khamsin

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These victims have few specific complaints beyond an extreme sensitivity to the rapid temperature changes caused by the khamsin.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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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.

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Judges in some Arab countries take a lenient attitude toward crimes committed during the khamsin.

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When the khamsin blows the dust- storms upon the caravan, the camel-driver hath no care for his camels.

From The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Volume 2 by Parker, Gilbert