 — Returns to Tehran, is acclaimed as leader of Iran’s revolution 1979-81 — His followers hold fifty-two Americans captive in the U.S. embassy in Tehran 1989 — In February, he demands the death of Salman …

Avicenna – Abu Ali al-husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina Born: 980 CE approx Worked: The Canon of Medicine, The Book of Healing, Logic, Metaphysics, Physics, De Caelo, The Life of Ibn Sina, Remarks and Admonitions, Essay on the Secret of Destiny, The Book of Scientific Knowledge. Died: 1037 CE approx Abu Ali al-usayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina, also known …