khamsin

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A third category of khamsin sufferers have more complex reactions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, as Jerusalem suffered under the worst khamsin since 1893, tempers and guns blazed along Israel's borders.

From Time Magazine Archive

The khamsin, the hot African wind, filled the air with the sands of the Sahara.

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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Camp was not a healthy spot in the khamsin days, Mac decided.

From The Tale of a Trooper by Mackenzie, Clutha N. (Clutha Nantes)