khamsin
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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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A third category of khamsin sufferers have more complex reactions.
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Under Ottoman Empire law, murder was held more pardonable if committed while the khamsin was blowing.
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Additional tests have shown that their conditions are aggravated, not directly caused by the khamsin.
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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
