Middle East and North Africa
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A political party that rued Iraq from 1968 to 2003.

A sect of Islam distinct from Sunni whose adherents 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.

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

A series of protests in countries in Middle East and North Africa that began in 2010 and called for the removal of authoritarian regimes.

The process by which water is transferred from land to the atmosphere by evaporation from soil and other surfaces and by transpiration from plants.

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

A country in which the city and the state are essentially one and the same.

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.

A more formalized written standard form of Arabic that is commonly used across the Arab-speaking world, in contrast to the multiple forms of spoken Arabic.

Money that leaves other areas of the world seeking a location with strong secrecy laws where money can be hidden and invested without scrutiny.

A city that is the largest in the country and is the center of economic and political life.

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