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(Encyclopedia) Aleppo Aleppo əlĕpˈō [key] or Alep Alep əlĕpˈ [key], Arabic Haleb, city (2021 est. pop. 1,917,000), capital of Aleppo governorate, NW…Beirut
(Encyclopedia) BeirutBeirutbār&oomacr;tˈ [key], Arab. Bayrut, Fr. Beyrouth, city (1996 est. pop. 1,200,000), W Lebanon, capital of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the Lebanon…Somalia
(Encyclopedia) CE5 SomaliaSomaliasōmäˈleə [key], officially Federal Republic of Somalia, country (2015 est. pop. 10,616,000), 246,200 sq mi (637,657 sq km), extreme E Africa. It is directly south…Pan-Arabism
(Encyclopedia) Pan-Arabism, general term for the modern movement for political unification among the Arab nations of the Middle East. Since the Ottoman Turks rose to power in the 14th cent., there…Biographies: Notable Actors
Notable Actors Isabella Rossellini See also Filmmakers and Directors African-American Actors Asian American Film & Television Personalities Hispanic-American Film, Television, and…Mecca
(Encyclopedia) MeccaMeccamĕkˈə [key] or MakkahMakkahmăkˈə [key], city (1993 pop. 966,381), capital of the Hejaz, W Saudi Arabia. The birthplace c.a.d. 570 of Muhammad the Prophet, it is the holiest…Cairo, city, Egypt
(Encyclopedia) Cairo Cairo kīˈrō [key], Arab. Al Qahirah, city (2021 est. metro. area pop. 21,…Thiers, Adolphe
(Encyclopedia) Thiers, AdolpheThiers, Adolpheädôlfˈ tyĕr [key], 1797–1877, French statesman, journalist, and historian. After studying law at Aix-en-Provence, Thiers went (1821) to Paris and joined…Alexandria, city, Egypt
(Encyclopedia) Alexandria, Arabic Al Iskandariyah, city, N Egypt, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is at the western extremity of the Nile River delta, situated on a narrow isthmus between…Arab Spring
(Encyclopedia) Arab Spring, in modern North African and Middle Eastern history, antigovernment demonstrations and uprisings that, from late 2010, swept many of the regions' Arab nations. Arising in…Trending
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