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naif

[nah-eef] / nɑˈif /


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So for the first 48 hours of Osama's detention, his father Naif had no idea where he was.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

Abdou Naif lives in a makeshift community on the side of a road with some 140 other people, unable to pay rent or find work.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

Tubaigy, 47, is a top professor in the criminal evidence department at Naif Arab University for Security Sciences.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2018

Naif Jardo Qassim, a psychotherapist treating children at Rawanga refugee camp near Dohuk emphasized that they are “victims and not criminals,” and should be treated as such.

From Reuters • Mar. 8, 2018

Naif, full of a charming pride, he loved literature "as the Arab loves the wild horse he has found a difficulty in subduing."

From Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings by Sandars, Mary F. (Mary Frances)




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