khamsin
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A third category of khamsin sufferers have more complex reactions.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The shaky cease-fire shifted attention back to Lebanon's complicated political situation, which was about as impenetrable as the khamsin.
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The German drive, which had swept across Libya as fast and as hot as the desert wind called khamsin, was apparently aimed straight for Alexandria.
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The khamsin, the hot African wind, filled the air with the sands of the Sahara.
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Camp was not a healthy spot in the khamsin days, Mac decided.
From The Tale of a Trooper by Mackenzie, Clutha N. (Clutha Nantes)
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