#palace

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Beit ed-Dine Palace | قصر بيت الدين

Beit ed-Dine Palace | قصر بيت الدين

Anastasia Chrome2 min read

She organizes the summer festival at Beit ed-Dine Palace. He's the conductor whose orchestra is headlining. Between rehearsals and revelations, they orchestrate their own duet. 'Inti el symphony el kamle' (أنتِ السيمفونية الكاملة).

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معماری ایران | Persian Architecture

معماری ایران | Persian Architecture

Dariush Mehraban3 min read

داستان‌هایی از مساجد، کاخ‌ها و بناهای تاریخی ایران... Stories from Iran's mosques, palaces and historical monuments...

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أسرار القصر | Palace Secrets of Rabat

أسرار القصر | Palace Secrets of Rabat

Yasmine Benali2 min read

A palace guard discovers forbidden love with a royal maid in the ancient corridors of Rabat's kasbahs.

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طباخة القصر | The Palace Cook of Taroudant

طباخة القصر | The Palace Cook of Taroudant

Yasmine Benali2 min read

A palace cook discovers passion with a food writer who comes to learn the secrets of Moroccan cuisine.

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The Sultan's Concubine of Ngazidja | Suria wa Sultani wa Ngazidja | جارِيَةُ السُّلْطانِ في نْغازيجا

The Sultan's Concubine of Ngazidja | Suria wa Sultani wa Ngazidja | جارِيَةُ السُّلْطانِ في نْغازيجا

Anastasia Chrome9 min read

In the Comoros island of Grande Comore, an aging sultan's neglected concubine finds ecstasy with the young palace guard from the Swahili coast.

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The Sultan's Concubine of Zanzibar | جارِيَةُ السُّلْطانِ في زَنْجِبار

The Sultan's Concubine of Zanzibar | جارِيَةُ السُّلْطانِ في زَنْجِبار

Anastasia Chrome5 min read

In the palace of the Sultan of Zanzibar, a neglected concubine finds forbidden pleasure with the young palace guard who watches over her quarters.

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Touggourt Treasure

Touggourt Treasure

Yasmina Khadra2 min read

Louiza guards the Old Ksar of Touggourt. When archaeologist Nils arrives excavating forgotten palaces, she shows him ruins that archaeology can't reach. 'El qsar y'aref' (القصر يعرف) - The palace knows.

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دَرْسُ فِعْلِ الأَمْرِ | The Lesson of the Imperative

دَرْسُ فِعْلِ الأَمْرِ | The Lesson of the Imperative

Anastasia Chrome5 min read

A powerful queen teaches her new servant the art of commands in Classical Arabic, demonstrating each imperative with increasingly bold instructions.

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The Hundred Gates | الأَبْوابُ المِئَةُ

The Hundred Gates | الأَبْوابُ المِئَةُ

Anastasia Chrome2 min read

A magical palace with a hundred gates, each leading to a different wonder of Oman

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The Caliph's Concubine of Cairo | جَارِيَةُ الخَلِيفَةِ في القَاهِرَة

The Caliph's Concubine of Cairo | جَارِيَةُ الخَلِيفَةِ في القَاهِرَة

Anastasia Chrome5 min read

In the Fatimid palace, a concubine destined for the Caliph's bed finds her heart stolen by a palace poet, igniting a passion that threatens empires.

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The Vizier's Forbidden Love | حُبُّ الوَزيرِ المُحَرَّم

The Vizier's Forbidden Love | حُبُّ الوَزيرِ المُحَرَّم

Anastasia Chrome6 min read

In the palace of the Abbasid caliphs, a powerful vizier risks everything for a night of passion with the Sultan's neglected favorite, knowing that discovery means death.

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