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Maha Hassan, the Glossary

Maha Hassan (born in Aleppo, Syria) is a Syrian-Kurdish journalist and novelist.^[1]

Abortion

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus.

Aleppo

Aleppo (ﺣَﻠَﺐ, ALA-LC) is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous governorate of Syria.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

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Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (English:; 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945)Research by The Anne Frank House in 2015 revealed that Frank may have died in February 1945 rather than in March, as Dutch authorities had long assumed.

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Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

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Arabic maqam

In traditional Arabic music, maqam (maqām, literally "ascent"; مقامات) is the system of melodic modes, which is mainly melodic.

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ArabLit

ArabLit is an online magazine for information about translations of Arabic literature into English.

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Bachelor of Laws

A Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners.

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British Council

The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities.

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Honor killing

An honor killing (American English), honour killing (Commonwealth English), or shame killing is a traditional form of murder in which a person is killed by or at the behest of members of their family or their partner, due to culturally sanctioned beliefs that such homicides are necessary as retribution for the perceived dishonoring of the family by the victim.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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International Prize for Arabic Fiction

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) (الجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية), also known as "the Arabic Booker", is regarded as the most prestigious and important literary prize in the Arab world.

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Kurdish language

Kurdish (Kurdî, کوردی) is a Northwestern Iranian language or group of languages spoken by Kurds in the region of Kurdistan, namely in Turkey, northern Iraq, northwest and northeast Iran, and Syria.

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Kurdish music

Kurdish music refers to music performed in the Kurdish languages and Zaza-Gorani languages.

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Kurds

Kurds or Kurdish people (rtl, Kurd) are an Iranic ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria.

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Mohammed Said Hjiouj El-Sahili

Mohammed Said Hjiouij Sahli (Arabic: محمد سعيد احجيوج الساحلي; born April 1, 1982) is a Moroccan novelist and blogger.

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Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature

The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature is a literary award for Arabic literature.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Syrians

Syrians (سوريون) are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, who have Arabic, especially its Levantine dialect, as a mother tongue.

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Taboo

A taboo, also spelled tabu, is a social group's ban, prohibition, or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, offensive, sacred, or allowed only for certain people.

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University of Aleppo

University of Aleppo (Jāmiʿat Ḥalab, also called Aleppo University) is a public university located in Aleppo, Syria.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maha_Hassan

Also known as Maha Hasan.

Maha Hassan, the Glossary

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