Tuareg (Popularity:  )
Nomadic berber people living in the parts of Sahara that covers Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.
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Tunis (Popularity: )
Capital of Tunisia with an estimated 1.3 million inhabitants. Export products are carpets, fruit, iron and olives.
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Turkey (Popularity: )
Features information about its status, government, geography, demography, economy, climate and major cities. Includes flag and map.
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Turks (Popularity: )
Description used for several important peoples in Central Asia. Estimated population of 100 million worldwide.
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Tutankhamen (Popularity: )
Egyptian Pharaoh, reigning from 1361 to 1352, during the 18th dynasty. Includes details of discovery and contents of his tomb.
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Ulama (Popularity: )
Islamic term meaning the community of learned men. Designates people with religious education and related professions.
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Umma (Popularity: )
Denotation for the community of Muslims, that is, the totality of all Muslims.
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Ummawiyy (Popularity: )
Caliph dynasty reigning from 661 to 750, located most of the time in Damascus, Syria. Most noted for the buildings ...
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Umm Kulthum (Popularity: )
Egyptian singer and musician. She recorded over 300 songs, worked with composers, recited classical poetry, and made a few musical ...
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Vohu Manah (Popularity: )
One of the Amesha Spentas in Zoroastrianism. Represented by the oxen, and symbolizes the good pastoral life.
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Vendidad (Popularity: )
Only part of the Avesta, the collection of holy texts in Zoroastrianism, that is fully preserved. Includes the long night-office ...
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Wahhabism (Popularity: )
Movement in Islam from mid-18th century, calling for a renewal of the Muslim spirit. Includes prohibitions and commandments.
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Waliy (Popularity: )
Holy man or woman (waliya) in Islam. Often translated into English with "Saint".
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Waqf (Popularity: )
A religious endowment, giving property, as regulated by Islamic law. Revenues finance mosques and another religious institutions.
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West Bank (Popularity: )
Palestinian territory, situated west of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, and east of Israel. Population is 2.1 million, ...
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Western Sahara (Popularity: )
Republic under partial Moroccan occupation. Includes details about its geography and history.
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Yasht (Popularity: )
Twenty-one Zoroastrian hymns to individual divine beings that are eligible for veneration, like Mithra, Bahram and Haoma.
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Yazidism (Popularity: )
Religion with around 700,000 members worldwide. The largest group lives in Iraq, near Mosul, but there are small communities in ...
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Yom Kippur (Popularity: )
Day of Atonement. Observed on the tenth of the month of Tishri, the first in the Jewish calendar and part ...
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Yom Kippur War (Popularity: )
Also known as Ramadan War and October War. Fought between Israel on one side, and Egypt and Syria on the ...
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