Umayyad
Americannoun
noun
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The Ministry of Justice has begun separating entry for men and women, plus there have been reports of men distributing flyers on buses and in Umayyad Mosque in Damascus asking women to wear full-faced veils.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025
“We’re happy, of course, but we’re afraid of what’s coming,” said Muna Maidani, a 28-year-old who was walking near Umayyad Square — one of the Syrian capital’s most famous landmarks — with her two children.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024
He described celebrations in the streets and in Umayyad Square, a landmark in the heart of Damascus, and home to key government agencies, including the Ministry of Defence and the Syrian Armed Forces.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024
It moved westward to the Middle East about 1200 years ago, a date that coincides with the expansion of trade and warfare by two Islamic caliphates, the Umayyad and the Abbasid.
From Science Magazine • May 19, 2024
One stripling, named ‘Abdu ’l-Raḥmán, fled to North Africa, and after meeting with many perilous adventures founded a new Umayyad dynasty in Spain.
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold
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