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(Encyclopedia)Chemical Ali: see Majid, Ali Hassan al-. ...Gadhafi, Moammar El-
(Encyclopedia)Gadhafi, Moammar El-: see Qaddafi, Muammar al-. ...Kaaba
(Encyclopedia)Kaaba or Caaba both: käˈbə or käˈəbə [key] [Arab.,=cube], the central, cubic, stone structure, covered by a black cloth, within the Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The sacred nature of the...Makkah Royal Clock Tower
(Encyclopedia)Makkah Royal Clock Tower: see Abraj Al-Bait. ...Munkhafad al-Qattarah
(Encyclopedia)Munkhafad al-Qattarah, basin, Egypt: see Qattara Depression. ...Deir al-Zour
(Encyclopedia)Deir al-Zour, Syria: see Dayr az Zawr. ...Knopf, Blanche W.
(Encyclopedia)Knopf, Blanche W.: see under Knopf, Alfred A. ...Abbas, Mahmoud
(Encyclopedia)Abbas, Mahmoud mäkhmo͞odˈ äbäsˈ, mämo͞odˈ [key], 1935–, Palestinian leader, also known as Abu Mazen. He was born in Saffed, Palestine (now in Israel), but his family fled during the 1948–...Tabriz
(Encyclopedia)Tabriz täbrēzˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 1,088,985), capital of East Azerbaijan prov., NW Iran, on the Aji Chai (Talkheh) River, in the foothills of Mt. Sahand, at an elevation of c.4,600 ft (1,400 m)...Muslim Brotherhood
(Encyclopedia)Muslim Brotherhood, officially Jamiat al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun [Arab.,=Society of Muslim Brothers], religious and political organization founded (1928) in Egypt by Hasan al-Banna. Early opposed to secula...Browse by Subject
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