awn

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Sayyaf was eventually captured at a house in eastern Syria that her husband, Fathi ben Awn ben Jildi Murad al-Tunisi, a Tunisian known as Abu Sayyaf, used for his illicit oil business.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2016

Yasser Tabbaa, a specialist on Islamic art and architecture, remembers taking many trips to a 13th-century shrine dedicated to the Imam Awn al-Din, in Mosul in northern Iraq.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2014

The new prime minister, Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, has got an impeccable record.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2011

Peter Awn, a professor of Islamic religion at Columbia University, said a study he was part of found Muslims in New York rarely worshiped in their neighborhoods.

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2010

In October 1990, the chances for ending the 16 year old civil war and implementing Ta'if were markedly improved when Syrian and Lebanese forces ousted renegade Christian General Awn from his stronghold in East Beirut.

From The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency