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On June 20, 2003, Abdel Salam Sidahmed, deputy director of AI's Middle East Program, described an uprising by the prisoners against the conditions of their detention, saying "The notorious Abu Ghraib Prison, centre of torture and mass executions under Saddam Hussein, is yet again a prison cut off from the outside world.
Mohammad Bhar (Arabic: محمد بهار; 2000 – July 2024) was a 24-year-old Palestinian man with Down syndrome and autism who died after being mauled by an Israeli military dog in a Gaza Strip house during the Israel–Hamas war. Bhar, who had Down syndrome, autism, and speech difficulties, was unable to move without assistance from his family.
Jobrani was born in Tehran, Iran. [1] He and his parents moved to California when he was six years old. [2] He was raised in Tiburon in the San Francisco Bay area. He attended Redwood High School in Larkspur, and was inducted into the Redwood distinguished alumni class of 2017. [3]
Yemeni man wearing a keffiyeh in turban-style and a Yemeni shawl on his shoulder The keffiyeh or kufiyyeh ( Arabic : كُوفِيَّة , romanized : kūfiyya , lit. ' coif '), [ 1 ] also known in Arabic as a hattah ( حَطَّة , ḥaṭṭa ), is a traditional headdress worn by men from parts of the Middle East .
A 17th-century miniature of Nasiruddin, from the collection of the Topkapı Palace Museum. Nasreddin (/ n æ s ˈ r ɛ d ɪ n / [1]) or Nasreddin Hodja (variants include Mullah Nasreddin Hodja, Nasruddin Hodja, Mullah Nasruddin, Mullah Nasriddin, Khoja Nasriddin) (1208–1285) is a character commonly found in the folklores of the Muslim world, and a hero of humorous short stories and satirical ...
People from the Middle East. Note: Not to be confused with people from West Asia , which includes people from the South Caucasus but does not include Egypt (outside the Sinai Peninsula ) and Turkish Thrace (geographically in Southeast Europe ).
A man wearing a Yemeni jambiya. A jambiya (Arabic: جنبية), [a] is a type of dagger with a short curved blade with a medial ridge that originated from the Hadhramaut region in Yemen. [1] [2] They have spread to other countries in the Middle East, to other countries in the Arab world, and to parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Afro-Arab man of the Congo (ca. 1942). From the 7th century onward Muslim communities were established along the coast of Eritrea and Somalia, subsequently spreading inland.