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DOCUMENTARY: History of Islam in Spain
Islam has had a fundamental presence in the culture and history of Spain. The religion was present in modern Spanish soil from 709 until 1614 beginning with Arab rule and ending with the expulsion of the Moriscos of Al-Andalus. For key historical dates, see Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian peninsula. As of 2007, it is estimated that over 1 million Muslims live in Spain, most of them recent immigrants from North Africa, Middle East, and South Asia; although there are also some Spanish converts, estimated at between 20,000 and 50,000.
DOCUMENTARY: The Palm Island (Dubai)
The Palm Islands are two artificial islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in the shape of palm trees. The Belgian and Dutch dredging and marine contractors Jan De Nul and Van Oord, were hired to complete construction. The islands are the Palm Jumeirah and the Palm Jebel Ali. Each settlement will be in the shape of a palm tree, topped with a crescent. The settlements will have a large number of residential, leisure and entertainment centres and will add 520 kilometres of non-public beaches to the city of Dubai. The two islands will comprise approximately 100,000 cubic metres (3,500,000 cu ft) of rock and sand. All materials will be quarried in The UAE. On the two islands, there will be over 100 luxury hotels, residential beach-side villas and apartments, marinas, water theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities and health spas. The creation of the Palm Jumeirah began in June 2001. Shortly after, the Palm Jebel Ali was announced and reclamation work began. A third island was planned and construction started, but this project was later remodelled and renamed to Deira Island.
DOCUMENTARY: The Japanese Bullet Train (Shinkansen)
The Shinkansen is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies. Starting with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen (515.4 km) in 1964, the network has expanded to currently consist of 2,387.7 km (1,483.6 mi) of lines with maximum speeds of 240–320 km/h (149–199 mph), 283.5 km (176.2 mi) of Mini-shinkansen lines with a maximum speed of 130 km/h (81 mph), and 10.3 km (6.4 mi) of spur lines with Shinkansen services. The network presently links most major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu, with construction of a link to the northern island of Hokkaido underway.
DOCUMENTARY: Eminem – Diamonds And Pearls
Diamonds and Pearls is a documentary film which tells the story of Eminem’s extraordinary life and incredible musical career, via the use of the rarest footage, interviews with his closest friends, associates and loved ones and contributions from the finest music writers and journalists around. This documentary also features extensive news reports, location shoots, rare photographs and numerous other features to make for the finest film about Eminem so far.
Follow the amazing career of Grammy- and Oscar-winning superstar Eminem – whose hit records “The Slim Shady LP,” “The Marshall Mathers LP” and “The Eminem Show” are hip-hop touchstones – from a rough childhood to worldwide acclaim. Interviews with friends, colleagues, writers, journalists and others combine with news footage, backstage clips and vintage photographs to create an indelible portrait of the rap icon.
CARTOON: DRAGONBALL Z – BROLY SECOND COMING
Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming, known in Japan as The Dangerous Duo! Super Warriors Never Rest, is the tenth Dragon Ball Z feature movie. It was released in Japan on March 12, 1994 at the Toei Anime Fair along with the Dr. Slump movie Hoyoyo!! Tasuketa Same ni Tsurerarete… and the first Slam Dunk movie. It is the sequel to Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan. The second sequel is Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly. It was released in North America on April 5, 2005.
CARTOON: DRAGONBALL Z – THE HISTORY OF TRUNKS
Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks, known in Japan as Defiance in the Face of Despair!! The Remaining Super-Warriors: Gohan and Trunks, is a single-episode special based on the Dragon Ball manga series. Originally airing in Japan on February 24, 1993, between episodes 175 and 176, the special is based on an extra chapter of the manga series. It depicts an alternate version of the future in which Goku dies from a virus and a teenage Trunks tries to defeat the androids ravaging Earth.
CARTOON: Dragonball Z – Plan To Eradicate The Super Saiyans
Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans was the first Dragon Ball Z original video animation (OVA). It was originally released on home video cassettes in Japan on August 6, 1993, between episodes 195 and 196, as an Official Visual Guides to the Famicom game Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku. The OVA has since been re-released on DVD in Japan as an extra feature of the Dragon Box collection in 2003.
CARTOON: Dragonball Z – Bojack Unbound
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Z: The Galaxy’s at the Brink!! The Super Incredible Guy is the ninth Dragon Ball Z feature movie. It was released in Japan on July 10, 1993 at the Toei Anime Fair, where it was shown alongside the Dr. Slump movie N-cha! Pengin-mura yori Ai wo komete and the first YuYu Hakusho movie. The English version was dubbed by FUNimation and released on August 17, 2004. This is one of the few films in the franchise that can be slid into the series timeline without serious issues, taking place sometime after the Cell Games and before the Buu saga. It was also the last movie for voice actor of Muten-Rôshi (Kōhei Miyauchi), who died two years after its Japanese release. The movie was re-released to DVD and Blu-ray in a double feature with Super Android 13! and Dragon Ball Z Season 8 on February 9, 2009. It was re-released again to DVD on December 9, 2011 in a movie 4-pack with the previous three films.
DOCUMENTARY: The End Of The World? (War In Syria)
MOVIE: Road Train
DOCUMENTARY: Water, The Great Mystery
Water makes most of earths surface and most of our human bodies … but do we really know the secrets of this amazing element.
From agriculture, to factories and hydropower, we put water to work in a million different ways every day. And yet water acts outside all known physical laws of nature.
At a time of global climate change, understanding the mysteries of water is critical. Every living thing needs it to survive … Our ignorance of its function and capacities has lead us to abuse its quality and forget its potential. Witness WATER’s capacity and challenge historical assumptions. Unveil enlightened information and new scientific discoveries that create new possibilities for water’s use in every field of endeavor.
These new discoveries go beyond human reckoning – beyond the solar systems and galaxies to the Source of life itself..
MOVIE: Puff, Puff, Pass
CARTOON: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – The Real World
CARTOON: Ninja Turtles – Secret Origins
CARTOON: Tekken The Animated Movie
CARTOON: Yu-Gi-Oh – Super Fusion Bonds Beyond Time
MOVIE: Sorry (Short Film)
From the makers of #YOLT, we reflect on the importance of the apology and learning to say sorry. We all make mistakes and wrong ourselves and others in many different ways, but the best of us are those that learn to say sorry and turn in repentance. Special thanks to Salman Alodah for his inspiration, May Allah grant him Jannah Al Firdaus.
CARTOON: Pokemon – Spell Of The Unknown
Pokémon 3: The Movie – Spell of the Unown (Japanese: 結晶塔の帝王 ENTEI Emperor of the Crystal Tower: Entei; officially Lord of the “Unknown” Tower in Japan) is the third Pokémon movie. It debuted in Japanese theaters on July 8, 2000. It then made its way to North American theaters on April 6, 2001. Spell of the Unown was shown with the Pikachu Short movie Pikachu & Pichu.