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We’re Here: Boxing Memories
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I’m not a big boxing fan. Somehow I just cannot feel the joy while cheering on the participants to batter each other bloody. But, there is one boxing champion who was such an epic personality that I do carry memories of his time and consider him a hero. Clockwise, this collage of images is from the following sources:
Portrait of Muhammad Ali from 1967 By Ira Rosenberg [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg
Winner at 1960 Olympics By Polish Press Agency (PAP) ([1], #5/28) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Refusing the draft during the Vietnam War as a conscientious objector
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Receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom
By White House photo by Paul Morse [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Background – Receiving the Olympic Flag in 1996 in one of the most moving and memorable ceremonies ever
By Richj1209 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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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
"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
[M. Alì]
Bjo
When Muhammad Ali turns off the light switch, the room is dark. When Muhammad Ali turns on the light switch, the room is lit. Because the production of electricity is fueled by nuclear energy.
Uranium enrichment is good. It is a process utilized toward production of energy that fuels economic activity.
Wars do not start because of a technological capacity to reap destruction.
Wars do start for every reason you want.
I love uranium enrichment.
If you think it should be impossible for Iran to produce as much power as it likes, Philippe Douste-Blazy will gladly support you.
[Photo of billboard, subway NYC, 2004]
Muhammad Ali with a Monopoly board
Timeless Cool: Muhammad Ali, 1963
Photography by Steve Schapiro
Found on:
www.vintag.es/2015/01/20-black-and-white-candid-portraits...
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
Before he became known as Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight-boxing champ was named Cassius Clay. This copy of Referee Magazine features Clay and former heavyweight champ Sonny Liston getting ready to do battle a second time. The magazine is dated Nov. 21, 1964, nine months after Clay beat Liston the first time (February 25, 1964) and six months before the newly named Muhammad Ali beat Liston the second time (May 25, 1965). Clay signed this copy of the magazine as Muhammad Ali.
[Note: The rematch between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston was moved to Lewiston, Maine after a deal with the Boston Garden fell through. It was a short bout: Ali knocked out Liston in the first round on May 25, 1965.]
This wall painting at Rite-Way Bar-B-Cue was created by Cassius Clay Sr., the father of Muhammad Ali.
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
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
“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 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
415 West 13th Street, NYC
by navema
Screen prints on textured archival art paper.
Recognizable Artists Featured: John Lennon, Shakespeare, Mona Lisa, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Muhammad Ali, Louis Armstrong, Jimi Hendrix, Walt Disney, Stevie Wonder, Marilyn Manson, John Lennon, Billie Holiday
ICONS show runs February 14th – March 31st, 2010
Los Angeles based French street artist, Mr. Brainwash (aka Thierry Guetta), celebrates his first solo show in New York with ICONS. Mr. Brainwash is the alter-ego of French immigrant Thierry Guetta, who now lives in Los Angeles. His preoccupation with street art and graffiti led him to years filming the people behind the work, and eventually he became an artist too.
This body of work is the result of traveling throughout Europe and the United States as the subject of Banksy's new documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop. This documentary about the process secretly premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2010. It wasn’t listed in the program, but quickly became the hottest ticket at the festival. Featuring famed street artists like Banksy, Ron English, Borf and Shepard Fairey, the viewer is able to watch the famous fiends at work. One of the most memorable scenes is of Banksy installing an inflatable replica of a Guantanamo torture victim right next to a roller coaster in The Happiest Place On Earth — Disneyland.
Being a trusted accomplice of Banksy is no small feat — and accomplice is perhaps a better word than friend, given that Banksy described Guetta as “maybe just someone with mental problems who happened to have a camera.”
Since his entrance onto the contemporary art scene in 2008 with his Los Angles show “Life is Beautiful”, Mr. Brainwash (Guetta) has raised a lot of questions, namely ‘is he for real?’ Guetta began to follow the exploits street artists’ Shepard Fairey and Banksy with a digital video camera, but soon Banksy turned the camera on Guetta, encouraging him to create his own persona, which is the end product of Exit Through the Gift Shop, the documentary being billed as ‘the world’s first street art disaster movie’. Critics and gallerists alike have written him off as a hack, or simply a regurgitation of Banksy and Shepard Fairey’s existing work.
Held in a two story converted gallery space, at 415 West 13th Street, the show features pop portraits, prints, and engaging large scale sculptures. An enormous multi-level space packed with jumbo canvases and installations, including a life-size horse made from tire treads. In the middle of the upper level was a pink-splattered can of paint so big you could hold a party inside it. Combining pop art sensibilities with graffiti culture, Mr. Brainwash’s relentless riffing on celebrity culture is at once familiar and colorful. He recasts Angelina Jolie as Marilyn Monroe, smothers a 7′ can of spray-paint with Louis Vuitton’s famous monogram, and recreates Jimi Hendrix on a canvas covered in crushed records. At the back of the room, almost hidden in the dark, was a classic NYC cab sealed inside life-sized Matchbox packaging.
The feeling of the show? A Warholian art revival with walls filled up with dozens of replicant Madonna images, as in Warhol's Campbell's Soup series, so much so that it could be difficult to say if the whole thing is just a joke or Mr. Brainwash really believes he is 'an original'. To underline his artistic personality, though, all the silkscreens were colored with spray paint or had some additional details.
Regardless of sentiment, Guetta’s work draws a crowd. Without endorsing or refuting his credibility as an artist, Brainwash certainly fulfilled the exhibitions’ namesake. Under his nom de guerre, Guetta created or reproduced images that are easily identifiable; the subjects are no longer individuals, but rather logos in our collective cultural memory.
For more about the artist, please visit: www.mrbrainwash.com
This office nook for stadium workers caught my eye. Amidst a cold winter, a worker tries to think optimistic thoughts on the black board, revealing their politics.
The general public is not allowed in this area. This is a nook that generally just a few employees see.
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.
Patron: Muhammad 'Ali (Muhammad 'Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha) 1769-1849, Albanian Ottoman governor & de facto ruler of Egypt (r.1805-1848).
Shafiq Nur (Shafiq-Nur Hanim) 1833-1884 (eventually) wife of Khedive Isma'il Pasha & mother of the next Khedive, Tewfik Pasha.
The Great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha or Alabaster Mosque is a mosque situated in the Citadel of Cairo in Egypt and commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha between 1830 and 1848
Taken @Cairo, Egypt
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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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.
Muhammad Ali fought Ernie Shavers at Madison Square Garden on September 29, 1977 defending his title. Ali took a unanimous decision although in the second round, Shavers hurt Ali badly with an overhand right. For more visit www.boxingmemories.com/
In 2015 talented street artist BROLGA painted on the corner of Bedford Avenue & N 5th street in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn a 20 foot mural based on the life & times of Muhammad Ali. Boxer, Ali was a man willing to shake the system and speak his own mind in a time of cultural unrest. While painting the mural, in BROLGA's words: "I was approached by people of all ethnicities and gender. It was amazing to see the diverse scope of Ali's popularity and the respect the community holds for him".
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
Ali-Frazier II took place January 28, 1974. Its the second of three bouts between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, that took place at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, on January 28, 1974. Ali won by unanimous decision.
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali meeting fans at a book signing at Waterstones in the Galleries, Bristol. Taken November 1993.
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
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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