khamsin
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Judges in some Arab countries take a lenient attitude toward crimes committed during the khamsin.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hot, dry atmosphere produced by the khamsin contains an excess of positive ions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jerusalem has up to 150 days of khamsin a year, during which time temperatures soar above 90� while the relative humidity plummets toward zero.
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
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.
