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Thus, the Debba is a bridge, occupying the space both separating and joining the Arabs and Israelis, laying bare their legacy of pain and conflict in a seemingly endless and implacable war.
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According to Middle Eastern lore, the Debba is a mythical Arab hyena with the power to magically metamorphose into a man who lures Jewish children from their homes to teach them the language of the beasts.
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For this #SmallBizCool segment, Debba tells exactly while Girlfriendology is so hip (and introduces a new initiative she launched dedicated to women entrepreneurs).
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The story never resolves, but we get both lion hunting and a love triangle: a writer named Ernest Hemingway, his wife, Mary, and Debba, an "impudent" young Wakamba woman.
Resurrecting Papa 2008
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Debba was real, too, but the romance seems to have been imagined.
Resurrecting Papa 2008
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As long as Merawi and the other posts in Dongola were strongly held, the line from Abu Hamed to Debba was capable of easy defence.
The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Winston S. Churchill 1919
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Bishara did not attempt to re-enter the town, on which the gunboats were now concentrating their fire, but continued to retire in excellent order towards the south and Debba.
The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Winston S. Churchill 1919
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The reader, who had already on the railway reached the Atbara encampment and was prepared for the final advance on Khartoum, must allow his mind to revert to a period when the Egyptian forces are distributed along the river in garrisons at Dongola, Debba, Korti, and Merawi; when the reorganisation of the conquered province has been begun; and when the Desert Railway is still stretching steadily forward towards Abu Hamed.
The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Winston S. Churchill 1919
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All the troops in Dongola, with the exception of scanty garrisons in Merawi, Korti, and Debba, were massed at Berber.
The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Winston S. Churchill 1919
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Cataract, at Debba, or at Korti, drawing supplies along the railway, and from Railhead by a boat service on the long reach of open water.
The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Winston S. Churchill 1919
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