Baraka 493769 224547722 2008-07-09T10:23:49Z 217.77.165.36 /* Places */ '''Baraka''' may refer to: * baraka, also ''[[berakhah]]'', in Judaism, a blessing usually recited during a ceremony * baraka, also ''[[barakah]]'', in Islam and Arab-influenced languages, meaning spiritual wisdom and blessing transmitted from God **"Baraka", a rarely used French slang term for [[luck]], derived from the Arabic word **Baraka, aka ''[[Nigella sativa]]'', a spice with purported health benefits *Baraka, the Serbian and Bulgarian word for "[[shack]]" ** ''barakaši'', a name the party founders of the [[Croatian Democratic Union]] gave to themselves *Baraka, the Turkish word for "[[barracks]]" * Baraka, means 'Blessing' in [[Kiswahili]] == Media == *[[Baraka (film)|''Baraka'' (film)]], a 1992 experimental documentary film directed by [[Ron Fricke]] *[[Baraka (novel)|''Baraka'' (novel)'']] is a 1983 novel written by Canadian John Ralston Saul *[[Baraka (Mortal Kombat)]], a fictional character *''[[The Boys of Baraka]]'', a 2005 documentary film *''[[Baraka 5b]]'', a novel by Croatian [[Miroslav Krleža]] *''[[Baraka (song)]] Written and performed by [[Sound Tribe Sector 9]] *''[[Baraka Foundation (band)]] *''[[Baraka Records]]''[http://www.barakarecords.com], an Oxford-based trance party *[http://www.barakamusic.co.uk ''BARAKA''] World Music band based in the UK *[http://www.barakastreaming.com] Baraka Streaming Technologies. ==Places== *[[Baraka, DRC]], a village in the eastern Congolese province of Sud-Kivu on Lake Tanganyika. *[[Baraka, Gabon]], a site where American missionaries from New England established a mission in 1842 on what is now [[Libreville]] *[[Baraka, Philippines]], a barangay in the Norzagaray municipality, in the province of Bulacan *"Baraka", the local nickname for [[Barakaldo]], Spain *[[Baraka College]], a college for sustainable agriculture and rural development in Kenya *[[Baraka, Kenya]], a town in Kenya. *[[Baraka School]], an educational program in Kenya, featured in the film ''[[The Boys of Baraka]]'' *[[Har Bracha|Har Braka]], a [[Jewish Settlement]] in the [[West Bank]] ([[Samaria]]), [[Palestinian territories]] ==People== *[[Amiri Baraka]] (1934 - ), a U.S. writer. *[[Al-Said_Barakah|Barakah Khan]] (1260 - 1280, son of [[Baibars]] and briefly a [[Mamluk]] [[Sultan]] of Egypt and Syria *[[Baraka al-Yamaniyah]], wife of [[`Abd al-`Azīz Āl Sa`ūd]], first monarch of [[Saudi Arabia]] *Baraka, the wife of the [[antediluvian]] [[patriarch]] [[Jared]], according to the [[apocryphal]] book of [[Jubilees]] *[[Mir Sayyid Baraka]], a teacher to 14th century warlord [[Timur]] == See also == *[[Barack Obama]] (sometimes, Baraka Obama), a U.S. politician whose first name is derived from the [[Kiswahili]] word, ''baraka'' meaning blessed. {{disambig}} [[cs:Baraka]] [[de:Baraka]] [[es:Baraka]] [[fr:Baraka]] [[it:Baraka]] [[ja:バラカ]] [[pt:Baraca (desambiguação)]]