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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

For the past six weeks, Kufa and the two cities that house the holiest shrines of Shi'as, Najaf and Karbala, have been the center of al-Sadr's revolt.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Can you help her, honored doctor?” said Uncle Kufa.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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