Rifa

"How can people just leave us here for so long and pretend we don't exist?" asks Ahmed al-Rifa'i.

Fay Ferguson: Syrian-Iraqi Border: Human Bargaining Chips 2009

I felt sick for the shepherd boys, for the girl in the blue dress, and for all the innocent people who surely lived in Nasiriyah, Ar Rifa, and the other towns this war would consume.

Iraq: The Hidden Human Costs Massing, Michael 2007

Rifa humanizes the environs on “Timewarp” with a breathy trip-hop diva, and does the same on “M1,” but that track has a more elegantly rattled rhythm, slipping up on occasion in a manner too low key to be truly called glitch.

Disquiet » Staunch Austrian MP3s 2005

Rifa is described by Prison Soup as an Austrian musician and a member of a collective called Loop Logo.

Disquiet » Staunch Austrian MP3s 2005

More info on Rifa, albeit in German, at looplogo.com.

Disquiet » Staunch Austrian MP3s 2005

In this prodigious ridge, which extends three hundred leagues, sometimes approaching near the sea, and sometimes running far up into the land, there is only one opening, through which all that merchandise is conveyed, which is embarked at Rifa, and from thence distributed through all the east.

A Voyage to Abyssinia Jeronimo Lobo 1637

Hanging with the McBride Boys, Luis was learning how not to talk, and it was all about learning the unspoken for him now: the downward three-finger signal meaning M for McBride-Marijuana-Muerte, Que Rifa; the confident badass walk protecting a nation of city blocks claimed by McBride; the khakis and Pendleton uniform por vida, the spit-shine wingtips polished, the haircut readied for battle; the one-of-a-kind McBride handshake—finger bullhorns ramming; the middle finger pulled erect like cannons to shoot out a Fuck you, y qué?

Their Dogs Came With Them Helena María Viramontes 2007

The Lote M vatos meant business and crudely chiseled away at the calligraphic tags—Alfonso aka Big Al, Sir Santos, Palo, Lucho Libre, Luis Lil Lizard, Turtle, McBride Boys Que Rifa.

Their Dogs Came With Them Helena María Viramontes 2007

Mintaqah ash Shamaliyah, Al Muharraq, Ar Rifa 'wa al Mintaqah al

The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Mintaqah al Wusta, Al Mintaqah ash Shamaliyah, Al Muharraq, Ar Rifa 'wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah, Jidd Hafs, Madinat Hamad, Madinat' Isa,

The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency