What is "maska"

Maska is a 2009 Telugu action film. It was directed by B. Gopal and starred Ram, Hansika Motwani and Sheela. It was released on 14 January 2009 with 300 prints in 550 theaters. The movie was a high grosser at the box office. It was dubbed into Hindi as Phool Aur Kante. It was remade in Bengali as Hero 420.

Maska ( Greek: Μάσκα; English: Mask) is a successful studio album by Greek artist Glykeria. It was released in early 1998 by Sony Music Greece and comprises the previous single Anapnoi Anatoli. The album was certified Gold by IFPI Greece. The album also includes three well-known collaborations including internationally renowned Natasha Atlas and Pashalis Terzis.

The Maska are a tribe of the Hazara people, found in Afghanistan and neighboring countries.

Maska is a sub-tribe of Jaghuri tribe of Hazaras in Afghanistan. For long times ago Maska and Babah were twin brothers and according to the old myth they were separated by knife. In Afghanistan their ancestral place is Sangi Masha in Jaghuri district of Ghazni province. They are considered the better-educated sub-tribe of Hazaras and have occupied important government positions in Afghanistan and Pakistan. After the Hazara war of independence in 1890, in which the Hazaras were defeated when all Sunni Muslims of Afghanistan joined hands with the kind Abdur Rehman under the fitwa (religious decree) that Hazaras were Shias and therefore killing them was justified, occupying their lands, enslaving them and looting their properties was in line with the Islamic injunctions, the hazaras had to leave their ancestral lands and had to flee to then India, Iran and central Asian states. A small number of Maskas along with other Hazara tribes settled in Quetta, the then British India and enlisted in the two battalions of Hazara Pioneers. When these two battalions were disbanded in 1933, some Hazaras, including Maskas, moved to an area between Meshad in Iran and Herat in Afghanistan. In 1938, the Maska living in Mashhad migrated to Quetta, then British India, now Pakistan.

Maska may refer to:

• Maska (film), a 2009 Telugu action film
• Maska (album), a 1998 album by Greek artist Glykeria
• Maska (rapper), member of French rap band Sexion d'Assaut
• Maska tribe, a tribe of the Hazara people, found in Afghanistan and neighboring countries
• Maska (company), Canadian power transmission product manufacturer, a member of the ABB Group

Bastien Vincent (born in Paris on 21 May 1985) and better known as Maska is a French rapper with his own solo materials. In addition, he is one of eight members of the French rap / hip hop group Sexion d'Assaut and its only white member. His tracks have appeared in a number of releases by Sexion d'Assaut, more particularly in 3ème Prototype that includes in addition to Maska, rappers Adams Diallo, Lefa, Maître Gims, L.I.O., JR O Chrome. He also appeared in Les Chroniques du Wati Boss. He has had a number of hit singles, street music videos and is preparing his album Espace Temps due later in 2014. It will include "Prie pour moi" in collaboration with Maître Gims being Maska's most successful track in the French charts to date.

Originating from Lozère, he grew up in 9ème arrondissement in Paris describing his family as having very modest means although living in a rich neighborhood. At school, he met Barack Adama, a future member of Sexion d'Assaut and they became friends. He spent many sleepless nights at his parent's house with his friends to write and rap. He admits that he was involved in petty thefts in his youth, and at high school, he smoked and sold cannabis. After encountering a near death situation in a feud, he consecrated himself to writing lyrics and rapping. He was known among his friends with various nicknames like le "Blanc", "La Tâche". Maska converted to Islam in his adolescence choosing the name Souleyman.