Sahara

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In 1966, Duncan was working as a short-order cook at the Sahara, making 400 salads an hour, when she slipped on spilled grease, severely injuring her shoulder, hip and back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Sprawling along a windswept peninsula where the Sahara meets the Atlantic, the city of Dakhla certainly looked attractive.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Instead, some 80% of Western Sahara is occupied and administered by Morocco, its northern neighbour.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Western Sahara was a Spanish colony from 1884 to 1976.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Even if Fertile Crescent crops adapted to winter rain could somehow have crossed the Sahara, they would have been difficult to grow in the summer-rain Sahel zone.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond