khamsin
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The khamsin, the hot African wind, filled the air with the sands of the Sahara.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
The shaky cease-fire shifted attention back to Lebanon's complicated political situation, which was about as impenetrable as the khamsin.
From Time Magazine Archive
The plain fact was that, as Arab and Jew squared off for battle in the hazy heat of a khamsin desert wind, no one wanted the battle to start.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
