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This mosque became a Court (mahkamah) from the 16th cent until the reign of Muhammad 'Ali (Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha) 1769-1849, Wāli of Egypt, Sudan, Sham (Greater Syria), Hejaz, Morea, Thasos, Crete (r.1805-1848).
Patron: al-Qadi (judge) Yahya (Yahya Zayn al-Din), an Armenian dawadar (major-domo) & Amir of Sultan Jàqmaq (al-Zaher Sayf al-Din Jàqmaq) 1373-1453, Burji (Circassian) Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (r.1438-1440).
Islamic Monument #344
Al-Rifa‘i (Ahmad ibn ʽAli al-Rifaʽi) 1119-1183, was an Iraqi Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. Although this mosque is named after him, the shrine contains the burials of his grandson, 'Ali Abu Shibbak al-Rifai and another Sufi mystic, 'Abd Allah al-Ansari.
The Mosque of al-Rifa'i replaced a zawiya (shrine) of the sufi saint, al-Rifa'i. It is also the royal mausoleum of Muhammad 'Ali's family, in addition to Hosh al-Basha (the Courtyard of the Pasha), in the Southern Cemetery.
Patron: commissioned by Hoshiyar Qadin (Hoşyar Kadın) ?-1885, consort to Ibrahim Pasha & Walida Pasha to their son, Isma'il Pasha.
Original architect: Hussein Pasha Fahmi (a distant cousin of Muhammad 'Ali), Minister of Awqaf, who died in 1880 when work stopped.
Construction Supervisor: Khalil Agha chief eunuch & director of estates for Isma'il Pasha.
Completed: work resumed in 1905 when the Khedive, Abbas II, ordered its completion. Work was supervised by architect Max Herz (Herz Miksa, Hungarian) 1856-1919, head of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe.
Tomb: Shehret Feza Hanim (Şöhretfeza Hanım, Empyrean fame) 1829-1895. Circassian Princess consort (1st & principal wife) of Isma'il Pasha.
Islamic Monument #U103
Coachwork by H.J. Mulliner - Park Ward
ex-Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
Bonhams : the Zoute Sale
Estimated : € 40.000 - 60.000
Sold for € 132.250
Zoute Grand Prix 2018
Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2018
Offered here is a significant piece of sporting and motoring history in the form of a 1970 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Convertible, originally owned by boxing legend, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali). Voted 'Sportsman of the Century', Ali is the only three-time lineal Heavyweight Champion and has been ranked the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
This sporting hero was still known as Cassius Clay when he bought the Rolls-Royce new in New Jersey in December 1970, possibly in celebration of having regained his boxing license, which had been taken away when he refused to be drafted into the United States military during the Vietnam War, citing religious principles. As punishment, he was stripped of both his boxing license and passport for nearly five years.
In August 1970, the City of Atlanta granted Ali a license and in 1974 he took part in arguably the most famous boxing match of all time, 'The Rumble in the Jungle' in which he knocked out the hitherto undefeated World Heavyweight Champion George Foreman just before the end of the eighth round. Ali's fights regularly drew record audiences, including 1 billion television viewers for 'The 'Rumble in the Jungle' and 'Thrilla in Manila', and 2 billion for 'Spinks vs Ali' in 1978.
Ali was a known Rolls-Royce enthusiast - he owned many during his life - and the prospect of owning its most expensive top-of-the-range model - the Silver Shadow Convertible - must have been irresistible. With the Silver Shadow's introduction, Rolls-Royce switched to unitary construction for the chassis/body, which meant that by the mid-1960s the market for traditional coachbuilt automobiles had been severely curtailed. Of the many hundreds of firms trading pre-war, just two - James Young and the now combined firm of H J Mulliner, Park Ward Ltd - were left to meet the demand for a coachbuilt Rolls-Royce or Bentley, though these might be more accurately termed conversions rather than 100 percent bespoke creations.
Recalling its glamorous Grandes Routières of pre-war days such as the Phantom II Continental, Rolls-Royce's final coachbuilt models - entrusted to the company's in-house coachbuilder H J Mulliner, Park Ward - were limited to just two: a two-door coupé or similar convertible, the former arriving in March 1966 and the latter in September the following year. The cars were hand built in the best traditions of British coachbuilding using only materials of the finest quality, including Wilton carpeting, Connolly hide, and burr walnut veneers, a necessarily lengthy process that took all of 20 weeks for the saloon and slightly longer for the more complex convertible. This painstaking attention to detail resulted in a price some 50% higher than the standard Silver Shadow's. Nevertheless, demand for these more glamorous alternatives to the much more numerous Silver Shadow was strong right from the start, a state of affairs that resulted in them being given their own model name - 'Corniche' - in March 1971.
This Silver Shadow Convertible was owned by Ali for some six years, passing to a second owner in the USA in 1976. The car has since found its way to Europe before being purchased by the current owner, an enthusiast in Holland. The car has never been completely restored; even the rare optional headrests (as can be seen on the archive photo) are still in place and it still retains most of the original interior, but the latter has had a colour change. The current owner has tried to keep the car original, especially the interior, while making substantial improvements.
Accompanying documentation includes copies of the original Car Specification sheet and Warranty Acknowledgement; a copy of Clay's Temporary Drivers License; Netherlands registration papers; a photo book and a copy of the photograph taken of Muhammad Ali and his close friend Diana Ross with the Rolls-Royce outside Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas before Ali's fight with Joe Bugner in February 1973.
Described by the vendor as in very good condition mechanically, this rare and exclusive Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Convertible represents a possibly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own not only an impressive motor car but a piece of history originally belonging to one of the world's greatest ever sportsmen.
Coachwork by H.J. Mulliner - Park Ward
ex-Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
Bonhams : the Zoute Sale
Estimated : € 40.000 - 60.000
Sold for € 132.250
Zoute Grand Prix 2018
Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2018
Offered here is a significant piece of sporting and motoring history in the form of a 1970 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Convertible, originally owned by boxing legend, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali). Voted 'Sportsman of the Century', Ali is the only three-time lineal Heavyweight Champion and has been ranked the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
This sporting hero was still known as Cassius Clay when he bought the Rolls-Royce new in New Jersey in December 1970, possibly in celebration of having regained his boxing license, which had been taken away when he refused to be drafted into the United States military during the Vietnam War, citing religious principles. As punishment, he was stripped of both his boxing license and passport for nearly five years.
In August 1970, the City of Atlanta granted Ali a license and in 1974 he took part in arguably the most famous boxing match of all time, 'The Rumble in the Jungle' in which he knocked out the hitherto undefeated World Heavyweight Champion George Foreman just before the end of the eighth round. Ali's fights regularly drew record audiences, including 1 billion television viewers for 'The 'Rumble in the Jungle' and 'Thrilla in Manila', and 2 billion for 'Spinks vs Ali' in 1978.
Ali was a known Rolls-Royce enthusiast - he owned many during his life - and the prospect of owning its most expensive top-of-the-range model - the Silver Shadow Convertible - must have been irresistible. With the Silver Shadow's introduction, Rolls-Royce switched to unitary construction for the chassis/body, which meant that by the mid-1960s the market for traditional coachbuilt automobiles had been severely curtailed. Of the many hundreds of firms trading pre-war, just two - James Young and the now combined firm of H J Mulliner, Park Ward Ltd - were left to meet the demand for a coachbuilt Rolls-Royce or Bentley, though these might be more accurately termed conversions rather than 100 percent bespoke creations.
Recalling its glamorous Grandes Routières of pre-war days such as the Phantom II Continental, Rolls-Royce's final coachbuilt models - entrusted to the company's in-house coachbuilder H J Mulliner, Park Ward - were limited to just two: a two-door coupé or similar convertible, the former arriving in March 1966 and the latter in September the following year. The cars were hand built in the best traditions of British coachbuilding using only materials of the finest quality, including Wilton carpeting, Connolly hide, and burr walnut veneers, a necessarily lengthy process that took all of 20 weeks for the saloon and slightly longer for the more complex convertible. This painstaking attention to detail resulted in a price some 50% higher than the standard Silver Shadow's. Nevertheless, demand for these more glamorous alternatives to the much more numerous Silver Shadow was strong right from the start, a state of affairs that resulted in them being given their own model name - 'Corniche' - in March 1971.
This Silver Shadow Convertible was owned by Ali for some six years, passing to a second owner in the USA in 1976. The car has since found its way to Europe before being purchased by the current owner, an enthusiast in Holland. The car has never been completely restored; even the rare optional headrests (as can be seen on the archive photo) are still in place and it still retains most of the original interior, but the latter has had a colour change. The current owner has tried to keep the car original, especially the interior, while making substantial improvements.
Accompanying documentation includes copies of the original Car Specification sheet and Warranty Acknowledgement; a copy of Clay's Temporary Drivers License; Netherlands registration papers; a photo book and a copy of the photograph taken of Muhammad Ali and his close friend Diana Ross with the Rolls-Royce outside Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas before Ali's fight with Joe Bugner in February 1973.
Described by the vendor as in very good condition mechanically, this rare and exclusive Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Convertible represents a possibly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own not only an impressive motor car but a piece of history originally belonging to one of the world's greatest ever sportsmen.
This mosque became a Court (mahkamah) from the 16th cent until the reign of Muhammad 'Ali (Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha) 1769-1849, Wāli of Egypt, Sudan, Sham (Greater Syria), Hejaz, Morea, Thasos, Crete (r.1805-1848).
Patron: al-Qadi (judge) Yahya (Yahya Zayn al-Din), an Armenian dawadar (major-domo) & Amir of Sultan Gàqmaq (al-Zaher Sayf al-Din Gàqmaq) 1373-1453, Burji (Circassian) Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (r.1438-1440).
Islamic Monument #344
Coachwork by H.J. Mulliner - Park Ward
ex-Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
Bonhams : the Zoute Sale
Estimated : € 40.000 - 60.000
Sold for € 132.250
Zoute Grand Prix 2018
Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2018
Offered here is a significant piece of sporting and motoring history in the form of a 1970 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Convertible, originally owned by boxing legend, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali). Voted 'Sportsman of the Century', Ali is the only three-time lineal Heavyweight Champion and has been ranked the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
This sporting hero was still known as Cassius Clay when he bought the Rolls-Royce new in New Jersey in December 1970, possibly in celebration of having regained his boxing license, which had been taken away when he refused to be drafted into the United States military during the Vietnam War, citing religious principles. As punishment, he was stripped of both his boxing license and passport for nearly five years.
In August 1970, the City of Atlanta granted Ali a license and in 1974 he took part in arguably the most famous boxing match of all time, 'The Rumble in the Jungle' in which he knocked out the hitherto undefeated World Heavyweight Champion George Foreman just before the end of the eighth round. Ali's fights regularly drew record audiences, including 1 billion television viewers for 'The 'Rumble in the Jungle' and 'Thrilla in Manila', and 2 billion for 'Spinks vs Ali' in 1978.
Ali was a known Rolls-Royce enthusiast - he owned many during his life - and the prospect of owning its most expensive top-of-the-range model - the Silver Shadow Convertible - must have been irresistible. With the Silver Shadow's introduction, Rolls-Royce switched to unitary construction for the chassis/body, which meant that by the mid-1960s the market for traditional coachbuilt automobiles had been severely curtailed. Of the many hundreds of firms trading pre-war, just two - James Young and the now combined firm of H J Mulliner, Park Ward Ltd - were left to meet the demand for a coachbuilt Rolls-Royce or Bentley, though these might be more accurately termed conversions rather than 100 percent bespoke creations.
Recalling its glamorous Grandes Routières of pre-war days such as the Phantom II Continental, Rolls-Royce's final coachbuilt models - entrusted to the company's in-house coachbuilder H J Mulliner, Park Ward - were limited to just two: a two-door coupé or similar convertible, the former arriving in March 1966 and the latter in September the following year. The cars were hand built in the best traditions of British coachbuilding using only materials of the finest quality, including Wilton carpeting, Connolly hide, and burr walnut veneers, a necessarily lengthy process that took all of 20 weeks for the saloon and slightly longer for the more complex convertible. This painstaking attention to detail resulted in a price some 50% higher than the standard Silver Shadow's. Nevertheless, demand for these more glamorous alternatives to the much more numerous Silver Shadow was strong right from the start, a state of affairs that resulted in them being given their own model name - 'Corniche' - in March 1971.
This Silver Shadow Convertible was owned by Ali for some six years, passing to a second owner in the USA in 1976. The car has since found its way to Europe before being purchased by the current owner, an enthusiast in Holland. The car has never been completely restored; even the rare optional headrests (as can be seen on the archive photo) are still in place and it still retains most of the original interior, but the latter has had a colour change. The current owner has tried to keep the car original, especially the interior, while making substantial improvements.
Accompanying documentation includes copies of the original Car Specification sheet and Warranty Acknowledgement; a copy of Clay's Temporary Drivers License; Netherlands registration papers; a photo book and a copy of the photograph taken of Muhammad Ali and his close friend Diana Ross with the Rolls-Royce outside Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas before Ali's fight with Joe Bugner in February 1973.
Described by the vendor as in very good condition mechanically, this rare and exclusive Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Convertible represents a possibly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own not only an impressive motor car but a piece of history originally belonging to one of the world's greatest ever sportsmen.
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Patron: Muhammad 'Ali (Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha) 1769-1849, Wāli of Egypt, Sudan, Sham (Greater Syria), Hejaz, Morea, Thasos, & Crete (r.1805-1848).
Islamic Monumant #612
Now, Cairo Citadel Museums Administration.
The mosque was commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha between 1830 and 1848 and is situated on the summit of the Citadel. This Ottoman mosque, the largest to be built in the first half of the 19th century, is, with its animated silhouette and twin minarets, the most visible mosque in Cairo. The mosque was built in memory of Tusun Pasha, Muhammad Ali's oldest son, who died in 1816.
The mosque was built on the site of old Mamluk buildings in Cairo's Citadel between 1830 and 1848, although not completed until the reign of Said Pasha in 1857. The architect was Yusuf Bushnak from Istanbul and its model was the Yeni Mosque
It is built on the site of Mamluk palaces destroyed at the behest of the patron, an act reminiscent of that of Saladin who wiped out all traces of Fatimid power by dismantling their palaces, and it also superseded the adjacent Mosque of al-Nasir Muhammad as the new state mosque. This first independent ruler of Egypt chose to build his state mosque entirely in the architectural style of his former overlords, the Ottomans, unlike the Mamluks who, despite their political submission to the Ottomans, tenaciously stuck to the architectural styles of the two Mamluk dynasties. But then, as an Ottoman governor of Albanian origin, his primary identification was with the Ottomans rather than his local subjects and he even had designs on the Sultanate for a time.
This mosque, with its general scheme consisting of a square sanctuary covered by a central dome flanked by four half-domes, is a conscious revival of Ottoman imperial style. The style, however, was not the only imperial aspect that the architect strived to emulate. The monumental scale of the sanctuary rivals that of Sultan Ahmet (1609-17); the adjoining courtyard surrounded by the typical domed porticoes is of a larger area than that of the Süleymaniye (1550-57); the slightly pointed dome, although of a diameter smaller than its Ottoman counterparts, has a profile equal in height to that of the Süleymaniye and higher than that of the Selimiye (1569-74); the height of the minarets is unrivaled by any of their Ottoman counterparts.
The mosque's decoration styles shows strong influence from the European and Ottoman renaissance, characteristic of Ottoman architecture in Istanbul from this period. The clock tower and abolition fountain are examples of this influence as are the alabaster panels, the interior design and the inside decoration of the dome.
More info available on <a href="http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=2080"ArchNet
Muhammad Ali ( born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. He is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century. From early in his career, Ali was known as an inspiring, controversial, and polarizing figure both inside and outside the ring.
Cassius Clay was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and began training as an amateur boxer when he was 12 years old. At age 18, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and turned professional later that year. At age 22 in 1964, he won the WBA, WBC, and lineal heavyweight titles from Sonny Liston in a major upset. Clay then converted to Islam and changed his name from Cassius Clay, which he called his "slave name", to Muhammad Ali. He set an example of racial pride for African Americans and resistance to white domination during the Civil Rights Movement.
Photo GettyImages by Stanley Weston '62
Artwork by TudioJepegii
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali meeting fans at a book signing at Waterstones in the Galleries, Bristol. Taken November 1993.
“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality. If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years.”
― Muhammad Ali, circa 1969
Patron, begun 1848: Muhammad 'Ali (Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha) 1769-1849, Wāli of Egypt, Sudan, Sham (Greater Syria), Hejaz, Morea, Thasos, Crete (r.1805-1848).
Patron, completed 1857: Sa‘id (Mohamed Sa'id Pasha) 1822-1863, 4th son of Muhammad 'Ali, Wāli of Egypt & Sudan (r.1854-1863).
Architect: Yusuf Bushnak, an otherwise unknown Greek architect from Istanbul, who is thought to have modelled it on the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed (Blue Mosque) in Istanbul.
Patron minbar: Farouk I, (Farouk bin Ahmed Fuad bin Ismail bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad Ali bin Ibrahim Agha), 1920-1965, son of Fuad I, King of Egypt & Sudan (r.1936-1952).
Islamic Monument #503
Private collection sale € 69,90
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Sabena
Book
Sabena. De pioniersjaren - Les années pionnières
Auteur: Annelies Verbeke
Soort: Met illustraties
Taal: Nederlands - Frans
Vertaald door: Marie-Francoise Dispa
Pagina's: 320
Illustraties: 410
Afmetingen: 50x310x250 mm
Gewicht: 2,13 kg
Druk: 1
ISBN10: 9055448699
ISBN13: 9789055448692
Published in 2011 in Antwerpen by Ludion
Drukkerij: Die Keure in Brugge
Foto's uit het archief van de voormalige nationale luchtvaartmaatschappij
Sabena, de Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploration de la Navigation Aérienne, wordt opgericht op 23 mei 1923, midden in de roaring twenties.
De luchtvaart staat nog in haar kinderschoenen.
Vluchten naar buurlanden verlopen met meerdere tussenstops.
Slechts 2 jaar later vliegt Sabena, naast tal van andere locaties, reeds naar Congo, waar het vliegtuig hét middel blijkt om de lange afstanden in de toenmalige kolonie te overbruggen.
Het helpt de Belgische staat ook om het immense land beter te besturen.
Maar uiteraard ging dat gepaard met het nodige gevaar, de infrastructuur en techniek van toen waren nog niet die van nu, en dat hield risico's in voor langeafstandsvluchten.
Sommige vluchten gingen noodgedwongen ook boven het dichte oerwoud, wat uiteraard voor nodige adrenaline zorgde.
Op zeven november 2011 zal het een decennium geleden zijn dat een enorme kring Sabeniens zich op de luchthaven van Zaventem rond de laatste Sabenavlucht sloot. Ik bekijk het gebeuren in de vorm van amateurfilmpjes op YouTube en kan zelf de ogen nauwelijks droog houden. De werknemers lachen en hullen tegelijk, scanderen Sa-be-na en vallen elkaar in de armen. De intensiteit van hun afscheid overstijgt de boosheid om de sluiting van de luchtvaartmaatschappij en de angst over de toekomst van hun persoonlijke carrières. Met oprecht verdriet begraven deze mensen een groot stuk Belgische geschiedenis, een gedeelde manier van leven die hen naar eigen zeggen vleugels gaf, een bedrijf waarmee ze zich in die mate identificeerden dat ze zich geen gewone werknemers voelden maar Sabeniens.
Le sept novembre 2011, il y aura dix ans que les Sabeniens ont formé, à l'aéroport de Zaventem, un énorme cercle autour du dernier vol de la Sabena. Je découvre l'événement sur YouTube, sous la forme de films d'amateurs, et j'ai moi-même du mal à retenir mes larmes. Les travailleurs rient et pleurent à la fols, scandent Sa-be-na et se tombent mutuellement dans les bras. L'intensité de leur adieu l'emporte sur la colère suscitée en eux par la fermeture de leur compagnie aérienne et sur leur anxiété quant à l'avenir de leurs carrières personnelles. C'est avec un profond chagrin qu'ils enterrent une grande partie de l'histoire de Belgique, un mode de vie commun qui leur a, de leur propre aveu, donné des ailes, une entreprise à laquelle ils se sont tellement identifiés qu'ils ne se considéraient pas comme de simples travailleurs, mais comme des Sabeniens.
Condition: Brand new in blister
Dimensions (cm): 50 x 250 x 310
Weight (g): 2150
Edmond Thieffry
L. Roger
J. De Bruycker
Haren - Haeren (Evere)
Savoia-Marchetti S.83
Kongostroom - Fleuve Congo
Levy Lepen HB-2
Vliegveld - Aérodrome
Melsbroek
Transportdienst - Service de transport
DC-3
DC-4
DC-6
Promotie - Publicités
PassagiershaI - Hall des voyageurs
Generaal - Général De Gaulle
Freetown
Meting windrichting - Étude de la direction des vents
G. Pottier
Elisabethstad - Elisabethville
Congo
Convair 240
Stewardess - Hôtesse
Piloot - Pilote
Leopoldstad - Léopoldville
Administratie - Administration
Kantoor - Bureaux
Caïro - Caire
Harlem Globetrotters
Wright Cyclone-SM-83
Instructeur
Geïmproviseerd slaapwiegje - Berceau de fortune
Eddy Merckx
Een dag van een piloot - La journée d'un pilote
Dizzy Gillespie
Ella Fitzgerald
Lou Levy
Roy Eldridge
Sophia Loren
William Holden
Orson Welles
Cassius Clay
Muhammad Ali
Italiaanse mijnwerkers - Des mineurs italiens
Mariabeeld - Statue de la Vierge
Vertrek - Départ
Aankomst - Arrivée
Tanganykameer - Le lac Tanganyika
Wagenia
Monseigneur Van Roey
Sabenapersoneel Congo - Personnel Sabena au Congo
Libengué
Albert I - Albert Ier
Bevoorradingspost in Afrika - Ravitaillement en Afrique
Traject - Réseau
Kivumeer - Le lac Kivu
Kalina
Bidon Cinq
El Alouef
Toerisme - Tourisme
Wageniasvissers - Pêcheurs Wagénias
Stanleystad - Stanleyville
Usumbura
Sahara
Sabenabuschauffeurs - Chauffeurs de bus
Matadi
Louis Armstrong
Maria Callas
Marlene - Marlène Dietrich
London
Piccadilly
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Innovation Brussel - Bruxelles
Sabenagebouw - Bàtiment de la Sabena
5th Avenue, New York
Christiansand
Audrey Hepburn
Danny Kaye
Prinses - Princesse
Paola
Joséphine-Charlotte
Rome
Joan Crawford
Praag - Prague
Albert
Medische dienst - Service médical
Roy Orbison
Gaston Roelants
Paul Van Himst
Napels - Naples
Georgette - René Magritte
The Rolling Stones
Koning Boudewijn - Le roi Baudouin
Koningin Fabiola - La reine Fabiola
Grand Bazar
Decoratieatelier - Atelier de décoration
Promotiedecor - Décor de publicité
Koning Albert I - Le roi Albert Ier
Leopold - Léopold III
Astrid
Marie-Christine
Lilian
Albert
Elisabeth
Alexander - Alexandre
Lockheed Lodstar
Technische dienst - Service technique
Marianne Faithfull
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemon
Jacques Brel
Dizzy Gillespie
Ella Fitzgerald
Jane Mansfield
Marc Vanspringel
Roger Moens
Louis Neefs
Joséphine Baker
Duke Ellington
Sonny & Cher
Billboard
Expo '58
Sabenapaviljoen - Pavillon de la Sabena
Atomium
This photograph is from Thomas Gerald George Fahey's World War One photograph album in the Robinson Family Collection. Our thanks to Mr Tom Robinson for allowing us to scan and upload this photograph.
If you wish to use it for anything other than private study or research, please contact us.
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Al-Rifa‘i (Ahmad ibn ʽAli al-Rifaʽi) 1119-1183, was an Iraqi Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. Although this mosque is named after him, the shrine contains the burials of his grandson, 'Ali Abu Shibbak al-Rifai and another Sufi mystic, 'Abd Allah al-Ansari.
The Mosque of al-Rifa'i replaced a zawiya (shrine) of the sufi saint, al-Rifa'i. It is also the royal mausoleum of Muhammad 'Ali's family, in addition to Hosh al-Basha (the Courtyard of the Pasha), in the Southern Cemetery.
Patron: commissioned by Hoshiyar Qadin (Hoşyar Kadın) ?-1885, consort to Ibrahim Pasha & Walida Pasha to their son, Isma'il Pasha.
Original architect: Hussein Pasha Fahmi (a distant cousin of Muhammad 'Ali), Minister of Awqaf, who died in 1880 when work stopped.
Construction Supervisor: Khalil Agha chief eunuch & director of estates for Isma'il Pasha.
Completed: work resumed in 1905 when the Khedive, Abbas II, ordered its completion. Work was supervised by architect Max Herz (Herz Miksa, Hungarian) 1856-1919, head of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe.
Islamic Monument #U103
Private collection sale € 69,90
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Sabena
Book
Sabena. De pioniersjaren - Les années pionnières
Auteur: Annelies Verbeke
Soort: Met illustraties
Taal: Nederlands - Frans
Vertaald door: Marie-Francoise Dispa
Pagina's: 320
Illustraties: 410
Afmetingen: 50x310x250 mm
Gewicht: 2,13 kg
Druk: 1
ISBN10: 9055448699
ISBN13: 9789055448692
Published in 2011 in Antwerpen by Ludion
Drukkerij: Die Keure in Brugge
Foto's uit het archief van de voormalige nationale luchtvaartmaatschappij
Sabena, de Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploration de la Navigation Aérienne, wordt opgericht op 23 mei 1923, midden in de roaring twenties.
De luchtvaart staat nog in haar kinderschoenen.
Vluchten naar buurlanden verlopen met meerdere tussenstops.
Slechts 2 jaar later vliegt Sabena, naast tal van andere locaties, reeds naar Congo, waar het vliegtuig hét middel blijkt om de lange afstanden in de toenmalige kolonie te overbruggen.
Het helpt de Belgische staat ook om het immense land beter te besturen.
Maar uiteraard ging dat gepaard met het nodige gevaar, de infrastructuur en techniek van toen waren nog niet die van nu, en dat hield risico's in voor langeafstandsvluchten.
Sommige vluchten gingen noodgedwongen ook boven het dichte oerwoud, wat uiteraard voor nodige adrenaline zorgde.
Op zeven november 2011 zal het een decennium geleden zijn dat een enorme kring Sabeniens zich op de luchthaven van Zaventem rond de laatste Sabenavlucht sloot. Ik bekijk het gebeuren in de vorm van amateurfilmpjes op YouTube en kan zelf de ogen nauwelijks droog houden. De werknemers lachen en hullen tegelijk, scanderen Sa-be-na en vallen elkaar in de armen. De intensiteit van hun afscheid overstijgt de boosheid om de sluiting van de luchtvaartmaatschappij en de angst over de toekomst van hun persoonlijke carrières. Met oprecht verdriet begraven deze mensen een groot stuk Belgische geschiedenis, een gedeelde manier van leven die hen naar eigen zeggen vleugels gaf, een bedrijf waarmee ze zich in die mate identificeerden dat ze zich geen gewone werknemers voelden maar Sabeniens.
Le sept novembre 2011, il y aura dix ans que les Sabeniens ont formé, à l'aéroport de Zaventem, un énorme cercle autour du dernier vol de la Sabena. Je découvre l'événement sur YouTube, sous la forme de films d'amateurs, et j'ai moi-même du mal à retenir mes larmes. Les travailleurs rient et pleurent à la fols, scandent Sa-be-na et se tombent mutuellement dans les bras. L'intensité de leur adieu l'emporte sur la colère suscitée en eux par la fermeture de leur compagnie aérienne et sur leur anxiété quant à l'avenir de leurs carrières personnelles. C'est avec un profond chagrin qu'ils enterrent une grande partie de l'histoire de Belgique, un mode de vie commun qui leur a, de leur propre aveu, donné des ailes, une entreprise à laquelle ils se sont tellement identifiés qu'ils ne se considéraient pas comme de simples travailleurs, mais comme des Sabeniens.
Condition: Brand new in blister
Dimensions (cm): 50 x 250 x 310
Weight (g): 2150
Edmond Thieffry
L. Roger
J. De Bruycker
Haren - Haeren (Evere)
Savoia-Marchetti S.83
Kongostroom - Fleuve Congo
Levy Lepen HB-2
Vliegveld - Aérodrome
Melsbroek
Transportdienst - Service de transport
DC-3
DC-4
DC-6
Promotie - Publicités
PassagiershaI - Hall des voyageurs
Generaal - Général De Gaulle
Freetown
Meting windrichting - Étude de la direction des vents
G. Pottier
Elisabethstad - Elisabethville
Congo
Convair 240
Stewardess - Hôtesse
Piloot - Pilote
Leopoldstad - Léopoldville
Administratie - Administration
Kantoor - Bureaux
Caïro - Caire
Harlem Globetrotters
Wright Cyclone-SM-83
Instructeur
Geïmproviseerd slaapwiegje - Berceau de fortune
Eddy Merckx
Een dag van een piloot - La journée d'un pilote
Dizzy Gillespie
Ella Fitzgerald
Lou Levy
Roy Eldridge
Sophia Loren
William Holden
Orson Welles
Cassius Clay
Muhammad Ali
Italiaanse mijnwerkers - Des mineurs italiens
Mariabeeld - Statue de la Vierge
Vertrek - Départ
Aankomst - Arrivée
Tanganykameer - Le lac Tanganyika
Wagenia
Monseigneur Van Roey
Sabenapersoneel Congo - Personnel Sabena au Congo
Libengué
Albert I - Albert Ier
Bevoorradingspost in Afrika - Ravitaillement en Afrique
Traject - Réseau
Kivumeer - Le lac Kivu
Kalina
Bidon Cinq
El Alouef
Toerisme - Tourisme
Wageniasvissers - Pêcheurs Wagénias
Stanleystad - Stanleyville
Usumbura
Sahara
Sabenabuschauffeurs - Chauffeurs de bus
Matadi
Louis Armstrong
Maria Callas
Marlene - Marlène Dietrich
London
Piccadilly
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Innovation Brussel - Bruxelles
Sabenagebouw - Bàtiment de la Sabena
5th Avenue, New York
Christiansand
Audrey Hepburn
Danny Kaye
Prinses - Princesse
Paola
Joséphine-Charlotte
Rome
Joan Crawford
Praag - Prague
Albert
Medische dienst - Service médical
Roy Orbison
Gaston Roelants
Paul Van Himst
Napels - Naples
Georgette - René Magritte
The Rolling Stones
Koning Boudewijn - Le roi Baudouin
Koningin Fabiola - La reine Fabiola
Grand Bazar
Decoratieatelier - Atelier de décoration
Promotiedecor - Décor de publicité
Koning Albert I - Le roi Albert Ier
Leopold - Léopold III
Astrid
Marie-Christine
Lilian
Albert
Elisabeth
Alexander - Alexandre
Lockheed Lodstar
Technische dienst - Service technique
Marianne Faithfull
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemon
Jacques Brel
Dizzy Gillespie
Ella Fitzgerald
Jane Mansfield
Marc Vanspringel
Roger Moens
Louis Neefs
Joséphine Baker
Duke Ellington
Sonny & Cher
Billboard
Expo '58
Sabenapaviljoen - Pavillon de la Sabena
Atomium
Al-Rifa‘i (Ahmad ibn ʽAli al-Rifaʽi) 1119-1183, was an Iraqi Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. Although this mosque is named after him, the shrine contains the burials of his grandson, 'Ali Abu Shibbak al-Rifai and another Sufi mystic, 'Abd Allah al-Ansari.
The Mosque of al-Rifa'i replaced a zawiya (shrine) of the sufi saint, al-Rifa'i. It is also the royal mausoleum of Muhammad 'Ali's family, in addition to Hosh al-Basha (the Courtyard of the Pasha), in the Southern Cemetery.
Patron: commissioned by Hoshiyar Qadin (Hoşyar Kadın) ?-1885, consort to Ibrahim Pasha & Walida Pasha to their son, Isma'il Pasha.
Original architect: Hussein Pasha Fahmi (a distant cousin of Muhammad 'Ali), Minister of Awqaf, who died in 1880 when work stopped.
Construction Supervisor: Khalil Agha chief eunuch & director of estates for Isma'il Pasha.
Completed: work resumed in 1905 when the Khedive, Abbas II, ordered its completion. Work was supervised by architect Max Herz (Herz Miksa, Hungarian) 1856-1919, head of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe.
Islamic Monument #U103
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Private collection sale € 69,90
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Sabena
Book
Sabena. De pioniersjaren - Les années pionnières
Auteur: Annelies Verbeke
Soort: Met illustraties
Taal: Nederlands - Frans
Vertaald door: Marie-Francoise Dispa
Pagina's: 320
Illustraties: 410
Afmetingen: 50x310x250 mm
Gewicht: 2,13 kg
Druk: 1
ISBN10: 9055448699
ISBN13: 9789055448692
Published in 2011 in Antwerpen by Ludion
Drukkerij: Die Keure in Brugge
Foto's uit het archief van de voormalige nationale luchtvaartmaatschappij
Sabena, de Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploration de la Navigation Aérienne, wordt opgericht op 23 mei 1923, midden in de roaring twenties.
De luchtvaart staat nog in haar kinderschoenen.
Vluchten naar buurlanden verlopen met meerdere tussenstops.
Slechts 2 jaar later vliegt Sabena, naast tal van andere locaties, reeds naar Congo, waar het vliegtuig hét middel blijkt om de lange afstanden in de toenmalige kolonie te overbruggen.
Het helpt de Belgische staat ook om het immense land beter te besturen.
Maar uiteraard ging dat gepaard met het nodige gevaar, de infrastructuur en techniek van toen waren nog niet die van nu, en dat hield risico's in voor langeafstandsvluchten.
Sommige vluchten gingen noodgedwongen ook boven het dichte oerwoud, wat uiteraard voor nodige adrenaline zorgde.
Op zeven november 2011 zal het een decennium geleden zijn dat een enorme kring Sabeniens zich op de luchthaven van Zaventem rond de laatste Sabenavlucht sloot. Ik bekijk het gebeuren in de vorm van amateurfilmpjes op YouTube en kan zelf de ogen nauwelijks droog houden. De werknemers lachen en hullen tegelijk, scanderen Sa-be-na en vallen elkaar in de armen. De intensiteit van hun afscheid overstijgt de boosheid om de sluiting van de luchtvaartmaatschappij en de angst over de toekomst van hun persoonlijke carrières. Met oprecht verdriet begraven deze mensen een groot stuk Belgische geschiedenis, een gedeelde manier van leven die hen naar eigen zeggen vleugels gaf, een bedrijf waarmee ze zich in die mate identificeerden dat ze zich geen gewone werknemers voelden maar Sabeniens.
Le sept novembre 2011, il y aura dix ans que les Sabeniens ont formé, à l'aéroport de Zaventem, un énorme cercle autour du dernier vol de la Sabena. Je découvre l'événement sur YouTube, sous la forme de films d'amateurs, et j'ai moi-même du mal à retenir mes larmes. Les travailleurs rient et pleurent à la fols, scandent Sa-be-na et se tombent mutuellement dans les bras. L'intensité de leur adieu l'emporte sur la colère suscitée en eux par la fermeture de leur compagnie aérienne et sur leur anxiété quant à l'avenir de leurs carrières personnelles. C'est avec un profond chagrin qu'ils enterrent une grande partie de l'histoire de Belgique, un mode de vie commun qui leur a, de leur propre aveu, donné des ailes, une entreprise à laquelle ils se sont tellement identifiés qu'ils ne se considéraient pas comme de simples travailleurs, mais comme des Sabeniens.
Condition: Brand new in blister
Dimensions (cm): 50 x 250 x 310
Weight (g): 2150
Edmond Thieffry
L. Roger
J. De Bruycker
Haren - Haeren (Evere)
Savoia-Marchetti S.83
Kongostroom - Fleuve Congo
Levy Lepen HB-2
Vliegveld - Aérodrome
Melsbroek
Transportdienst - Service de transport
DC-3
DC-4
DC-6
Promotie - Publicités
PassagiershaI - Hall des voyageurs
Generaal - Général De Gaulle
Freetown
Meting windrichting - Étude de la direction des vents
G. Pottier
Elisabethstad - Elisabethville
Congo
Convair 240
Stewardess - Hôtesse
Piloot - Pilote
Leopoldstad - Léopoldville
Administratie - Administration
Kantoor - Bureaux
Caïro - Caire
Harlem Globetrotters
Wright Cyclone-SM-83
Instructeur
Geïmproviseerd slaapwiegje - Berceau de fortune
Eddy Merckx
Een dag van een piloot - La journée d'un pilote
Dizzy Gillespie
Ella Fitzgerald
Lou Levy
Roy Eldridge
Sophia Loren
William Holden
Orson Welles
Cassius Clay
Muhammad Ali
Italiaanse mijnwerkers - Des mineurs italiens
Mariabeeld - Statue de la Vierge
Vertrek - Départ
Aankomst - Arrivée
Tanganykameer - Le lac Tanganyika
Wagenia
Monseigneur Van Roey
Sabenapersoneel Congo - Personnel Sabena au Congo
Libengué
Albert I - Albert Ier
Bevoorradingspost in Afrika - Ravitaillement en Afrique
Traject - Réseau
Kivumeer - Le lac Kivu
Kalina
Bidon Cinq
El Alouef
Toerisme - Tourisme
Wageniasvissers - Pêcheurs Wagénias
Stanleystad - Stanleyville
Usumbura
Sahara
Sabenabuschauffeurs - Chauffeurs de bus
Matadi
Louis Armstrong
Maria Callas
Marlene - Marlène Dietrich
London
Piccadilly
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Innovation Brussel - Bruxelles
Sabenagebouw - Bàtiment de la Sabena
5th Avenue, New York
Christiansand
Audrey Hepburn
Danny Kaye
Prinses - Princesse
Paola
Joséphine-Charlotte
Rome
Joan Crawford
Praag - Prague
Albert
Medische dienst - Service médical
Roy Orbison
Gaston Roelants
Paul Van Himst
Napels - Naples
Georgette - René Magritte
The Rolling Stones
Koning Boudewijn - Le roi Baudouin
Koningin Fabiola - La reine Fabiola
Grand Bazar
Decoratieatelier - Atelier de décoration
Promotiedecor - Décor de publicité
Koning Albert I - Le roi Albert Ier
Leopold - Léopold III
Astrid
Marie-Christine
Lilian
Albert
Elisabeth
Alexander - Alexandre
Lockheed Lodstar
Technische dienst - Service technique
Marianne Faithfull
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemon
Jacques Brel
Dizzy Gillespie
Ella Fitzgerald
Jane Mansfield
Marc Vanspringel
Roger Moens
Louis Neefs
Joséphine Baker
Duke Ellington
Sonny & Cher
Billboard
Expo '58
Sabenapaviljoen - Pavillon de la Sabena
Atomium
“Fighter’s Heaven”, Muhammad Ali’s Training Camp in Deer Lake, Pennsylvania, was the training facility built by Muhammad Ali, where he trained for some of his biggest fights. It is now open to the public, free of charge, to tour.
This wall painting at Rite-Way Bar-B-Cue was created by Cassius Clay Sr., the father of Muhammad Ali.
Al-Rifa‘i (Ahmad ibn ʽAli al-Rifaʽi) 1119-1183, was an Iraqi Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. Although this mosque is named after him, the shrine contains the burials of his grandson, 'Ali Abu Shibbak al-Rifai and another Sufi mystic, 'Abd Allah al-Ansari.
The Mosque of al-Rifa'i replaced a zawiya (shrine) of the sufi saint, al-Rifa'i. It is also the royal mausoleum of Muhammad 'Ali's family, in addition to Hosh al-Basha (the Courtyard of the Pasha), in the Southern Cemetery.
Patron: commissioned by Hoshiyar Qadin (Hoşyar Kadın) ?-1885, consort to Ibrahim Pasha & Walida Pasha to their son, Isma'il Pasha.
Original architect: Hussein Pasha Fahmi (a distant cousin of Muhammad 'Ali), Minister of Awqaf, who died in 1880 when work stopped.
Construction Supervisor: Khalil Agha chief eunuch & director of estates for Isma'il Pasha.
Completed: work resumed in 1905 when the Khedive, Abbas II, ordered its completion. Work was supervised by architect Max Herz (Herz Miksa, Hungarian) 1856-1919, head of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe.
Islamic Monument #U103
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Al-Rifa‘i (Ahmad ibn ʽAli al-Rifaʽi) 1119-1183, was an Iraqi Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. Although this mosque is named after him, the shrine contains the burials of his grandson, 'Ali Abu Shibbak al-Rifai and another Sufi mystic, 'Abd Allah al-Ansari.
The Mosque of al-Rifa'i replaced a zawiya (shrine) of the sufi saint, al-Rifa'i. It is also the royal mausoleum of Muhammad 'Ali's family, in addition to Hosh al-Basha (the Courtyard of the Pasha), in the Southern Cemetery.
Patron: commissioned by Hoshiyar Qadin (Hoşyar Kadın) ?-1885, consort to Ibrahim Pasha & Walida Pasha to their son, Isma'il Pasha.
Original architect: Hussein Pasha Fahmi (a distant cousin of Muhammad 'Ali), Minister of Awqaf, who died in 1880 when work stopped.
Construction Supervisor: Khalil Agha chief eunuch & director of estates for Isma'il Pasha.
Completed: work resumed in 1905 when the Khedive, Abbas II, ordered its completion. Work was supervised by architect Max Herz (Herz Miksa, Hungarian) 1856-1919, head of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe.
Islamic Monument #U103
Al-Rifa‘i (Ahmad ibn ʽAli al-Rifaʽi) 1119-1183, was an Iraqi Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. Although this mosque is named after him, the shrine contains the burials of his grandson, 'Ali Abu Shibbak al-Rifai and another Sufi mystic, 'Abd Allah al-Ansari.
The Mosque of al-Rifa'i replaced a zawiya (shrine) of the sufi saint, al-Rifa'i. It is also the royal mausoleum of Muhammad 'Ali's family, in addition to Hosh al-Basha (the Courtyard of the Pasha), in the Southern Cemetery.
Patron: commissioned by Hoshiyar Qadin (Hoşyar Kadın) ?-1885, consort to Ibrahim Pasha & Walida Pasha to their son, Isma'il Pasha.
Original architect: Hussein Pasha Fahmi (a distant cousin of Muhammad 'Ali), Minister of Awqaf, who died in 1880 when work stopped.
Construction Supervisor: Khalil Agha chief eunuch & director of estates for Isma'il Pasha.
Completed: work resumed in 1905 when the Khedive, Abbas II, ordered its completion. Work was supervised by architect Max Herz (Herz Miksa, Hungarian) 1856-1919, head of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe.
Islamic Monument #U103
Al-Rifa‘i (Ahmad ibn ʽAli al-Rifaʽi) 1119-1183, was an Iraqi Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. Although this mosque is named after him, the shrine contains the burials of his grandson, 'Ali Abu Shibbak al-Rifai and another Sufi mystic, 'Abd Allah al-Ansari.
The Mosque of al-Rifa'i replaced a zawiya (shrine) of the sufi saint, al-Rifa'i. It is also the royal mausoleum of Muhammad 'Ali's family, in addition to Hosh al-Basha (the Courtyard of the Pasha), in the Southern Cemetery.
Patron: commissioned by Hoshiyar Qadin (Hoşyar Kadın) ?-1885, consort to Ibrahim Pasha & Walida Pasha to their son, Isma'il Pasha.
Original architect: Hussein Pasha Fahmi (a distant cousin of Muhammad 'Ali), Minister of Awqaf, who died in 1880 when work stopped.
Construction Supervisor: Khalil Agha chief eunuch & director of estates for Isma'il Pasha.
Completed: work resumed in 1905 when the Khedive, Abbas II, ordered its completion. Work was supervised by architect Max Herz (Herz Miksa, Hungarian) 1856-1919, head of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe.
Islamic Monument #U103
Format: Dokument (Avisutklipp) - Digital Collage
Dato / Date: 04 - 06 Februar 1978
Wikipedia: The Greatest (1977 film)
Wikipedia: Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)
Eier / Owner Institution: Trondheim byarkiv, The Municipal Archives of Trondheim
Arkivreferanse / Archive reference: Trondheim Kinematografer: Kritikker fra Osloaviser (1977 - 1978), l.nr. 90
Dagbladet 04.02.1978:
Storkjeftet - men karakterfast
Filmen om Mohammed Alis karrière
PALASSTEATRET: Den største (The Greatest). Am.
Regi: Tom Griess.
Utleie: ColumbiaWarner.
Spilletid: 1 time, 40 min.
- Hvorfor skal jeg sloss mot folk i Vietnam som aldri har gjort meg noe? Hvorfor skal jeg sloss for et land som stadig ydmyker meg og forulemper meg?
Det var bokser-championen Cassius Clay som sa dette i sin tid og som dermed pådrog seg straff og forbud mot boksing i tre år, inntil høyesterett frifant ham. Men alt før militærnektingen hadde boksemesteren vist han hadde sine meningers mot, og stadig stod det et kontroversielt vær omkring ham.
Han kastet sin Olympia-medalje fra 1960 i elven fordi han stadig opplever rase-ydmykelser, han bekjempet sine hvite managere som trodde de eide ham, og han endret navnet sitt til Mohammad Ali fordi han gikk over til islam.
Én ting var han fast bestemt på: Han skulle ikke dø fattig, som hans fargede forgjengere innen boksesporten. Og i dag er han vel god for 35-40 millioner dollar etter sine tungvektskamper.
Ganske interessant er denne filmen om den selvbevisste og stolte boksestjerne, der det ikke er spart på skytset mot den hvite mann. Filmen gir poengterte trekk fra hans karrière, og han avslører seg som en ganske habil aktør.
Man behøver altså ikke være redd for at dette er en film om den i og for seg avskyelige bokse-"sporten", den har mer biografisk tilsnitt og en klar tendens om enkeltmenneskets plikt overfor sin samvittighet. Men mot slutten får vi en kjapp kavalkade over noen av de mest kjente kampene i hans karrière, mot Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, George Foreman, ved opptak fra TV-overføringene. Filmen gir også interessante glimt fra den frekke måten Ali "markedsførte" seg selv på.
Med andre ord, man behøver ikke være det minste bokseengasjert for å finne gode trekk ved denne filmen.
Arvid Andersen
Verdens Gang 06.02.1978:
Berømt debutant på norske kinoer
[Terningkast: 6]
Palassteatret: "Den største" (The Greatest).
Regi: Tom Griess.
Med: Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine, Anazette Chase og Robert Duvall.
Amerikansk.
Muhammad Ali spiller på mange strenger. Han er verdens beste bokser gjennom alle tider - han er pratmaker, taler - for ikke å snakke om skrythals. Han er penest, størst, best, osv.
Om han har sagt at filmen om han selv også er best - vites ikke - men i så tilfelle var han heller ikke så veldig langt fra sannheten. I hvert fall ikke i denne genren - og da spesielt med tanke på de bokseinteresserte verden over.
La oss slå det fast med en gang - dette er ingen boksefilm. Klippene fra ringen kommer bare som periodiske, men meget gode innslag. Filmen er bygd opp omkring de vanskelighetene en sort idrettsmann møter, og livet utenfor ringen.
Kastet medaljen
Han vant OL-gull i Roma i 1960 - og trodde at han da var godtatt av de hvite. Det hele endte med at han kastet sin medalje - den var ikke verdt en rød øre i så fall. Fortsatt var han "nigger".
Boka som omhandler Alis liv ble en best-selger. Filmen handler - selvfølgelig - om mye av det samme som boka - og igjen spiller Muhammad Ali hovedrollen. Som beundrer av Ali og det han har stått for i ringen vil undertegnede anbefale et besøk. Den inneholder alt man vet om Ali. Han har ertet, moret og hisset opp en hel idrettsverden.
JEPE
Aftenposten 04.02.1978:
Ikke stort om "Den største"
Palassteatret: "Den største"
Nasjonalitet: Amerikansk
Manus: Ring Lardner jr.
Regi: Tom Gries
Med: Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine.
Spilletid: 1 t. 41 min.
Utleie: Col/War
Tidenes største skrythals, tungvektsbokseren Muhammad Ali, demonstrerte i sin selvbiografi "Den største" at han ikke bare har det i kjeften og hanskene, men også hodet. En livlig, tankevekkende og morsom bok var det.
Filmen er bare en blek skygge av boken, og den som tror at Alis meritter i ringen nå er å se på kino, tar feil. Kun korte glimt fra hans store kamper vises. Det øvrige er en overfladisk presentasjon av mesteren og hans liv fra han kom hjem med OL-gull til den siste kampen i Zaire, hvor han fikk George Foreman i gulvet efter 14 runder.
Når Ali spiller seg selv i tilbakeblikkene (den helt unge Ali spilles av Phillip McAllister) ser man at han pr. i dag er for fet til å kunne gjøre seg gjeldende som tidenes hurtigste tungvekter, og egentlig har han vel mer eller mindre lagt opp. At han fremdeles med ujevne mellomrom klasker en utfordrer i bakken, beviser bare hvor langt nede tungvektsboksing nå ligger rent sportslig. På mange måter har Alis karrière bidratt til å ødelegge mye av spenningen ved denne omdiskuterte disiplinen, noe mange antagelig er glade for.
Politisk fremstår Ali i filmen som en ufarlig skrulling, men vi som har lest boken vet bedre. For at han til syvende og sist var en farlig klovn for Systemet, hersker det liten tvil om. Selv om han sikkert er forhatt av mange, rasefrender iberegnet, vil navnet hans bli skrevet med gullskrift når de farvedes efterkrigshistorie i USA skal skrives. Han hadde selvtillit nok til 10 millioner amerikanske negre.
Knut Bjørnskau