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
Judges in some Arab countries take a lenient attitude toward crimes committed during the khamsin.
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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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Jerusalem has up to 150 days of khamsin a year, during which time temperatures soar above 90� while the relative humidity plummets toward zero.
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During a khamsin the temperature is high and the air extremely dry, while the dust and sand carried by the wind form a thick yellow fog obscuring the sun.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
