khamsin
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Judges in some Arab countries take a lenient attitude toward crimes committed during the khamsin.
From Time Magazine Archive
These victims have few specific complaints beyond an extreme sensitivity to the rapid temperature changes caused by the khamsin.
From Time Magazine Archive
A third category of khamsin sufferers have more complex reactions.
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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, hot sand-laden winds of the spring months, come invariably from the south.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
