| Mohammed Dib Mohammed Dib (1920-2003) was an Algerian author who wrote over 30 novels, as well as numerous short stories, poems, and children's literature in the French language. He is probably Algeria's most prolific and well-known writer. His work covers the breadth of 20th century Algerian history, focusing on Algeria's fight for independence. Mohammed_Dib
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| Nasr Abu Zayd Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd, in ArabicEgyptian Qur'anic thinker and one of the leading liberal theologists in Islam. He is famous for his project of a humanistic Qur'anic hermeneutics. Nasr_Abu_Zayd
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| Sadiq al-Mahdi Sadiq al-Mahdi () (also known as Sadiq Al Siddiq, born 1936) is a Sudanese political and religious figure. He is head of the National Umma Party and Imam of the Ansar, a sufi sect that pledges allegiance to Muhammad Ahmad who claimed to be Islam's messianic saviour, or the Mahdi. Sadiq_al-Mahdi
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| Naguib Mahfouz Talk:Naguib_Mahfouz
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| Muhammad as a general Muhammad as a general refers to one of the roles played by the Islamic prophet Muhammad as the leader of the ummah at Medina during the last ten years of his life. Muhammad_as_a_general
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| IAM (band) IAM is a French hip hop band from Marseille, created in 1989, and composed of Akhenaton (Philippe Fragione), Shurik'n (Geoffroy Mussard), Freeman (Malek Brahimi), Khéops (Eric Mazel), Imhotep (Pascal Perez), and Kephren (François Mendy). 'IAM' has several meanings, including 'Invasion Arrivée de Mars' ('Invasion from Mars'). 'Mars' is frequently used as a metaphor for Marseille in IAM's songs. IAM_(band)
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| Isaac Fanous Isaac Fanous (December 19, 1919 Egyptian artist and scholar, who specialized in Coptic art and founded its contemporary school. Isaac_Fanous
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| Martin Kramer Talk:Martin_Kramer
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| Lounès Matoub Lounès Matoub (Berber Latin:Lwennas Meɛṭub, Tifinagh:ⵍⵡⴻⵏⵏⴰⵙ ⵎⴻⵄⵟⵓⴱ, often credited as Matoub Lounès in French sources) (January 24 1956 June 25 1998) was a famous Berber Kabyle singer who was a prominent advocate of the Berber cause and secularism in Algeria throughout his life.He is revered as a hero and martyr in Kabylie and the Berber World but reviled by most of the Arab population in Algeria for his irreligion and blasphemous songs (like Allahu Akbar) and his militant advocacy of Berber rights, therefore unpopular among both Lounès_Matoub
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| Tubas Tubas is also the plural form of Tuba, a musical instrument.Tubas or Toubas (, Tûbâs) is a small Palestinian city in the northeastern West Bank, located northeast of Nablus, a few kilometers west of the Jordan River. A city of over 16,000 inhabitants, it serves as the economic and administrative center of the Tubas Governorate. Tubas
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| Cinema of Iran The cinema of Iran (or Persian cinema) is a flourishing film industry with a long history. Many popular commercial films are annually made in Iran, and Iranian art films win praise around the world.Film festivals that honour Iranian films are held annually around the globe. Cinema_of_Iran
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| Hazim al-Shaalan Hazim al-Shaalan al-Khuzaei (born 1947) was Iraq's Defence Minister from June 2004 until May 2005 under the Iraqi Interim Government of Ayad Allawi.al-Shaalan was born in Diwaniyya, southern Iraq, into a leading family of the Ghazal tribe. He is a Shia Arab. Hazim_al-Shaalan
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| Association of Combatant Clerics The Association of Combatant Clerics (; majma'-e rowhāniyūn-e mobārez), also translated as the Assembly of Combatant Clerics, is a reformist Iranian political party. It was established on March 16, 1988. It is not to be confused with the Combatant Clergy Association (Persian Association_of_Combatant_Clerics
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| Kerma Kerma (now known as Doukki Gel—a Nubian term which can be roughly translated as "red mound") was the capital city of the Kingdom of Kerma, in present day Egypt and Sudan, an archaeological site as old as 5,000 years. It became a real Nubian state during the 3rd millennium BC. Kerma was about away from Aswan. Kerma
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| Maxime Rodinson Maxime Rodinson (26 January 1915 – 23 May 2004) was a French Marxist historian, sociologist and orientalist. He was the son of a Russian-Polish clothing trader and his wife who both died in the Auschwitz concentration camp. After studying oriental languages, he became a professor of Ethiopian (Amharic) at EPHE (École Pratique des Hautes Études, France). He was the author of a rich body of work, including the book Muhammad, a biography of the prophet of Islam. Maxime_Rodinson
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| Ester Fanous Ester Akhnoukh Fanous (Esther Fanous; ), also known as Ester Wissa (February 19, 1895, Assiut, Egypt - August 1990) was an Egyptian Christian feminist and the daughter of doctor Akhnoukh Fanous and Balsam Wissa.The national and religious atmosphere dominating her parents' house had a great influence on her personality; she accordingly knew the freedom through the ideas and opinions raised within her family and through the valuable books existing in her father's library. Ester_Fanous
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| Hoda Shaarawi Huda Shaarawi () (born June 23, 1879 died December 12, 1947) was a pioneer Egyptian feminist leader and nationalist. Born in Minya, she was a daughter of Muhammad Sultan, the first president of the Egyptian Representative Council, and was taught to read the Qur'an and tutored in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Islamic subjects by Muslim women teachers in Cairo. Hoda_Shaarawi
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| Kingdom of Kerma The Kingdom of Kerma was a state in Nubia from around 2500 BC to about 1520 BC. It was based in the city of Kerma in Upper Nubia and emerged as a major centre during the Middle Kingdom period of Egypt. It had a distinct civilization (for example very fine and original ceramics have been found). Kingdom_of_Kerma
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| Cairo Anti-war Conference Cairo Conference against U.S. hegemony and war on Iraq and in solidarity with Palestine (laterPopular Campaign for the Support of Resistance in Palestine and Iraq and Against Globalization), generally known simply as Cairo Anti-war Conference, is an anti-war and anti-neo-liberalism conference held regularly since 2002 in Cairo, Egypt. Cairo_Anti-war_Conference
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| Mahmoud Mokhtar Mahmoud Mokhtar () (May 10 1891-March 28 1934) was an Egyptian sculptor. Notwithstanding his prematurely early death, his impact on contemporary Egyptian art has been colossal. He is considered the father of modern Egyptian sculpture. Mahmoud_Mokhtar
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| Second Intifada/Archive 1 Talk:Second_Intifada/Archive_1
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| Major football rivalries This article deals with major football (soccer) rivalries around the world. This includes local derbies as well as matches between teams further apart. Major footballing rivalries manifest themselves in many ways. Fierce conflicts between supporter groups, large media coverage, high television viewing figures and, in some cases, bitter controversy can be both causes and consequences of high-profile rivalries. Major_football_rivalries
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| April 2005 April 2005 ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → April_2005
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| If Americans Knew Talk:If_Americans_Knew
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| Angham Angham (born January 19, 1966) is an Egyptian singer, record producer and actress. Her debut was in 1987 under the guidance of her father, Mohammad Suleiman. She is the most successful vocal female artist in Egypt starting from the 1980s till nowadays. Following her divorce from Magdy Aref in 2000, Angham took much more control over her image and musical style after that “Leih Sebtaha” (Why Did You Leave Her) record established her into a strong position amid the constant emerge of new voices in the Middle East music scene. Angham
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| Nagua Fouad Nagua Fouad () (born 1943) is Famous Egyptian belly dancer. After her release she performed at the Abdeen Casino where she met Ahmad Fouad Hassan (her future husband for 6 years), a producer of stage shows that later became a famous conductor. He convinced her to perform live at the most prestigious music and dance show in the 1960s called Adwa El Madina (City Lights) which had featured such superstars as Shadia, Abdel Halim Hafez, Fayza Ahmed, and Sabah. Nagua_Fouad
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| Faten Hamama (, , born May 27, 1931) is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of film, television, and theatre. She was regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from melodramas to historical films and occasional comedies, though her chief successes were romantic dramas. Noted for her willingness to play serious characters, she has also acted in some controversial films in the history of Egyptian cinema. Faten_Hamama
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| Humbert Balsan Humbert Balsan (August 21 1954 February 10 2005) was a French film producer and chairman of the European Film Academy. He was renowned for securing financing and distribution for diverse and often challenging films.In February 2005, Balsan was found dead in the offices of his production company, Ognon Pictures, in Paris. He was known to have suffered from depression, and killed himself by hanging. Humbert_Balsan
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| Algerian Civil War Talk:Algerian_Civil_War
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| Kefaya Kefaya ( , meaning enough) is the unofficial moniker of the Egyptian Movement for Change ( el-Haraka el-Masreyya men agl el-Taghyeer), a grassroots coalition which draws it support from across Egypt’s political spectrum to oppose President Hosni Mubarak’s presidency and the possibility he may seek to transfer power directly to his son Gamal.While it first came to public attention in the summer of 2004, and achieved a much greater profile during the 2005 constitutional referendum and presidential election campaigns, it has recently lost momentum, suffering from internal dissent, leadership change, and a more general frustration at the apparent inability of Egypt’s political opposition to force the pace of reform. Kefaya
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| Jayjg/Archive 5 User_talk:Jayjg/Archive_5
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| Marcel Khalife Marcel Khalife (; b. 1950, Amchit, Mount Lebanon) is a Lebanese composer, singer and oud (an Arabic lute) player, considered a Palestinian among the Palestinians, a Southerner among the South Lebanese and most commonly an Arab musician. From 1970 to 1975, he taught at the conservatory in Beirut. Marcel_Khalife
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| Antoine Clot Antoine Barthelemy Clot (7 November 1793 - 28 August 1868) was a French physician known as Clot Bey while practicing in Egypt.He was born at Grenoble, and graduated in medicine and surgery at Montpellier. After practising for a time at Marseilles he was made chief surgeon to Mehemet Ali, viceroy of Egypt. Antoine_Clot
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| Luxor massacre The Luxor Massacre took place on 17 November 1997, at Deir el-Bahri, an archaeological site located across the River Nile from Luxor in Egypt. Deir el-Bahri is one of Egypt's top tourist attractions, most notably for the spectacular mortuary temple of 18th-dynasty female pharaoh Hatshepsut, known as "Djeser-Djeseru." Luxor_massacre
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| Current events/April 1, 2005 Portal:Current_events/April_1,_2005
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| Elia Suleiman Elia Suleiman (, born July 28, 1960 in Nazareth, Israel), is a Palestinian-Israeli film director and actor. He is best known for the 2002 film Divine Intervention (), a modern tragic comedy on living under occupation in the Palestinian territories which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Elia Suleiman's cinematic style is often compared to that of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton, for its poetic interplay between "burlesque and sobriety". Elia_Suleiman
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| Asef Bayat International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), and ISIM Chair of Islam and the Modern World at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He has published widely on issues of political sociology, social movements, urban space and politics, the everyday of politics and religiosity, contemporary Islam, and the Muslim Middle East. Asef_Bayat
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| Lillian Trasher Lillian_Trasher
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| Ahmad Zaki (actor) Ahmed Zaki (Ahmed Zaky; November 18, 1949 – March 27, 2005) was a leading Egyptian film star. He was characterised by his talent, skill and ability in impersonating. He was also famous for his on-screen vehemence, often genuinely hitting co-stars during scenes of violence. Ahmad_Zaki_(actor)
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| Irma Capece Minutolo Irma Capece Minutolo (born 6 August 1935) is an Italian former opera singer who was one of the last companions of King Farouk I of Egypt. In recent years, she has claimed to have been the king's last wife and now uses the name Irma Capece Minutolo Farouk. Irma_Capece_Minutolo
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| Women for Israel's Tomorrow Talk:Women_for_Israel's_Tomorrow
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| Apostasy in Islam Apostasy in Islam () is commonly defined as the rejection in word or deed of their former religion (apostasy) by a person who was previously a follower of Islam.The four major Sunni Madh'hab (schools of Islamic jurisprudence) all agree that apostasy is the gravest sin in Islam and require the application of the death penalty as long as the individual does not do so in ignorance or under duress, except for tha Hanafi school which regards women to be exempt. Apostasy_in_Islam
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| Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati Abdul-Wahab al-Bayati (1926–1999) Iraqi poet who led Arabic poetry beyond the constraints of classical Arabic poetical forms, transcending the traditional rhyme schemes and conventional metric patterns that had prevailed for more than 15 centuries. Abd_al-Wahhab_Al-Bayyati
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| Rashaida people The Rashaida are a Bedouin tribe populating either side of the Red Sea as well as other parts of the Arabian Peninsula. They descend from a major Arab tribe in the Peninsula called Banu Abs. Most of the Rashaida live in the Arabian Peninsula. Rashaida people migrated in large numbers to Eastern Sudan and Eritrea where they are a tribe of recent Arab origin, keeping their traditional dress, culture, customs and religion (Sunni Islam). They speak Hedjazi Arabic. Rashaida_people
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| Pope Cyril V of Alexandria Pope Cyril of Alexandria (also called Kyrillos) V) (born Youhanna (John) in 1824 or 1830/1831 according to different accounts; died 7 August 1927) was the 112th Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark for fifty-two years and nine months, from 1 November 1874 until his death.He was the longest serving Pope in the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope_Cyril_V_of_Alexandria
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| Ahmad al-Badawi Ahmad_al-Badawi
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| Salama Moussa Salama Moussa (1887-1958) (ArEgyptian journalist and reformer in the 1920s. Born in Zagazig to a Coptic Christian family, Moussa was known for his wide interest in science and culture, as well as his firm belief in the human intellect as a guarantor of progress and prosperity. In 1908, he travelled to Europe where he studied literature, philosophy, social and natural sciences. He continued studying these subjects critically throughout his life. Salama_Moussa
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| Jersey Devil User:Jersey_Devil
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| Seito Sakakibara is the alias of a then-14-year-old student from Kobe, Japan who murdered an 11-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl between March and May 1997. Also identified as Onibara (due to an error in reporting by the Japanese media), his real name has not been released to the press as per Japanese legal procedures prohibiting the identification of juvenile offenders, and he is officially referred to as "Boy A" in Japanese legal documentation. Seito_Sakakibara
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| Sabah Fakhri Sabah Fakhri () (born 1933)Aleppo, Syria. Over the past 50 years of fame and popularity as a singer, Fakhri modified and popularized the then-fading form of traditional Arabic music, Muwashahat and Koodood. He is well known for his exceptionally powerful voice, impeccable execution of Maqamat and harmony, as well as charismatic performances. To many music admirers around the world, he represents the epitome and essence of authentic Arabic Tarab. Sabah_Fakhri
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