khamsin

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Under Ottoman Empire law, murder was held more pardonable if committed while the khamsin was blowing.

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

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It was another very hot day, with a khamsin blowing, and the hard, shelterless hill-sides were a poor place to spend it on.

From The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by Morrison, F. L.