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  • "This is my message in the book: If Kurdistan is established, the Middle East would collapse," he said on Monday evening at a reception at the Swedish Consulate General in İstanbul on the occasion of releasing his book in Turkish, "Bir Diplomatın Gözüyle Kürt Sorunu" (The Kurdish Problem from a Diplomat's Eyes).

    TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News 2008

  • Anyway, I'll be working on a site called Bir Madhkur which was an ancient stopping point between Petra and Gaza.

    Going to Jordan! Master Luke 2010

  • By it is a well, called Bir-en-Neby, the water of which is brackish, and for this reason, probably, enjoys no reputation for holiness.

    Travels in Arabia 2003

  • We drew up at a small building called Bir Suways (Well of Suez); and, under pretext of watering the cattle, I sat for half an hour admiring the charms of the

    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

  • It is also called the Bir al-Taflat-of Saliva28 — because the Prophet honoured it by expectoration, as, by-the-bye, he seems to have done to almost all the wells in Al-Madinah.

    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

  • One notable one, however, called Bir el Emir was thought very good by contrast.

    Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

  • They pushed north to a settlement called Bir Shuaib, taking them within 25 km 15 miles of their target of Zawiyah, a town less than 50 km from Tripoli, the stronghold of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • They pushed north to a settlement called Bir Shuaib, taking them within 25 km 15 miles of their target of Zawiyah, a town less than 50 km from Tripoli, the stronghold of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • They pushed north to a settlement called Bir Shuaib, taking them within 25 km 15 miles of their target of Zawiyah, a town less than 50 km from Tripoli, the stronghold of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • Wady Emshash, called Bir Emshash, which yields a copious supply of water in the winter, but dries up in the middle of summer if rains have not been abundant; the garrison of Adjeroud, where is a well so bitter that even camels will not drink the water, draws its supply of drinking water from the Bir Emshash.

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

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