khamsin

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The hot, dry atmosphere produced by the khamsin contains an excess of positive ions.

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Under Ottoman Empire law, murder was held more pardonable if committed while the khamsin was blowing.

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Additional tests have shown that their conditions are aggravated, not directly caused by the khamsin.

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Last week, as Jerusalem suffered under the worst khamsin since 1893, tempers and guns blazed along Israel's borders.

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The heat was increasing and the desert winds brought the "khamsin" or duststorms.

From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Collett, Herbert Brayley