sheikh

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"They knew that as long as the sheikh was around, they would never be able to return to the Gaza Strip."

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  • "They knew that as long as the sheikh was around, they would never be able to return to the Gaza Strip." —  Latest Articles
  • The leadership of the Gama'a has broken with the sheikh, and many of the leaders have renounced violence as a political path. —  Indybay newswire
  • Each side of the stage was lined with a large gypsum mound on which were engraved portraits of the nine previous SCA heads, along with the portrait of the late Ahmed Youssef, known as the sheikh of restorers. —  Egyptology News
  • As soon as the girl's father was told that the sheikh was actually a British journalist, the man suddenly showed a completely different side of his. —  Pravda.Ru
  • Another sheikh was anxious to take us to his house for the night, but we could not remain, as our work demanded our return to camp that night, so we compromised matters by taking coffee with him on a green oasis near his house, under a blazing sun, without an atom of shade, and without a thing against which to lean our tired backs. —  Southern Arabia
 

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