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- L'Institute d'Egypte
- Institute set up in Egypt by Napolean
- Corsair
- French privateers who attacked France's enemies
- Ulama
- Muslim scholars
- Hussein-McMahon Correspondence
- Understanding between the British representative to the Arabs and Hussein, a tribal leader in Arabia, that mostly guaranteed Arab independence
- Niqab
- A full face covering for women
- Pasha
- High rank in the Ottoman empire, usually granted to governors or generals
- Vizier
- Second-ranking official in Muslim government
- Chador
- Open cloak worn by some Iranian women
- Cairo Conference
- Conference between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Chiang Hai-Shek to decide upon the future of allied actions in Asia during WW2
- Madrassa
- Islamic and secular schools
- Suez
- Seaport town in north Egypt on the Gulf of Suez, where the Suez Canal empties
- Protectorate
- Relationship where a weaker state enters into treaty with a stronger state for diplomatic and military protection
- Jihad
- Struggle, both internal and external
- Hijaz
- Region in Western Arabia, known for Mecca and Medina
- Nefud
- Great desert in north Arabia
- Sykes-Picot Agreement
- Agreement in 1916 between the French and British which decided the partitioning of the Middle East
- Al Azhar
- Islamic university in Egypt, oldest continuing university in the world
- Ummah
- Muslim community, the Muslim world
- Assabiyah
- Solidarity between Arabs
- Hijab
- Head scarf worn by Muslim women
- Rosetta Stone
- Tablet found in 1799 by the French with Hieroglyphic and Greek translations of a passage, which helped crack Hieroglyphics
- Haram
- Protected zone
- Hajj
- Pilgrimage to Mecca
- Burgah
- Cloak for the entire body worn by Muslim women
- Hadith
- Oral traditions relating to Muhammad's words and deeds; the second most important source in Islam
- Battle of the Nile
- Sea battle between the French and British, which stranded Napolean's army in Egypt
- Sick Man of Europe
- The Ottoman Empire
- London Convention
- Treaty between the UK and South Africa
- Geniza
- Store room of worn out texts for a Synagogue; most famous is in Cairo
- Ramadan
- Muslim holy month, to celebrate when the Qu'ran was revealed
- King Crane Commission
- Investigation into the Ottoman empire by the U.S. gov. to ascertain the future of the region
- Dome of the Rock
- Islamic shrine, oldest standing Islamic building, built in 691
- Bey
- Turkish word for chieftan
- Shariah
- Islamic law
- Abbayah
- Black cloak worn by women in Arabia
- Harem
- Women's quarters
- Balfour Declaration
- 1917 British endorsement of the Jewish settlement of Palestine, but stated that the "civil and religious" rights of the native peoples shall not be infringed
- Battle of the Pyramids
- Took place at Embadah, near Giza; the French routed 20,000 Mamluks
- Kanuni Osmani
- The Lawgiver, or Suleyman the Magnificent; created the Ottoman's code of law
- Al Jazeera
- Qatari news station