khamsin
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Additional tests have shown that their conditions are aggravated, not directly caused by the khamsin.
From Time Magazine Archive
A third category of khamsin sufferers have more complex reactions.
From Time Magazine Archive
The khamsin is a baleful wind that flares out of the deserts, drying out the land and the people until the flesh fairly crackles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under Ottoman Empire law, murder was held more pardonable if committed while the khamsin was blowing.
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Alexandria on our return was dimmed in the heat and choking in the sand clouds of a khamsin.
From The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by Morrison, F. L.
