khamsin
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The khamsin, the hot African wind, filled the air with the sands of the Sahara.
From Time Magazine Archive
Judges in some Arab countries take a lenient attitude toward crimes committed during the khamsin.
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 German drive, which had swept across Libya as fast and as hot as the desert wind called khamsin, was apparently aimed straight for Alexandria.
From Time Magazine Archive
The khamsin blew in hot, sandy spurts, and lulled; then came again in hotter, more shrivelling bursts "From Hell!" thought the troopers, one and all.
From The Tale of a Trooper by Mackenzie, Clutha N. (Clutha Nantes)
