CHEB

khĕp, Ger. Eger, city (1991 pop. 31,847), NW Czech Republic, in Bohemia, near the German border. A commercial and manufacturing center in a lignite-mining area, Cheb has industries producing machinery, bicycles, and textiles. The city is also an important railroad junction, serving Karlovy Vary and other famous spas nearby. Originally a Slavic village, Cheb was contested and alternately ruled (12th–14th cent.) by Bohemia and by the German emperors. It was finally incorporated into Bohemia in 1322 by John of Luxemburg. The city, which suffered greatly during the Hussite Wars, retained a privileged status until the 16th cent. Industrialization and the coming of the railroad stimulated rapid growth in the 19th cent. Present-day landmarks include the ruins of a 12th-century castle, two 13th-century monasteries, and the 17th-century castle in which Wallenstein was murdered in 1634.

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books on: Cheb  - 84 results

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Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity, and Place
Book by John Connell, Chris Gibson; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Globalization--Social Aspects, Music And Geography, Popular Music--Social Aspects
...originally composed for flute and percussion. Cheb Malik, born in France, pioneered a strand...critics argued that music like that of Cheb Khaled could no longer be considered rai...identity was to dedicate a song, usually of Cheb Khaled, to a relative or friend. Ironically...
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Development Issues in Marginal Regions: Processes, Technological Developments and Societal Reorganizations
Book by R. B. Singh, Roser Majoral; Perseus, 1996
Subjects: Economic Development--Environmental Aspects--Case Studies, Regional Economic Disparities--Case Studies, Regional Planning--Case Studies
...established in Ostrava, Pardubice, Tachov, and Cheb to allow easier involvement in an international...in some cities e.g. Frydek-Mistek, Cheb . -- local and regional associations of...Technology Parks" have been established Brno, Cheb, Ceske Velenice, Praha aiming mainly...
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The Twilight of France, 1933-1940
Book by Alexander Werth, D. W. Brogan; Harper & Brothers, 1942
Subjects: France--Foreign Relations--1914-, France--Politics And Government--1914-1940, World War, 1939-1945--France
...affectionate send off. Here is a Havas message from Cheb describing M. Delboss homeward journey: At Cheb, on the German frontier, M. Delbos was greeted...the two coun tries. 4 It was through Eger or Cheb as the Czechs called it that Hitler made his...
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The Human Geography of East Central Europe
Book by David Turnock; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Human Geography--Europe, Central, Human Geography--Europe, Eastern, Post-Communism--Europe, Central, Post-Communism--Europe, Eastern
...Free trade zones have been established in Cheb and Ostrava, while centres of innovation...been established in Ceske Valenice and Cheb. Regional universities (or departments) have been founded in Ceske Budejovice, Cheb, Frydek Mistek, Jindrichuv Hradec and...
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World and Its Peoples: Middle East, Western Asia and Northern Africa - Vol. 9
Includes: Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Western Sahara; Tunisia
Book by Marshall Cavendish; Marshall Cavendish, 2006
Subjects: Algeria--Geography, Libya--Geography, Morocco--Geography, Tunisia--Geography, Western Sahara--Geography
...fv1ale roi singers are known as ihebs; Cheb Mrrrni (born 1960), one oJAl?erins...rai artists-including the most famous. Cheb Khaled (born 1900)-weiit into exile...fundamentalist assassins murdered the singer Cheb Hasni I 1968-lc)9-41 and the music...
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Moi Aussi, Je Suis Musulman: Rai, Islam, and Masculinity in Maghrebi Transnational Identity
Journal article by Angelica Maria Deangelis; Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, 2003
Subjects: Folk music--Forecasts and trends, Islamic Salvation Front (Algeria)--Political activity, National Liberation Front--Political activity
...Rose (1999) featuring British Sting and Algerian Cheb Mami, has increased its visibility as a global phenomenon...Maghrebi identity, that of the transnational Maghrebi cheb, or what the Rai singer Cheb Mami would call the North Parisian, or the young...
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The 'arab Wave' in World Music after 9/11
Journal article by Ted Swedenburg; Anthropologica, Vol. 46, 2004
Subjects: Arab culture, Arabs, September 11 terrorist attacks, World music
...labels like Mango, Virgin and Shanachie released several recordings by established rai stars like Cheb Khaled, Cheb Mami, Chaba Fadela Cheb Sahraoui, and Chaba Zahouania. But sales were unremarkable, and so after the initial flurry, rai...
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Adaptive Divergence in Experimental Populations of Pseudomonas Fluorescens. Iii. Mutational Origins of Wrinkly Spreader Diversity
Journal article by Eleni Bantinaki, Rees Kassen, Christopher G. Knight, Zena Robinson; Genetics, Vol. 176, 2007
Subjects: Bacteria, Bacterial Proteins, Cell division, Councils, E coli, Engineering research, Genetic engineering, Genotype & phenotype, Molecular biology, Mutation, Phosphates
...regulator domain (STOCK et al. 2000) and a CheB methylesterase domain. Overall, it is similar to CheB from E. coli (see supplemental Figure 3...role in regulating kinase activity: CheR and CheB. Even in an environment devoid of stimulatory...
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Social Memories 'In the Flesh': War and Exile in Algerian Self-Writing
Journal article by James Mcdougall; Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, 2010
Subjects: Algerians--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Experience--Analysis, Psychic trauma--Analysis, Ricoeur, Paul, Trauma (Psychology)--Analysis
...foreign horizon. (21) The evocative roll-call of cities in Cheb Mamis "Bledi" (My country) is a love-song and a lament...Village to Video (Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2005). (22) Cheb Mami, "Bledi," Meli meli (Virgin, 1999). (23) In October...
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Introduction
Journal article by Danielle Marx-Scouras; Research in African Literatures, Vol. 30, 1999
Subjects: Africa--History, African Fiction--History And Criticism, African Literature--History And Criticism, African Poetry--History And Criticism, Postcolonialism--Africa
...assassinations of Youssef Sebti, Tahar Djaout, Said Mekbel, Rabah Zenati, Abdelkader Alloula, Lounes Matoub, Cheb Hasni, Rachid Baba-Ahmed, Cheb Aziz, Mahfoud Boucebci -- to name but a few -- attack the individual for whom language is an act of...
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magazine articles on: Cheb  - 19 results

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Rai Returns to London
Magazine article by Richard Seymour; The Middle East, December 2001
Subjects: Entertainment industry--Algeria, Mami, Cheb--Performances, Music--Political aspects, Musicians--Performances
...Festival Hall, situated on the banks of the River Thames to see Cheb Mami, a superstar in his own country and continental Europe...Rai is subversive by nature and this evolution in the hands of Cheb Mami is entirely in keeping with its background. It is also...
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Stoking the Starmaker Machinery: Miles Copeland III May Hobnob with Pop and Rock Superstars, but He Has Never Lost Touch with His Ties to the Arab World
Magazine article by Mcdonnell Twair; The Middle East, December 2004
Subjects: Copeland, Miles--Biography, Singers--Biography
...A case in point is Algerias rai star Cheb Mami whom Copeland brought to the attention...sound-tracks). With the success of Cheb Mami and Stings Desert Rose, Copeland...Desert Rose collaboration of Sting and Cheb Mami." And Americans had embraced the...
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A Night to Remember
Magazine article by Andrew Hammond; The Middle East, June 2001
Subjects: Entertainment industry--Services, Singers--Performances, Sound recording industry--Marketing, Sting--Performances
...for charities in the Middle East region. Algerian Rai singer Cheb Mami joined Sting on stage to perform their world-wide hit...the high point by far was his Arabic-English smash hit with Cheb Mami, `Desert Rose. The audience went wild, indeed, Mami...
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'The Light for the Heart'
Magazine article by Jim Motavalli; The Nation, Vol. 274, January 28, 2002
Subjects: Arabs, Music, Popular music--Criticism and interpretation
...production help from British progressive rocker Steve Hillage. Cheb Mami, another rai star, goes into the studio with producer...2000, Sting recorded the song "Desert Rose" as a duet with Cheb Mami, and toured with him. The song, which even made it into...
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A Passion for Creativity
Magazine article; The Middle East, September 2000
Subjects: Arts--Northern Africa, Entertainment industry--Tunisia, Motion picture industry--Tunisia, Music--Tunisia, Northern Africa--Art, Tunisia--Social aspects
...Fayruz, Abdul Halim Hafez and Najet Es Saghira. Pop culture is well represented with Algerian Rai masters such as Cheb Khaled and Cheb Mami and Iraqi singers such as Kadham Saher. There is a distinguished tradition of urban classical music in Tunisia...
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newspaper articles on: Cheb  - 16 results

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WORLD CUP SEX SLAVE; SUNDAY Mirror INVESTIGATES Jana Is Just 19. Penniless & Desperate for a Better Life, She's Fallen into the Evil Clutches of a Pimp in the Brothel Capital of Europe. for Pounds 400 He Sells Her off to Be a Vice Girl at Football's Greatest Event. 54 DAYS TO GO
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), April 16, 2006
...DOMINIC HIPKINS and SHARON VAN GEUNS in Cheb, Czech Republic THE teenage girl trembled...transaction" took place in the town of Cheb in the Czech Republic just over the border...business after midnight on the icy streets of Cheb, an hour by motorway from Nuremberg...
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What a Rave as Bairns Go Dance Crazy
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 12, 2008
...Falkirks Carl Finnigan has revealed how thedancing antics of kitman Cheb Sproule have helped the team to consecutivevictories. In the...nobody is complaining about the music, he revealed.Little Cheb loves it and hes been giving the boys a right laugh with hisdance...
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Balkan Beat Box Will Move You with Its Fusion of Sounds
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), February 29, 2008
...show starts at 8 p.m. The WOW Hall is at 291 W. Eighth Ave. Cheb i Sabbah Today, Fenario An adventure of light and music, both...and guitar from Sultanas husband, Shivaz. The headliner is Cheb i Sabbah, who has a new CD called "Devotion" that a news release...
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Spirit of 64; Let It Be 3pts
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), June 18, 2010
...temperature ever recorded the is 60.5C 5. The National holiday, called Revolution Day, is on November 1 6. Algerian singer Cheb Mami sang with Sting on 1999 hit Desert Rose 7. Arabic is the official language, although French is widely spoken 8. Algerian...
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Who Are Ya?
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), June 18, 2010
...leading to a diplomatic row between the two countries resulting in Algeria halting gas exports to Egypt. Any celebrity fans? Cheb Mami. Who? Singer who collaborated with Sting on the single Desert Rose. Cheik most likely to Yes, but are they any good...
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encyclopedia articles on: Cheb  - 7 results

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Cheb
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHEB khep, Ger. Eger, city (1991 pop. 31...manufacturing center in a lignite-mining area, Cheb has industries producing machinery, bicycles...spas nearby. Originally a Slavic village, Cheb was contested and alternately ruled (12th...
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Cheboksary
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHEBOKSARY cheb ksa re, city (1989 pop. 420,000), capital of Chuvash Republic, NW European Russia, a port on the Volga River. Both a...
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Procopius the Great
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...crushing defeat that he inflicted (Aug., 1431) on the crusaders at Domazlice led to peace negotiations (1432) at Eger (Cheb) between the Hussites and representatives of the Council of Basel (see Basel, Council of ). Procopius, however, continued...
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Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Jan. 24, 1634. Wallenstein renewed his attempts to negotiate with the Swedes and with a few hundred troops fled to Eger ( Cheb ), where he was treacherously murdered (Feb., 1634). His assassin later had the emperors favor. Wallenstein is the central...
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Erlau
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ERLAU see Cheb , Czech Republic. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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