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(Encyclopedia) Hajj Omar: see Hajj Umar, al-.

(Encyclopedia) Shatt el Arab: see Shatt al Arab. ...

(Encyclopedia) Chemical Ali: see Majid, Ali Hassan al-. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kut-el-Amara: see Al Kut, Iraq.

(Encyclopedia) Gadhafi, Moammar El-: see Qaddafi, Muammar al-. ...

(Encyclopedia) Makkah Royal Clock Tower: see Abraj Al-Bait. ...

(Encyclopedia) Almohads ălˈməhădz [key], Berber Muslim dynasty that ruled Morocco and Spain in the 12th and 13th cent. It had its origins in the puritanical sect founded by Ibn Tumart, who stirred up (c.1120) th...

(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...

(Encyclopedia) Knopf, Blanche W.: see under Knopf, Alfred A. ...

(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–...