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    The Rub' al Khali (/ˈrʊb æl ˈkɑːli/; Arabic: ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي (/ar.rubʕ alxaːliː/), the "Empty Quarter") is the sand desert (erg) encompassing most of...
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    The Rub' al Khali Basin (ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي) or ar-Rubʻ al-Khālī / ar-rubʿ al-ḵālī Basin, Arabic for "Empty Quarter Basin", is a major endorheic sedimentary...
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    Arabian Desert (category CS1 Arabic-language sources (ar))
    largest desert in the world and the largest in Asia. At its center is Ar-Rub' al-Khali (The Empty Quarter), one of the largest continuous bodies of sand in...
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    (Canada) Al Mushrif Al Nahda National Schools (Boys' and Girls' school O Levels, A-Levels, American High school system) Al Yasmina School Al-Noor Indian...
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  • Dawasir-Wadi Najran. In the Al Aramah and Hit escarpment are dissected, older limestone gravels. An Nafud and Ar Rub al Khali have silt, gravel, sabkha...
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    Al-Ahqaf (Arabic: الأحقاف, al-aḥqāf; meaning: "the sand dunes" or "the winding sand tracts") is the 46th chapter (surah) of the Qur'an with 35 verses...
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    ʿĀd (category CS1 Arabic-language sources (ar))
    name ʿĀd represents misinterpretation of a common noun: the expression min al-ʿād is today understood to mean "since the time of ʿĀd", but ʿād might originally...
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    ٱلشَّرْقِيَّة, romanized: Al-Minṭaqah Aš-Šarqiyyah), officially known as Al Ain Region (Arabic: مِنْطَقَة ٱلْعَيْن, romanized: Minṭaqat al-ʿAyn) is one of three...
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    Al Dhafra Region (Arabic: مِنْطَقَة ٱلظَّفْرَة, romanized: Minṭaqah aẓ-Ẓafrah), known until 2017 as Al Gharbia or the Western Region (Arabic: ٱلْمِنْطَقَة...
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    October 2004, Al-Falih was appointed to the board of directors of Saudi Aramco. He also served as chairman of the board of the South Rub' al-Khali joint venture...
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