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Encyclopaedia of the Orient - Numerous definitions of Arabic life, customs, and places. Covers topics about northern Africa and the Middle East. Includes maps and articles.
John Glubb - British military leader serving first the Iraqi government, then the rulers of Transjordan and later Jordan. (1897-1986). [ Move - Reference/Encyclopedias/Subject_Encyclopedias/Encyclopaedia_of_the_Orient/G ]
Orient - Derived from Latin word, meaning the lands where the sun rises, as seen from Europe.
Sufism - Mystical orientation inside Sunni Islam.
Gnosticism - A Middle Eastern religious and philosophical orientation that grew strong in the 1st century CE, exercising strong influence on Judaism and Christianity and at times representing a strong and competing theology.
Tasawwuf - Arabic term for Sufism, mystical orientation inside Sunni Islam. Aim is to gain a closer connection to God and higher knowledge.
Kharijis - The smallest of the three orientations in Islam, today counting for less than 1% of all Muslims.
Qibla - Direction in which the believer is oriented for salat, the prayer of Islam. Located in a mosque, indicated by a mihrab, a niche in the wall.
Hosni Mubarak - Biography of the Egyptian president, with links to key names and terms; by Tore Kjeilen, in Encyclopaedia of the Orient.
Suez Canal - Brief description and key-dates history of the artificial waterway, with several links; from Encyclopaedia of the Orient.

Shabak people - The Shabak people are a minority group of Iraq who live in the province of Ninawa. Their language, Shabaki, is a Zaza-Gorani dialect, similar to Kurdish, with many borrowings from Turkish, Persian and ArabicShabak, Encyclopaedia of The Orient..