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Obeid, El
(Encyclopedia)Obeid, El: see Al Ubayyid, Sudan. ...Simon, Théodore
(Encyclopedia)Simon, Théodore: see Binet, Alfred. ...Kut-el-Amara
(Encyclopedia)Kut-el-Amara: see Al Kut, Iraq.Gadhafi, Moammar El-
(Encyclopedia)Gadhafi, Moammar El-: see Qaddafi, Muammar al-. ...Chemical Ali
(Encyclopedia)Chemical Ali: see Majid, Ali Hassan al-. ...Shatt el Arab
(Encyclopedia)Shatt el Arab: see Shatt al Arab. ...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...Almohads
(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...Makkah Royal Clock Tower
(Encyclopedia)Makkah Royal Clock Tower: see Abraj Al-Bait. ...Knopf, Blanche W.
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