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    Often grouped within Farafra are the hot springs at Bir Sitta (the sixth well) and the El-Mufid lake. The word al-Farafra (al-Farafira in local pronunciation...
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    It is located in the Farafra depression, 45 km (28 mi) north of the town of Qasr Al Farafra. Part of the park is in the Farafra Oasis (New Valley Governorate)...
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    She sponsored two major architectural structures, the Khanqah al-Farafra and the Madrasa al-firdaws. Both were privileged locations and thus especially...
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    the Extension of Nasr City, El Qattamiyya, near El Maadi district, and Al Farafra oasis. Libya – Great Sand Sea – Hundreds of square miles of petrified...
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    > Site > Khanqah wa Qubbat al-Amir Shaykhu". www.archnet.org. Retrieved 2022-12-05. "Archnet > Site > Khanqah al-Farafra". www.archnet.org. Retrieved...
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    Oasis were the two places in New Valley with a population of over 15,000. Farafra Oasis and Baris Oasis are also in New Valley. According to the Egyptian...
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    2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013. "Gunmen kill 21 Egyptian soldiers near Al- Farafra Oasis". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 20 July 2014. "Egypt admits...
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    It is located in the Farafra depression, 45 km (28 mi) north of the town of Qsar El Farafra. Part of the park is in the Farafra Oasis (New Valley Governorate)...
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    The Rub' al Khali (/ˈrʊb æl ˈkɑːli/; Arabic: ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي (/ar.rubʕ alxaːliː/), the "Empty Quarter", is the sand desert (erg) encompassing most of...
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    White Desert – a desert covering a part of western Egypt and located in Farafra, Egypt Eastern Desert – a desert covering eastern Egypt and northeastern...
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  • Akhmim Al Matariya Al-Amiriya Al-Aqaba al-Kabira Al-Arish Al-Atamina Al-Ayyat Al-Badari Al-Ballas Al-Balyana Al-Birba Al-Burj Al-Burumbul Al-Fant Al-Fashn...
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    Bahriyah and Farafra". www.aucpress.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10. Siwa Oasis, Cairo, Egypt, American University in Cairo Press 1990 Bahriyah and Farafra, Cairo...
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    tale of a city, report of the Al-Ahram Weekly of August 9, 2007. Giddy, Lisa L.: Egyptian Oases : Bahariya, Dakhla, Farafra and Kharga During Pharaonic...
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    example, five historic oases in the Western Desert of Egypt (Kharga, Dakhla, Farafra, Baharyia, and Siwa) once had "flowing spring and wells" but due to the...
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    Sinai. on 19 July 2014 Ansar Bait al-Maqdis ambushed Egyptian army soldiers, this event is knows as the 2014 Farafra ambush on 28 August 2014 ABM released...
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  • The 2014 Farafra ambush (also called 2014 Al-Wadi Al-Gedid attack) occurred on 19 July 2014 when unidentified gunmen ambushed a desert checkpoint in the...
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    comprising deserts of: Libya, Egypt and Sudan (Tazirbu, Kufra, Dakhla, Kharga, Farafra, Siwa, Asyut, Sohag, Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Wadi Halfa) where the long-term...
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    Ad-Dahna Desert (redirect from Al-Dahna)
    another by plains. Roads pass through Al-Dahnā, linking Kuwait with Al-Zilfī and Riyadh and connecting Riyadh with Hasa. Al-Dahna desert is formed of high sand...
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    Administrative Capital (NAC) (Arabic: العاصمة الإدارية الجديدة, romanized: al-ʿĀṣima al-ʾIdārīya al-Gadīda), is a new urban community in Cairo Governorate, Egypt and...
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  • Sharkas case and the 2014 Farafra ambush, which he had personally executed and previously planned while based in Ansar al-Sharia camps in Libya. Ashmawy...
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    Alexandria (redirect from Al Iskandarîya)
    Alexandria (/ˌælɪɡˈzændriə, -ˈzɑːn-/ AL-ig-ZA(H)N-dree-ə; Arabic: الإسكندرية; Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest...
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    Sadiq ibn al-Muhammad al-Tibrizi al-Masri (d. 1384), desecrated the sphinxes of "Qanatir al-Siba", built by Sultan Baybars. The Arab historian al-Maqrīzī...
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    Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) from the Nile and between the oases of Farafra and Kharga. It measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and...
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  • Al Khatim Desert is a desert on the way to Al Ain from Abu Dhabi, Al Khatim desert is amazing location to do off-road riding experiences, United Arab Emirates...
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    Faiyum Oasis (redirect from Al-fayoum)
    best-selling books in the world. Bahr Yussef canal Faiyum Faiyum Governorate Farafra Fayum mummy portraits Lake Moeris Monastery of the Archangel Gabriel at...
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  • 30°31′N 31°21′E / 30.517°N 31.350°E / 30.517; 31.350 Minya al-Qamh (Arabic: منيا القمح, "abode of the wheat") is the capital of the eponymous markaz...
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  • lost camel. Placed five days west of the track connecting the oases of Farafra and Bahariya, the "Oasis called Wadee Zerzoora" abounded "in palms, with...
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  • Society expedition included, predominantly, Al Wahiba (or Yal Wahiba) for whom the region is named, Al-Amr, Al-Bu-Isa, Hikman, Hishm and Janaba. Ghaf trees...
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    El Alamein (redirect from Al Alamayn)
    El Alamein (Arabic: العلمين, romanized: al-ʿAlamayn, lit. 'the two flags', IPA: [elʕælæˈmeːn] ) is a town in the northern Matrouh Governorate of Egypt...
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  • Nafud desert (redirect from Al-Nefud)
    vegetables, barley, and fruits are grown. The Nafud is connected to the Rub' al Khali by the Dahna, a corridor of gravel plains and sand dunes, 800 mi (1...
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