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  • Sectarianism is a debated concept. Some scholars and journalists define it as pre-existing fixed communal categories in society, and use it to explain...
    92 KB (10,868 words) - 12:20, 26 May 2024
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    Kurdish culture is a group of distinctive cultural traits practiced by Kurdish people. The Kurdish culture is a legacy from ancient peoples who shaped...
    13 KB (1,396 words) - 21:22, 28 April 2024
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    Oil reserves in Iraq are considered the world's fifth-largest proven oil reserves, with 140 billion barrels. As a result of military occupation and civil...
    8 KB (842 words) - 13:19, 7 January 2023
  • Pano Zodeia (Greek: (η) Πάνω Ζώδεια; Turkish: Yukarı Bostancı) is a village on the island of Cyprus, east of Morphou. De facto, it is under the control...
    5 KB (126 words) - 07:41, 6 October 2022
  • Kato Zodeia (Greek: (η) Κάτω Ζώδεια; Turkish: Aşağı Bostancı) is a village on the island of Cyprus, east of Morphou. De facto, it is under the control...
    5 KB (155 words) - 07:42, 6 October 2022
  • Tourism in Bahrain: Bahrain receives four million tourists a year. Most visitors are from Arab states of the Persian Gulf but there are an increasing number...
    3 KB (305 words) - 14:33, 29 May 2024
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    The strappado, also known as corda, is a form of torture in which the victim's hands are tied behind their back and the victim is suspended by a rope attached...
    16 KB (1,659 words) - 03:55, 27 May 2024
  • Gialia (Greek: Γιαλιά, Turkish: Yayla) is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 11 km northeast of Polis Chrysochous. Prior to 1974, the...
    9 KB (1,111 words) - 17:43, 27 June 2023
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    The gartel is a belt used by Jewish males, predominantly (but not exclusively) Hasidim, during prayer. "Gartel" is Yiddish for "belt". The word comes from...
    3 KB (357 words) - 00:53, 20 October 2022
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    The master plan of Jumeirah Garden City refers to the re-development of a 9,000,000-square-metre (97,000,000 sq ft) land area, conceptualized to be a part...
    5 KB (635 words) - 23:38, 1 June 2023
  • The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Jewish self-hatred, and the Jews is a collection of essays by playwright David Mamet, published by Nextbook/Schocken in...
    5 KB (644 words) - 06:47, 10 November 2021
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    Armenians first traveled to Java towards the end of the 18th century. They established several well-known commercial houses engaged in trade with overseas...
    8 KB (1,078 words) - 20:27, 26 January 2021
  • The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings (1951) is a reconstruction of the chronology of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah by Edwin R. Thiele. The book...
    32 KB (3,593 words) - 15:19, 25 March 2023
  • Derech Etz Chaim (DEC) is a post-high school religious yeshiva located in Har Nof, West Jerusalem. It was designed for students to spend a year or more...
    4 KB (395 words) - 05:02, 12 July 2022
  • This article lists incidents that have been termed ethnic cleansing by some academic or legal experts. Not all experts agree on every case, particularly...
    163 KB (16,694 words) - 00:49, 29 May 2024
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    Tekmen is a village in the Black Sea Region of Turkey, in Osmancık District of Çorum Province. Its population is 190 (2022). Though it is in the Black...
    5 KB (531 words) - 16:21, 15 March 2023
  • In politics, dual loyalty is loyalty to two separate interests that potentially conflict with each other, leading to a conflict of interest. While nearly...
    14 KB (1,462 words) - 06:27, 26 April 2023
  • Nasser al-Bahri (1972 – 26 December 2015), also known by his kunya or nom de guerre as Abu Jandal – "father of death" or "the killer", was a member of...
    14 KB (1,642 words) - 11:30, 7 January 2023
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    The Organised Crime Act 2015 is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that empowers the law enforcement authorities to detect, investigate, prevent...
    5 KB (429 words) - 18:02, 27 August 2021
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    Kfarfakoud (Kfarfakud or Kafarfakoud كفرفاقود) is a village in the Chouf district of Lebanon that lies between the valleys of the coastal Lebanese chain...
    2 KB (190 words) - 01:17, 1 June 2023
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