khamsin

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But for the moment no khamsin was blowing, no dreadful sandstorm to grind up men and machines.

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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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The khamsin, the hot African wind, filled the air with the sands of the Sahara.

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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