khamsin
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A third category of khamsin sufferers have more complex reactions.
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The hot, dry atmosphere produced by the khamsin contains an excess of positive ions.
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The khamsin is a baleful wind that flares out of the deserts, drying out the land and the people until the flesh fairly crackles.
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Moving up out of the desert each spring and fall, the khamsin is an ill wind that blows no one in the Middle East any good.
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When the khamsin blows the dust-storms upon the caravan, the camel-driver hath no care for his camels.
From The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete by Gilbert Parker
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