Abu-Bakr
Americannoun
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Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has been moved from prison to hospital to complete some medical treatment, his lawyer Hashim Abu-Bakr said on Sunday.
From Reuters ● Dec. 6, 2022
According to 14th Century Syrian historian Shibab al-Umari, Abu-Bakr was obsessed with the Atlantic Ocean and what lay beyond it.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2019
Backed by a $10 million fund raised in part among tech investors, the nonprofit Forterra partnered with Abu-Bakr to buy a former motel across from the mosque.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2018
Earlier this year, commanders of the Caucasus Emirate, an insurgent group in Russia’s turbulent north Caucasus region, rebranded themselves as an affiliate of Islamic State by pledging allegiance to the group’s leader, Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2015
So, albeit Omar was less worthy than Abu-Bakr the two are called "Al-Omaráni," in vulgar parlance, Omarayn.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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