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3 unusual facts about Umm al-Qura


Muhammad Hasan Imam

Muhammad Hasan Imam (born 1946) is a Professor at the Civil Engineering Department of the Umm al-Qura University, and known for his many contributions to the fields of Mechanical and Civil Engineering.

Mutlaq Hamid Al-Otaibi

Al-Thubeiti was born Mutlaq Hamid Al-Thubeiti Al-Otaibi in Taif On September 9, 1937, in 1965 he graduated from the faculty of Sharia Islamic Studies in Mecca, in 1967 he traveled to the United Kingdom where he studied English at the university of manchester, He returned to Saudi Arabia in 1970s where he got many jobs including member of the faculty of sharia at the University of Umm al-Qura in Mecca.

Umm al-Qura University

Mutlaq Hamid Al-Otaibi, Poet and writer and former associate professor in faculty of sharia at the University of Umm al-Qura.


Alliqucha

The shore of the lake is covered with ichu (stipa ichu), qiwuña (polylepis sp), shunqu shunqu (stangea erikae), kuñaq or botoncillo (werneria dactylophylla), lliqllish qura (werneria nubigea), inka waraqu (opuntia flocossa), rima rima (krapfia weberbaueri) and tawlli machu (lupinus weberbaueri).

Flag of the United Arab Emirates

The Flag of Umm al-Quwain consists of a red background, a white bar at the hoist similar the flags of Ajman and Dubai, and a large white star and crescent in the center similar to the flag of Turkey.

General Maritime Treaty of 1820

The General Maritime Treaty of 1820 was a treaty initially signed between the rulers of Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman and Umm al-Quwain and the United Kingdom in January 1820, with the nearby island state of Bahrain acceding to the treaty in the following February.

Rashidieh

Robert Fisk: Pity the nation: Lebanon at war. (Chapter 2: Mrs Zamzam in Rashidieh recall Umm al-Faraj)

Shaykh Muhammad Amin al-Hasanat Shah

After his marriage in 1979, within a year he traveled to the holy city of Makka (KSA) and enrolled in Umm al-Qura University and for the next five years gained expertise in Islamic Law.

Tilok Chand Mehroom

When he died, his pall-bearers were two Hindus, one Muslim & one Sikh, and the Dasween (ceremony performed on the 10th day after death) included recitals from the Vedas & Bhagavad Gita (Hindu), the Qura'an (Muslim) and Sukhmani Sahib (Sikh).

Umm al-Fahm

Hapoel Umm al-Fahm played in Liga Artzit (the third tier), prior to their folding in 2009.


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