Ali
[ah-lee, ah-lee for 1–4; ah-lee for 5]
- ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talibthe Lion of God, a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- Mehemet Ali.
- Mohammed,1909–63, Pakistani statesman and diplomat.
- Mohammed Ali, Maulana.
- MuhammadCassius (Marcellus) Clay, Jr., 1942–2016, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1964–67, 1974–78, 1978–79.
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Contemporary Examples
The families had gathered that Sunday to remember Ali Bazzal, a soldier whom the Nusra Front declared they had executed on Dec. 6.
Ali walked up and hugged Gil, and the pair discussed music and racism and current events before a rapt audience.
‘The Prince of Chocolate City’: When Gil Scott-Heron Became A Music IconMarcus Baram
November 15, 2014
A drone strike killed al Libi on June 4, 2012, near Mir Ali in North Waziristan.
Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of PakistanUmar Farooq, Syed Fakhar Kakakhel
November 12, 2014
Ali Farah and Assad Ibrahim have both embraced democracy and are registered Democrats.
But, Ali warns all that can change quickly if Anbar continues to crumble, “right now, we are looking into the Abyss.”
Historical Examples
As for Naomi, the coming of little black Ali was a wild delight to her.
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Then little Ali had been left alone in the world, and so Israel had taken him.
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And there, too, sat Israel, with Naomi and little black Ali beside him.
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Ali was standing by at the time, and he thought to come to Naomi's relief.
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First, on Ali's part, a blank wonderment that when he cried to Naomi, "Come!"
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Ali
- ?600–661 ad, fourth caliph of Islam (656–61 ad), considered the first caliph by the Shiites: cousin and son-in-law of Mohammed
- See Mehemet Ali
- See Muhammad Ali
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