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... that Mohamed Saïl refused prisoner support from International Red Aid in protest against the treatment of Soviet prisoners in the Solovki prison camp?
... that in the jewellery of the Berber cultures, a silver amulet of a hand (example pictured) was believed by both Muslims and Jews to protect against the evil eye?
... that after leading a failed rebellion in his native Morocco, Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula led the Volunteers of the Faith in Granada, where he became a major political figure?
... that despite previously being at war with the Kingdom of the Aurès, the Byzantine Empire supported them during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb?
... that the Edict of Milan, an agreement between Constantine and Licinius to treat the Christian Church peacefully, was issued during the pontificate of Pope Miltiades?
... that among the Tuareg people, men traditionally wear a veil called a litham or tagulmust, while women go unveiled?
... that at the end of the reconquista, Islamic jurist Ahmad al-Wansharisi argued that it was compulsory for Spanish Muslims under Christian rule to emigrate to Muslim lands?
... that Islamic law scholar Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah likely did not issue the commonly named Oran fatwa in the city of Oran, but rather in Fez?
... that only about 20% of the world's deserts are sandy (dunes pictured)?
... that the poet Hawad inserts altered letters into his writings to create space within them?

... that Omar Derdour was given the task of travelling to the Arab countries to raise support for the Algerian revolution?
... that Moroccan military and religious leader Ali Amhaouch is said to have bequeathed his son a magical rifle cartridge in 1918?
... that Abd al-Malik Abd al-Wahid, the one-eyed son of Moroccan sultan Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, captured Gibraltar in 1333 but fell victim to a Castilian ambush six years later?
... that the ancient Roman city of Volubilis (Basilica pictured) in Morocco was excavated by thousands of German prisoners of war during World War I?
... that in 2009, when Fatima-Zahra Mansouri was elected mayor of Marrakech, she became only the second woman in Morocco's history to be elected mayor of a Moroccan city?
... that the loss of a French column at the Battle of El Herri was blamed on the commander's disobedience of orders?
... that French general Hubert Lyautey (pictured) described his defensive tactics in the Zaian War as analogous to hollowing out a lobster?
... that following the 2011 Libyan civil war, many Tuareg fighters for the defeated government became members of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, seeking an independent Azawad?
... that Tamazight language cannot grammatically express an equivalent to the English phrase "who saw what?
... that Lawrence of Arabia and Gladiator were both filmed in the ksar Aït Benhaddou in Morocco?
... that the Torre del Oro, a watchtower constructed in the 13th century by the Almohad dynasty, protected the entrance to Seville's port with a large chain that stretched underwater from the tower's base across the river to stop unwanted ships?

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