Middle East and North Africa
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An austere form of Sunni fundamentalism in the Islam religion that is heavily promoted by Saudi Arabia.

An organized killing of a particular ethnic group.

A city that is the largest in the country and is the center of economic and political life.

Injecting liquids at high pressure into underground rock formations to extract oil and gas.

The money that temporary and permanent migrants send back to their home country.

A sect of Islam distinct from Sunni whose adherents believe that the succession of the Prophet Mohammed should be hereditary and follow family bloodlines.

An area created by sediments carried by a river.

Originally refers to manuscript in which the original script was overlain by subsequent scripts but some still remain visible.

The pilgrimage to Mecca required of all devout Muslims at east once in their lives.

The name given to big-name, well-known architects who participate in construction to market or brand a city.

The Christian Church in Egypt, one of the oldest on the world.

French expatriates living in Algeria.

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