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| Azar Nafisi Azar Nafisi, Ph.D. () (born December 1, 1955) is an Iranian academic and writer who has resided in the United States since 1997 when she emigrated from Iran. Nafisi is currently a visiting Fellow and lecturer at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and serves on the Board of Trustees of Freedom House.Nafisi's bestselling book Reading Lolita in Tehran has gained a great deal of public attention and been translated into 32 languages. Azar_Nafisi
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| El Mansoura, Egypt El Mansoura (Arabic:Egypt, with a population of 420,000. It is the capital of the Dakahlia Governorate. El_Mansoura,_Egypt
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| Yusuf al-Qaradawi Yusuf al-Qaradawi (), (born September 9, 1926) is an Egyptian Muslim scholar and preacher best known for his popular al Jazeera program, ash-Shariah wal-Hayat ("Shariah and Life"), and IslamOnline (a website that he helped to found in 1997), where he offers opinions and religious edicts ("fatwa") based on his interpretation of the Qur'an. He has also published some fifty books, including The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam and Islam. Yusuf_al-Qaradawi
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| Governorates of Egypt Egypt is divided into 29 governorates (singular muhafazah) and 1 self-governing city. This designation replaces that of "province" (muderiyah). Egyptian governorates are the top tier of the five-tier jurisdiction hierarchy. A governorate is administered by a governor (muhafez) appointed by the president of Egypt. Most governorates have a population density of more than one-thousand per km², while the 3 largest have a population density of less than two per km². Governorates_of_Egypt
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| Beni Suef Beni Suef, (Coptic:panisuf; ) is the capital city of the Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt. Beni Suef is an important agricultural center which grew from a small village at the turn of the century and now hosts a population of over 150,000. It was famous for its linen manufacturing in the Middle Ages, and continues to be heavily involved in cotton-spinning and carpet-making. Beni_Suef
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| Eqbal Ahmad Eqbal Ahmad (1933/34 - May 11, 1999) was a Pakistani writer, journalist, and anti-war activist. He was strongly critical of the Middle East strategy of the United States as well as what he saw as the "twin curse" of nationalism and religious fanaticism in such countries as Pakistan. Eqbal_Ahmad
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| Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya For the Southeast Asian organization of the same name, see Jemaah Islamiyah. (; al-jamāʕaħ al-'islāmiyyaħ) (Arabic for "the Islamic Group"; also transliterated Gamaat Islamiya, al Jamaat al Islamiya, and El Gama'a El Islamiyya) is an Egyptian Islamist movement, and is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union and Egyptian governments. The group is (or was) dedicated to the overthrow of the Egyptian government and replacing it with an Islamic state. Al-Gama'a_al-Islamiyya
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| King of Egypt King of Egypt () was the title used by the ruler of Egypt between 1922 and 1951. When the United Kingdom ended its protectorate over Egypt on 28 February 1922, Egypt's Sultan Fouad I issued a decree on 15 March 1922 whereby he adopted the title of King of Egypt. King_of_Egypt
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| Moshe Feiglin Moshe Zalman Feiglin (Hebrew משה זלמן פייגלין, born 1962) is an Israeli politician. In 1993, he co-founded Zo Artzeinu ("This Shmuel Sackett to protest the Oslo Accords. He is one of the founders of the Israeli civil disobedience movement that developed in protest against the accords. Moshe_Feiglin
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| Saad Zaghloul Saad Zaghloul (Arabic سعد زغلول; alsoSaad Zaghlul, Sa'd Zaghloul Pasha ibn Ibrahim) (1859-August 23, 1927) was an Egyptian political figure. He served as prime minister of Egypt from 26 January 1924 to 24 November 1924. A native of Ibyana village, Gharbia Governorate in the Delta, Saad Zaghloul led the nationalist forces (Wafd Party) in Egypt demanding independence. Saad_Zaghloul
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| Rashid-al-Din Hamadani Rashid al-Din Tabib () also Rashid ad-Din Fadhlullah Hamadani (1247–1318) (), was a Persian physician of Jewish origin, polymathic writer and historian, who wrote an enormous Islamic history, the Jami al-Tawarikh, in the Persian language, often considered a landmark in intercultural historiography and a key document on the Ilkhanids (13th and 14th century). Rashid-al-Din_Hamadani
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| Media coverage of the Arab–Israeli conflict Talk:Media_coverage_of_the_Arab–Israeli_conflict
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| Amr Khaled Amr Mohamed Helmi Khaled () (born September 5, 1967) is an Egyptian Muslim activist and preacher. The New York Times Magazine, in reference to Khaled's popularity in Arab countries, described him in its April 30, 2006 issue as "the world's most famous and influential Muslim television preacher." Amr Khaled has recently been chosen as number 13 of the world's most influential people by Time Magazine and sixth most influential intellectual in the world by Prospect magazine. Amr_Khaled
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| Demis Roussos Artemios (Demis) Ventouris Roussos (born June 15, 1946) is a Greek singer.He was born in Egypt to ethnic Greek parents George and Olga (Engineer Yorgos Roussos), and raised in Alexandria. His parents lost everything and moved to Greece after the Suez Crisis. . Demis_Roussos
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| Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 - 10 November 2008) was a South African singer and civil rights activist. The Grammy Award winning artist is often referred to as Mama Afrika. Miriam_Makeba
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| Israel and weapons of mass destruction Israel is widely believed to possess weapons of mass destruction, and to be one of four nuclear-armed countries not recognized as a Nuclear Weapons State by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The US Congress Office of Technology Assessment has recorded Israel as a country generally reported as having undeclared chemical warfare capabilities, and an offensive biological warfare program. Israel_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
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| Annan Plan for Cyprus Annan Plan was a United Nations proposal to settle the Cyprus dispute of the divided island nation of Cyprus as the United Cyprus Republic. It was named in recognition of the then United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who largely devised the proposal in conjunction with Didier Pfirter. Annan_Plan_for_Cyprus
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| Cruelty to animals Cruelty to animals refers to the infliction of suffering or harm to animals, other than humans, as an end in and of itself. However, it has also been defined as causing harm for specific gain such as killing animals for food or fur use.Broadly speaking, there are two approaches to the issue. Cruelty_to_animals
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| Feminist movement The Suffrage movement (also known as the Women's Movement or Women's Liberation) is a series of campaigns on issues such as reproductive rights (sometimes including abortion), domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, sexual harassment, and sexual violence. The goals of the movement vary from country to country, e.g. opposition to female genital cutting in Sudan, or to the glass ceiling in Western countries. Feminist_movement
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| Al-Ahram Al-Ahram
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| Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi (1838 - 1904) () was a significant Egyptian political figure and a prominent poet. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt from February 4, 1882 until May 26, 1882. He was known as rab alseif wel qalam رب السيف و القلم ("lord of sword and pen"). Mahmoud_Sami_el-Baroudi
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| Janjaweed Talk:Janjaweed
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| Zeev Sternhell Zeev Sternhell (,born 1935) is an Israeli historian and one of the world's leading experts on Fascism. Sternhell headed the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and writes for Haaretz newspaper. Sternhell was awarded the Israel Prize for Political Science in 2008. Zeev_Sternhell
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| Hizb ut-Tahrir Hizb ut-Tahrir (; ) is an international pan-Islamist, Sunni, vanguard political party whose goal is to combine all Muslim countries in a unitary Islamic state or caliphate, ruled by Islamic law and with a caliph head of state elected by Muslims. Taqiuddin al-Nabhani, an Islamic scholar and appeals court judge (Qadi) from Haifa, founded the organization in 1953. Since then Hizb ut-Tahrir has spread to more than 40 countries, and by one estimate has about one million members. Hizb_ut-Tahrir
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| Statelessness Statelessness is the legal and social concept of a person lacking belonging (or a legally enforceable claim) to any recognised state. Statelessness is not always the same as lack of citizenship.De jure statelessness is where there exists no recognised state in respect of which the subject has a legally meritorious basis to claim nationality.De facto statelessness is where the subject may have a legally meritorious claim but is precluded from asserting it because of practical considerations such as cost, circumstances of civil disorder, or the fear of persecution. Statelessness
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| Gunboat diplomacy international politics, gunboat diplomacy refers to the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of military power — implying or constituting a direct threat of warfare, should terms not be agreeable to the superior force. Gunboat_diplomacy
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| Setnakhte Userkhaure-setepenre Setnakhte (or Setnakht) was the first Pharaoh (1190 BC–1186 BC) of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt and the father of Ramesses III.Setnakhte was not the son, brother or a direct descendant of the previous Pharaoh, Merneptah Siptah, nor of his predecessor Seti II, whom Setnakht formally considered the last legitimate ruler. Setnakhte
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| Arab-Israeli conflict/Archive 1 Talk:Arab-Israeli_conflict/Archive_1
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| Zakaria Zubeidi Zakaria Zubeidi (; transliteration varies, e.g. Zakariyah Zbeidi, Zacharia Zubaidi; born 1976) is a former Palestinian militant leader, who recently ended his years on Israel's most-wanted list by turning in his guns and accepting Israeli amnesty. He was the Jenin chief of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, but around 2007 he renounced militancy and committed himself to cultural resistance through theatre. Zakaria_Zubeidi
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| Islam and other religions Over the centuries of Islamic history, Muslim rulers, Islamic scholars, and ordinary Muslims have held many different attitudes towards other religions. Attitudes have varied according to time, place and circumstance. Islam_and_other_religions
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| October 2000 events October 2000 events is a term used to describe several days of protests in northern Israel that soon escalated into clashes between Arab citizens of Israel and the Israeli Police. The disturbances began after Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip launched what is now known as the Second Intifada. October_2000_events
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| List of British Jews List of British Jews is a list that includes Jewish people from the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.Although the first Jews may have arrived on the island of Great Britain with the Romans, it wasn't until the Norman Conquest of William the Conqueror in 1066 that organised Jewish communities first appeared in England. List_of_British_Jews
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| Dome of the Rock Talk:Dome_of_the_Rock
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| Hilma Granqvist Hilma Granqvist (1890 Sipoo - 1972) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish anthropologist who conducted long field studies of Palestinians. She was a student of Edward Westermarck. Hilma_Granqvist
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| Music of Eritrea Eritrea is a northern East African country. Perhaps the most famous Eritrean musicians in history are Eng. Asghedom W.Micheal,Bereket Mengisteab, Yemane Baria & Ato Abirha Segid, some of whose music were banned by the Ethiopian government in the 1970s. Also of note is Bereket Mengistab, who has had a lengthy career, and 60s legends Haile Ghebru and Tewolde Redda. The latter was one of the first electric guitar players in East Africa, and singer and writer of the famous independence song Shigey habuni. Music_of_Eritrea
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| Mohamed Hassanein Heikal Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (), born 1923, is a leading Egyptian journalist. For 17 years (1957-1974) he was editor-in-chief of the Cairo newspaper Al-Ahram and has been a respected commentator on Arab affairs for more than 50 years. Mohamed_Hassanein_Heikal
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| History of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Talk:History_of_the_Israeli–Palestinian_conflict
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| HIV trial in Libya The HIV trial in Libya (or Bulgarian nurses affair) concerns the trials, appeals and eventual release of six foreign medical workers charged with conspiring to deliberately infect over 400 children with HIV in 1998, causing an epidemic at El-Fatih Children's Hospital in Benghazi. HIV_trial_in_Libya
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| Israel/Archive 4 Talk:Israel/Archive_4
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| Mohammed Dahlan Mohammed Dahlan (محمد دحلان), (Muhammad Dahlan) also known by the kunya or nom de guerre Abu Fadi, is a Palestinian politician, the leader of Fatah in Gaza. Dahlan was born on September 29, 1961 in Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza to a refugee family from Hamama. In 1981 he helped found the Gaza branch of the Fatah Youth Movement Fatah Shabiba. Mohammed_Dahlan
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| Youssra Youssra () is an Egyptian actress and singer. She was born Civene Nassim on March 10, 1955 in Cairo, Egypt. She first appeared in the 1980 film Athkiya laken aghbiya (1980. EnglishSmartest yet Stupidest). Increasingly popular with audiences in Egypt and across the Arab world, she went on to co-star with leading actor Adel Emam in several films. Youssra
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| Estimates of the Palestinian Refugee flight of 1948 No-one knows exactly how many Palestinians became refugees during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, but estimates generally place the number between 400,000 and 500,000. These estimates calculate the number by attempting to estimate the number of non-Jews in (what would become) Israel before the start of hostilities, and subtracting the number of non-Jews left in Israel after the end of hostilities. Estimates_of_the_Palestinian_Refugee_flight_of_1948
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| Israeli–Palestinian history denial This article deals with the actual or alleged denial of statements posited as facts by either Israelis or Palestinians. Israeli–Palestinian_history_denial
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| Ibrahim al-Makadmeh Ibrahim al-Makadmeh () (1952 – March 8, 2003) was a Palestinian and Hamas senior leader in the Gaza Strip who was assassinated by Israeli forces. Makadmeh, one of Hamas' founders and a leader of the group's military wing, was accused of engineering several attacks that killed 28 Israelis. Ibrahim_al-Makadmeh
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| Abaza Family Abaza clan, "deeply rooted in Egyptian society and... in the history of the country" is an Egyptian family that plays a powerful and long-standing role in Egyptian economic, intellectual and political life. Their main stronghold is the Sharqia Governorate.The family is noted for producing a large number of noble Pashas, Beks/Beys, Hanims, Saheb or Sahebet Ezza, Mqama, Saada, Maaly and Oussma, intellectuals, politicians, business people and men of letters. Abaza_Family
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| Tantamani Tantamani (Assyrian pronunciation, identical to Tandaname) or Tanwetamani (Egyptian) or Tementhes (Greek) (d. 653 BC) was king of Egypt (664 BC to 656 BC), and a member of the Nubian or Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt. He was the son of King Shabaka and the nephew of his predecessor Taharqa. Tantamani
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