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Kufa

American  
[koo-fuh, -fa] / ˈku fə, -fæ /

noun

  1. a town in central Iraq: former seat of Abbassid caliphate; Muslim pilgrimage center.


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In Kufa — a town in al-Sadr’s home province of Najaf province — hundreds lined up to sign the pledge on Friday.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2022

In Kufa - a town in al-Sadr’s home province of Najaf province - hundreds lined up to sign the pledge on Friday.

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2022

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr delivers a sermon to worshippers during Friday prayers at the Kufa mosque near Najaf, Iraq September 23, 2016.

From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2022

They would travel the 90-mile highway to the holy city of Kufa to lay their prayer mats inside the mosque, jockeying for a spot as close to the podium as possible.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aunt Chipo and Uncle Kufa each had one tied around an arm, and even Aunt Shuvai’s baby wore one around his waist.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer