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(Encyclopedia)Tunis to͞onĭs [key], city (1994 pop. 674,100), capital of Tunisia, NE Tunisia, on the Lake of Tunis. Access to the Gulf of Tunis (an arm of the Mediterranean) is by a canal terminating at a subsidia...Sun Ra
(Encyclopedia) Sun Ra, 1914-1993, African-American jazz composer, bandleader, and keyboard player, b. Birmingham, Al., as Herman Poole Blount. Sun Ra was a leading c...Kut-el-Amara
(Encyclopedia)Kut-el-Amara: see Al Kut, Iraq.Shatt el Arab
(Encyclopedia)Shatt el Arab: see Shatt al Arab. ...Chemical Ali
(Encyclopedia)Chemical Ali: see Majid, Ali Hassan al-. ...Gadhafi, Moammar El-
(Encyclopedia)Gadhafi, Moammar El-: see Qaddafi, Muammar al-. ...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...Makkah Royal Clock Tower
(Encyclopedia)Makkah Royal Clock Tower: see Abraj Al-Bait. ...Knopf, Blanche W.
(Encyclopedia)Knopf, Blanche W.: see under Knopf, Alfred A. ...Abbas, Mahmoud
(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–...Browse by Subject
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