"towards Saudi Arabia, and by 1914, only a few survived outside that country. A few were reported in Jordan into the 1930s, but by the mid-1930s, the only remaining populations were in the Nafud Desert in northwestern Saudi Arabia and the Rub' al Khali in the south. In the 1930s, Arabian princes and oil company clerks started hunting Arabian oryx with automobiles and rifles. Hunts grew in size, and some were reported to employ as many as 300 vehicles. By the middle of the 20th century, the northern population was effectively extinct. The last Arabian oryx in the wild prior"
"Nafusi language Nafusi (also spelt Nefusi; Berber: ""Maziɣ"") is a Berber language spoken in the Nafusa Mountains (""Drar n infusen""), a large area in northwestern Libya. Its primary speakers are the Ibadite communities around Jadu, Nalut (""Lalut"") and Yafran. The dialect of Yefren in the east differs somewhat from that of Nalut and Jadu in the west. A number of Old Nafusi phrases appear in Ibadite manuscripts as early as the 12th century. The ""Ethnologue"" entry includes nearby Zuara Berber, Matmata Berber and Djerbi under the rubric ""Nafusi"", which corresponds to neither local nor to academic usage of the term."
"Nafusa Mountains The Nafusa Mountains (Berber: ""Adrar n Infusen"" (Nafusa Mountain), (Western mountain)) are a mountain range in the western Tripolitania region of northwestern Libya. It also includes their regions around the escarpment formed where the northern end of the Tripolitanian Plateau meets the Mediterranean coastal plain or the ""Jefara"". The area was as a major population and cultural center of the Libu, who repeatedly expanded west. The Nafusa Mountains shelters most of Libya's Berber-speaking population, who speak Nafusi Berber. In the aftermath of the great Berber Revolt of the 8th century, Ibadi missionaries that had fled from the Umayyad"
"had relatives. As towns and villages in the Nafusa Mountains and surrounding areas were liberated from control by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in early summer 2011, and while fierce fighting continued, Berber exhibitions and workshops sprang up to share and spread the Tamazight culture and language, after four decades during which there were severe punishments for speaking and writing Tamazight openly. Nafusa Mountains The Nafusa Mountains (Berber: ""Adrar n Infusen"" (Nafusa Mountain), (Western mountain)) are a mountain range in the western Tripolitania region of northwestern Libya. It also includes their regions around the escarpment formed where the northern end"
"Djerid el-Djerid, ""al-Jarīd"" (; ""Palm Leaf"", Darija ""l-Jrīd"") is a semi-desert natural region comprising southern Tunisia and adjacent parts of Algeria and Libya. The region is characterised by bare pink hills with oases and several chotts (salt pans) such as Chott el Djerid in Tunisia. Economically the area is important for phosphate mining. Major towns include Gafsa and Tozeur. It remains the principal center of Ibāḍism in North Africa, with remaining Ibāḍī communities on Djerba in Tunisia, in the M'zab in Algeria, and in Jabal Nafusa in Libya. In medieval times, it often formed a politically separate entity under the"
"The dialect of Jadu is described in some detail in Beguinot (1931). Motylinski (1898) describes the dialect of Jadu and Nalut as spoken by a student from Yefren. Nafusi shares several innovations with the Zenati languages, but unlike these other Berber varieties it maintains prefix vowels before open syllables. For example, ""ufəs"" ""hand"" < *""afus"", rather than Zenati ""fus"". It appears especially closely related to Sokni and Siwi to its east. Nafusi language Nafusi (also spelt Nefusi; Berber: ""Maziɣ"") is a Berber language spoken in the Nafusa Mountains (""Drar n infusen""), a large area in northwestern Libya. Its primary speakers"
"are raised. The Nefud is connected to the Rub' al Khali by the Dahna, a corridor of gravel plains and sand dunes, long and wide. Before the Battle of Aqaba (during the Arab Revolt) forces led by Auda ibu Tayi attacked the Turkish-held coastal town of Aqaba on its poorly defended eastern flank, achieved by taking a long and wide desert route, passing close to the edge of the Nafud. Col. T. E. Lawrence asked Auda ibu Tayi to allow their group to stray from their course into the Nafud. Auda refused, because it was unnecessary. Their harsh transit did"
"four kilograms each. It will then take two days to get to the nearest town, with guards watching the camels and guarding them from bandits. Danakil Desert The Danakil Desert is a desert in northeast Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, and northwestern Djibouti. Situated in the Afar Triangle, it stretches across of arid terrain. The area is known for its volcanoes and extreme heat, with daytime temperatures surpassing 50 °C (122 °F). Less than an inch of rainfall occurs each year. The Danakil Desert is one of the lowest and hottest places on Earth. It is inhabited by a few Afar, who"
"Sea escarpment does from the west. In the north, the An Nafud—sometimes called the Great Nafud because An Nafud is the term for desert—covers about 55,000 square kilometers at an elevation of about 1,000 meters. Longitudinal dunes—scores of kilometers in length and as much as ninety meters high, and separated by valleys as much as sixteen kilometers wide—characterize the An Nafud. Iron oxide gives the sand a red tint, particularly when the sun is low. Within the area are several watering places, and winter rains bring up short-lived but succulent grasses that permit nomadic herding during the winter and spring."
"this area, the most important of which are Buraydah, Unayzah, Riyadh, and Al Kharj. Outside the oasis areas, Najd is sparsely populated. Large salt marshes (sabkah) are scattered throughout the area. The area north of the An Nafud is geographically part of the Syrian Desert. It is an upland plateau scored by numerous wadis, most tending northeastward toward Iraq. This area, known as Badiyat ash Sham, and covered with grass and scrub vegetation, is extensively used for pasture by nomadic and seminomadic herders. The most significant feature of the area is the Wadi as Sirhan, a large basin as much"
"Danakil Desert The Danakil Desert is a desert in northeast Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, and northwestern Djibouti. Situated in the Afar Triangle, it stretches across of arid terrain. The area is known for its volcanoes and extreme heat, with daytime temperatures surpassing 50 °C (122 °F). Less than an inch of rainfall occurs each year. The Danakil Desert is one of the lowest and hottest places on Earth. It is inhabited by a few Afar, who engage in salt mining. Local geology is characterized by volcanic and tectonic activity, various climate cycles, and discontinuous erosion. The basic geological structure of this"
"control of Ibāḍī ""imam""s. Jerid, Djerid"" or ""Bled el Djerid (Arabic : الجريد, literally ""palm leaf""), is a semi-desert region situated in southwestern Tunisia, which extends to the contiguous areas of Algeria. In administrative terms, it is associated in Tunisia with the province (governorate) of Tozeur and, at least in part and according to some sources, also the province of Gafsa and Kebili. The latter is part of the Nefzaoua region, which is sometimes considered part of Jerid. The region is dotted with oases scattered between two chotts (largely dry salt lakes most of the time). Among the chotts stands"
"Weyprecht"" on February 11, with a later satellite camp about 80 km further south being called ""Station Payer"". Erfoud Erfoud (; ) is an oasis town in the Sahara Desert, in the Drâa-Tafilalet region in eastern Morocco. It is divided into several districts: Hay Salam, Hay Jdid, Hay Ziz, Hay el Bathaa, Hay Annahda, and Hay el Hamri. Due to its proximity to Merzouga desert village in the Erg Chebbi Dunes, Erfoud has developed tourist-related infrastructures such as hotels and restaurants. Erfoud is a destination for filmmakers due to the beauty of the surrounding Sahara Desert and the town's oasis"
"2011 Nafusa Mountains campaign The 2011 Nafusa Mountain Campaign was a series of battles in the Libyan Civil War, fought between loyalist pro-Gaddafi forces and rebel anti-Gaddafi forces in the Nafusa Mountains and, at a later period, in the surrounding plains of western Libya. The mountain range is of strategic importance due to its close proximity to the capital of Tripoli. Along with the city of Misrata, the Nafusa Mountains region was one of the major rebel strongholds in Tripolitania. The Nafusa mountains are heavily populated by ethnic Berbers, a group which suffered intense persecution under Gaddafi's rule. Gaddafi imposed"
"Nalut Nalut (sometimes Lalút) () is the capital of the Nalut District in Libya. Nalut lies approximately halfway between Tripoli and Ghadames, at the western end of the Nafusa Mountains coastal range, in the Tripolitania region. The town is a long-time Berber community and a cultural centre for them, with a festival held in Spring to revive and promote the local culture, traditions, industries and art of the Amazigh people. The name Nalut and its alternate Lalut may derive from the pagan Berber goddess of springs, Tala. As Nalut is only 60 km from the Tunisian border and lies close"
"Erfoud Erfoud (; ) is an oasis town in the Sahara Desert, in the Drâa-Tafilalet region in eastern Morocco. It is divided into several districts: Hay Salam, Hay Jdid, Hay Ziz, Hay el Bathaa, Hay Annahda, and Hay el Hamri. Due to its proximity to Merzouga desert village in the Erg Chebbi Dunes, Erfoud has developed tourist-related infrastructures such as hotels and restaurants. Erfoud is a destination for filmmakers due to the beauty of the surrounding Sahara Desert and the town's oasis areas. Erfoud has been a filming location for many films, including: This area of Morocco has also been"
"Naqada Naqada is a town on the west bank of the Nile in Qena Governorate, Egypt. It was known in Egyptian as ""nbwt"", which became Coptic Ⲉⲙⲃⲱ (), which was borrowed as classical antiquity as Ombos . Its name derives from Egyptian ""nbw"", meaning ""gold"", on account of the proximity of gold mines in the Eastern Desert. Naqada comprises some villages such as Tukh, Khatara, Danfiq and Zawayda. It stands near the site of a necropolis from prehistoric Egypt around 4400–3000 BCE. Naqada has given its name to the widespread Naqada culture, which existed at the time here and at"
"SanDisk Israel opened an R&D center in Kfar Yafia. Yafa an-Naseriyye Yafa an-Naseriyye (, ""Jaffa of Nazareth"", also Yafa, Kfar Yafia or Yafi , ) is an Arab town located in the Lower Galilee, Israel. It forms part of the metropolitan area of Nazareth, also an Arab locality. Declared a local council in 1960, Yafa had a population of in , approximately 70% of whom are Muslim and 30% Christian. Yafa an-Naseriyye is an ancient town where rock-cut tombs and cisterns have been found. Pottery finds date to the Iron Age IIA-B (late tenth and ninth centuries BCE), Hellenistic (late"
"Stretching more than 125 kilometers south from the An Nafud in a narrow arc is the ad-Dahna desert, a narrow band of sand mountains also called the river of sand. Like the An Nafud, its sand tends to be reddish, particularly in the north, where it shares with the An Nafud the longitudinal structure of sand dunes. The Ad Dahna also furnishes the Bedouin with winter and spring pasture, although water is scarcer than in the An Nafud. The southern portion of the Ad Dahna curves westward following the arc of the Jabal Tuwayq. At its southern end, it merges"
"of which the land descends gradually to the Persian Gulf. In the south of the country is the Rub' al Khali, or ""Empty Quarter"", the largest contiguous sand desert in the world. It slopes from about near the Yemeni border, northwestwards nearly to the Persian Gulf. Another sandy desert, the Nefud, lies in the north central part of Saudi Arabia, and it is connected to the Rub' al Khali by a broad swathe of sand dunes and gravel plains known as Dahna. Most of the country has very little precipitation, less than in many regions, and in the Rub' al"
"Nablus, hence the name ""Nabulsieh"". Nablus is still renowned for its kanafeh, which consists of mild white cheese and shredded wheat surface, which is covered by sugar syrup. In the Levant and Egypt, this variant of ""kanafeh"" is the most common. In the Hatay region of Turkey, which was formerly part of Syria and has a large Arab population, the pastry is called ""künefe"" and the wiry shreds are called ""tel kadayıf"". A semi-soft cheese such as ""Urfa peyniri"" (cheese of Urfa) or ""Hatay peyniri"" (cheese of Hatay), made of raw milk, is used in the filling. In making the"
"Jinsafut Jinsafut () is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the northeastern West Bank, located east of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 2,300 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. Fatah's Secretary-General Farouk Kaddoumi was born in Jinsafut. In 2012 it was decided that Jinsafut and Al-Funduq should be merged under one local council. Jinsafut (including Al-Funduq) is located east of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Immatin to the east, Deir Istiya to the south, Wadi Qana (in Salfit Governorate) to the west and Hajja to the north. A construction"
"for its Nabulsi cheese, its ""kanafeh"", a popular sweet throughout the Middle East, and its soap industry. Nablus Nablus ( ' , ', Biblical ""Shechem"" ""Škem"", Νeapolis) is a city in the northern West Bank, approximately north of Jerusalem, (approximately by road), with a population of 126,132. Located between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governorate and a Palestinian commercial and cultural center, containing the An-Najah National University, one of the largest Palestinian institutions of higher learning, and the Palestinian stock-exchange. Today, the population is predominantly Muslim, with small Christian and Samaritan minorities. The"
"as 610, of whom 37 were refugees from Israel. According to ARIJ, 14% of village land is in Area A, 51% of the village land is in Area B, while the remaining 35% is in Area C. Israel has confiscated 680 dunums of village land for the Israeli settlement of Shavei Shomron. An-Naqura An-Naqura (, also spelled al-Nakura) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 10 kilometers northwest of Nablus and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Shavei Shomron. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the village had a population"
"Battle of Nablus The Battle of Nablus was fought from April 5 to April 8, 2002 in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Palestinian forces, as part of Operation Defensive Shield in the Second Intifada. It resulted in an Israeli victory. Of all the West Bank towns, the IDF General Staff was particularly concerned about the expected resistance in Nablus, and especially in its Casbah. Hamas and Fatah had launched dozens of suicide bombers. Despite a previous successful raid on Balata, the General Staff still estimated hundreds of armed men"
"Nador Nador (Berber: Ennaḍur, ⴻⵏⵏⴰⴹⵓⵔ; Arabic: الناظور) is a coastal city and provincial capital in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco with a population of about 161,726 (2014 census). It is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a salt lagoon named ""Sebkha Bou Areq"" (Arabic), ""Bḥar Ameẓẓyan"" (Berber) or ""Mar Chica"" (Spanish) and is south of the Spanish city of Melilla. Nador was founded in the 19th century and was under Spanish rule until Morocco’s independence in 1956. Nador Province has over 600,000 inhabitants, predominantly of Riff-Berber ethnicity. Nador Considers as the Second Largest City in The Oriental East after"
"Bayuda Desert The Bayuda Desert, located at , is in the eastern region of the Sahara Desert, spanning approximately 100,000 km² of NE Sudan north of Omdurman and south of Korti, embraced by the great bend of the Nile in the N, E and S and limited by the Wadi Muqaddam in the W. The north to south aligned Wadi Abu Dom divides the ""Bayuda Desert"" into the eastern Bayuda Volcanic Field and the western ochre-coloured sand-sheets scattered with rocky outcrop. Gold mining occurs today from Oct. to March, as labourers work auriferous quartz found in wadis and shallow mines."
"Kifl Haris Kifl Haris () is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located six kilometers west of Salfit and 18 kilometers south of Nablus in the Salfit Governorate, northwest of the Israeli settlement city Ariel. Sherds from the Middle Bronze Age, Iron Age II, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine/Umayyad, Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have been found here. In 1517, the village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in 1596, ""Kafr Harit"" appeared in Ottoman tax registers as being in ""nahiya"" (subdistrict) of Jabal Qubal under the ""liwa'"" (district) of Nablus. It had a"
"Talfit Talfit () is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, it had a population of 2,824 in 2007. Talfit is located south Nablus. It is bordered by Jalud and Qusra to the east, Jurish and Qabalan to the north, As-Sawiya to the west, and Qaryut to the south. Potsherds from the Iron Age II, Persian and Byzantine/Ayyubid eras have been found. Röhricht suggested identifying Talfit with ""Tarphin"", mentioned in a Crusader text from 1154, but a later author (Abel) preferred"
"doors made of palm wood. The Spring Qsar Festival is held in April almost every year. Kabaw Kabaw, Kabao or Cabao () is a town in the Nalut District in northwestern Libya. It lies just off the Gharyan–Nalut road and about west of Jadu, on the northern edge of the Tripolitanian Plateau in the Nafusa Mountains. Historically, Kabaw was a Berber town in the Ghadames administrative area. After World War II, it was occupied by the French military and governed from Tunisia. It was returned to Libyan control in 1951. Kabaw is home to the ""ghurfas"" or ""Ksar Kabaw"" a"
"stone, containing about 250 Moslems, situated on low hills by sea-coast. Gardens of olives, palms, pomegranates, figs, and arable land ; brushwood to the east. Two springs with plentiful supply of water."" Naqoura Naqoura (, ""Enn Nâqoura, Naqoura, An Nāqūrah"") is a small city in southern Lebanon. Since March 23, 1978, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been headquartered in Naqoura. According to E. H. Palmer, the name means ""the horn"" or ""the trumpet"". This name rises apparently from a misconception on the part of the Arab-speaking inhabitants, as the name, [..] Tyre means in Arabic a"
"Nashaq Nashaq (modern day Al-Bayda', ) is the name of an ancient South Arabian city in the northern al-Jawf region of present day Yemen, in the territory of the ancient Kingdom of Ma'in. Karib'il Watar (around 685 BC) launched a campaign to capture Nashan and Nashaq which lasted for three years. Eventually, he managed to subdue both cities, and to dedicate his triumph to his god Almaqah. In 25 BC, Nashaq was mentioned as """"Nescus"""" during Aelius Gallus's expedition to Arabia Felix under orders of Augustus against Saba'. However, the expedition ended in critical failure and the Romans accused a"
"is slightly more rainfall with the eastern side being plains with low sandy hills, while the volcanic Marrah Mountains occupy most of the western side of the south. In the southern portion the most important crops are millet, maize and peanuts. North Darfur is bounded on the northwest by Libya, on the north by Northern State, on the east by Northern State and North Kurdufan, on the southeast by South Kurdufan, on the south by South Darfur, and on the west by West Darfur and the Republic of Chad. North Darfur shares much of the history of Darfur. It was"