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November 2009 Current Events: U.S. News

World News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of November 2009. Maine Voters Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Law (Nov. 3): Maine voters overturn a…

Malik, Charles Habib

(Encyclopedia) Malik, Charles Habib, 1906–87, Lebanese statesman and educator, grad. American Univ. of Beirut, 1927, Ph.D. Harvard, 1937. After teaching philosophy at the American Univ. of Beirut (…

Abd al-Malik

(Encyclopedia) Abd al-MalikAbd al-Malikäbˌd&oobreve;l-mälĭkˈ [key], c.646–705, 5th Umayyad caliph (685–705); son of Marwan I. At his accession, Islam was torn by dissension and threatened by the…

Bani Hasan

(Encyclopedia) Bani HasanBani Hasanbäˈnē häsänˈ [key], village, E central Egypt, on the Nile near Al Minya. There are 39 tombs, carved out of solid rock in the XII dynasty of ancient Egypt. The name…

Beni Hasan

(Encyclopedia) Beni Hasan: see Bani Hasan, village, Egypt.

Hasan

(Encyclopedia) HasanHasanhäsänˈ [key], c.625–c.669; son of Ali and Fatima (daughter of Muhammad the Prophet). When Ali was killed in 661, Hasan became caliph, but he was not strong enough to…