khamsin

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But for the moment no khamsin was blowing, no dreadful sandstorm to grind up men and machines.

From Time Magazine Archive

The German drive, which had swept across Libya as fast and as hot as the desert wind called khamsin, was apparently aimed straight for Alexandria.

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The khamsin is a baleful wind that flares out of the deserts, drying out the land and the people until the flesh fairly crackles.

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Moving up out of the desert each spring and fall, the khamsin is an ill wind that blows no one in the Middle East any good.

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When the khamsin blows the dust-storms upon the caravan, the camel-driver hath no care for his camels.

From The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete by Parker, Gilbert