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  • Khalil Gibran (born Gibran Khalil Gibran, Arabic: جبران خليل جبران, Syriac: ܓ̰ܒܪܢ ܚܠܝܠ ܓ̰ܒܪܢ) (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was an artist, poet ...
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  • In zoology, skipper or skipper butterfly is the common name for any of the butterflies comprising the family Hesperiidae, characterized by antennae clubs hooked backward, stocky ...
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  • Physiology (Greek Φυσιολογία, physis, meaning "nature") can refer either to the parts or functions (mechanical, physical, and biochemical) of living organisms ...
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  • Brine shrimp is the common name for any of the small, salinity tolerant, aquatic crustaceans comprising the genus Artemia, the only genus in the family Artemiidae of the order ...
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  • Jahannam ( جهنم ) is the Islamic equivalent to hell. Its roots come from the Hebrew word Gehinnom, which was an ancient garbage dump outside of the city of Jerusalem where ...
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  • The Almohad Dynasty (From Arabic الموحدون al-Muwahhidun, i.e. "the monotheists" or "the Unitarians"), was a Berber, Muslim dynasty that was founded ...
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  • Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is an Old World monkey (family Cercopithecidae), characterized by large size, long limbs, stubby upright tail, light brown or olive-colored fur, and ...
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  • Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim (Egyptian Arabic: توفيق الحكيم, ar|Tawfīq el-Ḥakīm ; October 9, 1898 – July 26, 1987) was a prominent Egyptian writer and visionary ...
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  • Category:Image wanted Sakhr ibn Harb, (Arabic: صخر بن حرب ) more commonly known as Abu Sufyan, was a leading man of the Quraish of Mecca and arch-enemy of Muhammad. He ...
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  • Galliformes is an order of chicken-like birds, characterized by stocky built, small head, strong feet, and often short bills and wings, and adult males have sharp horny spur on ...
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  • Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) is a type of non-coding ribonucleic acid (RNA) that is a primary and permanent component of ribosomes, the small, cellular particles that form the site of ...
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  • Once thought of as a single mineral species, lepidolite has been recently redefined as a series of minerals in the mica group. [http://www.mindat.org/min-2380.html Lepidolite] ...
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  • Flounder is a common name for various marine fish in the Order Pleuronectiformes (flatfish), and in particular those comprising the families Bothidae (lefteye flounders), Pleuronectidaea ...
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  • The Mohs scale of mineral hardness characterizes the scratch resistance of various minerals through the ability of a harder material to scratch a softer material. It was created ...
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  • Hārūn ar-Rashīd (Arabic هارون الرشيد also spelled Harun ar-Rashid, Haroun al-Rashid or Haroon al Rasheed (English: Aaron the Upright or rightly-guided) (c. 763 – ...
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  • Rook is the common name for members of the Old World bird species Corvus frugilegus of the crow family (Corvidae), characterized by black feathers (often with a glossy blue or ...
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  • Exocytosis is the process by which a cell packages materials in membrane-bound secretory vesicles inside the cell and directs these secretory vesicles to fuse with the cell membrane ...
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  • Garnet is a group of minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. Garnets are most often seen in red, but are available in a wide variety of colors ...
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  • Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (1126 – December 10, 1198) was an Andalusian-Arab philosopher and physician, a master of philosophy and Islamic law, mathematics, and medicine. He was born ...
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  • Fatimah binte Muhammad or popularly Fatimah Zahra (Fatima the Gracious) (Arabic: فاطمة الزهراء) (Born Friday twentieth of Jumada al-akhir in Mecca – fourteenth Jumada ...
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