jinni

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Throughout much of the Islamic world, a jinni, or genie as it is sometimes spelled, is considered a very real spiritual phenomenon.

From National Geographic

There have been times when I would have to kill six goats to get a jinni to sign a contract to leave a house.

From National Geographic

I spent the next few days traveling with Said, picking his brain about the process of jinni exorcising.

From National Geographic

Next to me was Said Suleiman Mohammed, herbalist and jinni hunter.

From National Geographic

Like a jinni of air come to bring us all to our knees.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir