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  • 1Islamic scarf controversy in France — Referred to in France as l affaire du voile (the scarf affair), l affaire du voile islamique (the Islamic scarf affair), and l affaire du foulard (the scarf affair) among other bynames, the controversy over Islamic women s clothing has rocked… …

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  • 2FRANCE — (Heb. פְרַאנְצִיָּה and צָרְפַת), country in Western Europe. This entry is arranged according to the following outline: from the first settlements unil the revolution the roman and merovingian periods from the carolingians until the eve of the… …

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  • 3Niqāb in Egypt — In a predominantly Muslim society, as many as 90% of women in Egypt have adopted a form of veiling.[1] A majority of Egyptian women cover at least their hair with the hijab. A hijab refers to a head covering that is worn by Muslim women. Although …

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  • 4France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 5Egypt — /ee jipt/, n. 1. Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 64,791,891; 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Cap.: Cairo. Arabic, Misr. Formerly (1958 71), United Arab Republic. 2. an ancient kingdom in NE Africa: divided into the Nile Delta… …

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  • 6Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini — Marwa El Sherbini Born 7 October 1977(1977 10 07) Alexandria, Egypt Died 1 July 2009 …

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  • 7ARAB WORLD, 1945–2006 — The Arab world is divided into four subregions: the Maghreb (morocco , tunisia , algeria , libya , Mauritania), the Nile Valley (egypt and Sudan), the Fertile Crescent (syria , lebanon , iraq , jordan , and the palestinian authority ), and the… …

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  • 8Depiction of Jesus — The oldest surviving panel icon of Christ Pantocrator, encaustic on panel, c. 6th century. The depiction of Jesus in art took several centuries to reach a conventional standardized form for his physical appearance, which has subsequently remained …

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  • 9Soraya Tarzi — (Pashto/Persian): ملکه ثريا) (b. November 24, 1899, d. April 20, 1968) was a Queen of Afghanistan. She is the only woman to appear on the list of rulers in Afghanistan, although wife of King Amanullah Khan. Born in Damascus, Syria, she was… …

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  • 10Gulshan Esther — is a Pakistani Christian, a convert from Islam, and the author (with co writer Thelma Sangster) of the book The Torn Veil .Early lifeEsther was born in 1952 to a wealthy and prominent family of Jhang in the Punjab, Pakistan. At the age of six… …

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