| Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida and sometimes al-Qa'ida, (Arabic:translation:The Base) is an Islamist group founded sometime between August 1988 and late 1989/early 1990. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless arm and a fundamentalist Sunni movement calling for al-qaeda al-sulbah (a vanguard of the strong).Al-Qae Al-Qaeda
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| Abbas II of Egypt Abbas_II_of_Egypt
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| Antisemitism in the Arab world Talk:Antisemitism_in_the_Arab_world
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| Byzantine Empire/Archive 7 Talk:Byzantine_Empire/Archive_7
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| Bauhaus ''Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. The Bauhaus school was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. In spite of its name, and the fact that its founder was an architect, the Bauhaus did not have an architecture department during the first years of its existence. Bauhaus
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| Cairo Cairo ( ), is the capital city of Egypt, and is the largest city in Africa, and the Arab World. It is the largest metropolitan area in Egypt, and is one of the most populous in the world. Cairo has long been the center of the region's cultural and artistic life, and has the oldest and largest film and music industries in the Arab World, earning it the name of the "Hollywood of the East". Cairo
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| Demographics of Egypt demographic features of the population of Egypt, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and the second-most populous on the African continent (after Nigeria). Demographics_of_Egypt
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| Foreign relations of France United Nations, France holds one of the permanent seats in the Security Council and is a member of most of its specialized and related agencies. Foreign_relations_of_France
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| Feminism Feminism is an intellectual, philosophical and political discourse aimed at equal rights and legal protection for women. It involves various movements, theories, and philosophies, all concerned with issues of gender difference; that advocate equality for women; and that campaign for women's rights and interests. Feminism
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| Hamas Hamas
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| Hezbollah Hezbollah
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| History of Lebanon The history of Lebanon is almost as old as the earliest evidence of humankind. Its geographic position as a crossroads linking the Mediterranean Basin with the great Asian hinterland has conferred on it a cosmopolitan character and a multicultural legacy. History_of_Lebanon
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| Michael Atiyah Sir Michael Francis Atiyah, OM, FRS, FRSE (born April 22, 1929) is a British mathematician, and one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. He grew up in Sudan and Egypt, and spent most of his academic life at Oxford, Cambridge, and Princeton. Michael_Atiyah
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| Rosetta Stone Rosetta Stone is an Ancient Egyptian artifact which was instrumental in advancing modern understanding of hieroglyphic writing. The stone is a Ptolemaic era stele with carved text made up of three translations of a single passageEgyptian language scripts (hieroglyphic and Demotic) and one in classical Greek. Rosetta_Stone
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| Shia Islam Shia Islam ( Shī‘ah, sometimes Shi'a or Shi'ite), is the second largest denomination of Islam, after Sunni Islam. Shia_Islam
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| Soad Hosny Soad Mohamed Hosny (Arabic:سعاد حسني January 26, 1942 – June 21, 2001) was an Egyptian actress with a Syrian family background. Hosny was known as the "Cinderella" of Egyptian cinema and one of the most influential actresses in the artistic arena. Soad_Hosny
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| Salman Rushdie Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize in 1981. Much of his early fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism mixed with historical fiction, and a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the Eastern and Western world. Salman_Rushdie
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| Six-Day War Six-Day_War
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| Tutankhamun Tutankhamun
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| The Washington Times The Washington Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It was founded in 1982 by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon. The Times is known for its conservative stance on political and social issues. The Times has never been a financial success and has about one-eighth of the circulation of its major competitor in Washington, the Washington Post. The_Washington_Times
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| Umberto Eco Umberto Eco (born 5 January 1932) is an Italian medievalist, semiotician, philosopher, literary critic and novelist, best known for his novel The Name of the Rose (Il nome della rosa, 1980), an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory. His 1988 novel Foucault's Pendulum has been described as a "thinking man's Da Vinci Code". Umberto_Eco
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| Yom Kippur War Yom_Kippur_War
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| Yasser Arafat Yasser_Arafat
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| Refugee A refugee is a person who flees to escape conflict, persecution or natural disaster. Owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country. Refugee
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| Freedom of religion Freedom of religion is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. The concept is generally recognized to also include the freedom to change religion or not to follow any religion. Freedom_of_religion
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| Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing dispute between Israelis and the Palestinians. It forms part of the wider Arab–Israeli conflict. Though the State of Israel was established in 1948, the term is usually used also in reference to the earlier phases of the same conflict, between Zionist pioneers and the Arab population living in Palestine under Ottoman or British rule. Israeli–Palestinian_conflict
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| Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is one of the world's leading international non-governmental organizations that conduct research and advocacy on human rights. Its headquarters are in New York City and it has offices in Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo, Toronto, and Washington D.C. Human_Rights_Watch
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| Non-governmental organization Non-governmental organization (NGO) is a term that has become widely accepted for referring to a legally constituted, non-governmental organization created by natural or legal persons with no participation or representation of any government. In the cases in which NGOs are funded totally or partially by governments, the NGO maintains its non-governmental status therefore it excludes government representatives from membership in the organization. Non-governmental_organization
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| Organisation of the Islamic Conference The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is an international organisation with a permanent delegation to the United Nations. It groups 57 member states, from the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus, Balkans, Southeast Asia, South Asia and South America. The official languages of the organisation are Arabic, English and French. Organisation_of_the_Islamic_Conference
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| Unit 101 Unit 101 was a special forces unit of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF), founded and commanded by Ariel Sharon on orders from Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in August 1953. It was created in order to better deal with a spate of Arab fedayeen attacks against Israelis, which the IDF was unsuccessful in halting. Unit 101 was merged into the paratrooper brigade in 1954, and later disbanded. Unit_101
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| Yom Kippur War Talk:Yom_Kippur_War
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| Multiculturalism The term multiculturalism generally refers to a theory promoting retention of various cultural divisions for the sake of diversity that applies to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the scale of an organization such as a school, business, neighborhood, city or nation. Multiculturalism
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| Farouk of Egypt Farouk I of Egypt (Arabic:Fārūq al-Awwal) (February 11, 1920 Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936. He was considered the first native Egyptian monarch for millennia despite his mixed roots. Farouk_of_Egypt
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| Arab League The Arab League ( al-Jāmiʻa al-ʻArabiyya), officially called the League of Arab States ( JāmiArabiyya), is a regional organization of Arab states in Southwest Asia, and North and Northeast Africa. It was formed in Cairo on March 22, 1945 with six membersEgypt, Iraq, Transjordan (renamed Jordan after 1946), Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Arab_League
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| Edward Said Talk:Edward_Said
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| Hatshepsut Hatshepsut
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| Ethnic cleansing Ethnic cleansing is a euphemism referring to the persecution through imprisonment, expulsion, or killing of members of an ethnic minority by a local majority to achieve ethnic homogeneity in majority-controlled territory. The term entered English and international media usage in the early 1990s to describe war events in the former Yugoslavia. Synonyms include ethnic purification . Ethnic_cleansing
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| Egyptians This article is about the contemporary North African ethnic group. See Egyptians (disambiguation) for other uses. Egyptians
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| Temple Mount The Temple Mount (, Har haBáyit), also known as Mount Moriah and by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary (, al-haram al-qudsī ash-sharīf), is a religious site in the Old City of Jerusalem. Due to its importance for Judaism and Islam it is one of the most contested religious sites in the world.The Temple Mount contains the holiest site in Judaism. Temple_Mount
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| Al-Aqsa Mosque Al-Aqsa_Mosque
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| Anti-Arabism Anti-Arabism or Arabophobia is the advocacy of prejudice or hostility toward Arabs. Arabs are those whose native language is Arabic. People of Arabic origin often identify themselves as Arabs. Anti-Arabism is commonly confused with Islamophobia. There are prominent non-Muslim minorities in the Arab world, predominantly Arabic-speaking Christians in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, among other countries. There is also a sizable minority of Arab Jews. Anti-Arabism
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| Second Intifada Second_Intifada
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| Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades () is a coalition of Palestinian militias in the West Bank. The groups name refers to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The group has been designated a terrorist group by Israel, the U.S., Canada, the European Union, and Japan. Al-Aqsa_Martyrs'_Brigades
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| Oslo Accords The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles (DOP) was a milestone in the Palestinian - Israeli conflict. It was the first direct, face-to-face agreement between Israel and political representatives of Palestinians. Oslo_Accords
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| Unification Church and antisemitism Unification Church take a generally pro-Jewish, pro-Israel stance, the church has been a subject to criticism for alleged antisemitism because of its teachings concerning the Jews in the Old and New Testaments.The main areas of dispute focus on How Unification theology evaluates Jewish preparation to receive the Messiah in the Old Testament and the New Testament; and How the Unification concept of "indemnity" relates the Crucifixion to the Holocaust. Unification_Church_and_antisemitism
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| Zagazig Zagazig (Zakazik, Arabic الزقازيق az-Zaqāzīq; colloquial or ), is a town of Lower Egypt, in the eastern part of the Nile delta, and is the capital of the province of Sharqia Governorate.As of 1999, its population was approximately 279,000. It is built on a branch of the Fresh Water or Ismaïlia Canal and on al-Muˤizz Canal (the ancient Tanitic channel of the Nile), and is 47 miles by rail north-northeast of Cairo. Zagazig
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| Ahmose I Ahmose_I
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| Heliopolis (ancient) Heliopolis (or On) (Greek:Egypt, and capital of the 13th Lower Egyptian nome. Its name also refers to an unrelated modern suburb of Cairo, also known as مصر الجديدة, Masr al-gidedah (literally "New Egypt" in Egyptian Arabic Nile north of the apex of the Delta. Heliopolis originally refers to an area that covers the areas of Ain Shams, Al-Matariyyah and Tel Al-Hisn. In ancient times it was the principal seat of sun-worship, thus its name, which means city of the sun in Greek. Heliopolis_(ancient)
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| Barbie Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler (1916-2002) is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for fifty years, and has been the subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits, often involving parody of the doll and her lifestyle. Barbie
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| Muslim Brotherhood Talk:Muslim_Brotherhood
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