Middle East and North Africa

Originally refers to manuscript in which the original script was overlain by subsequent scripts but some still remain visible.

A sect of Islam distinct from Shia in that its adherents do not believe that the succession of the Prophet Mohammed should be hereditary and follow family bloodlines.

The recreation of a transnational authority guided by Islamic principles and is a long held belief of many Sunni fundamentalists.

The money that temporary and permanent migrants send back to their home country.

Injecting liquids at high pressure into underground rock formations to extract oil and gas.

A communal settlement in Israel.

French expatriates living in Algeria.

An attempt by a group or individual to overthrow an existing government in order to implement their own regime.

An underground layer of rock that bears water.

A sect of Islam distinct from Sunni whose adherents believe that the succession of the Prophet Mohammed should be hereditary and follow family bloodlines.

A veil typically worn by Muslim women.

A grassy plain that contains few trees.

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