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Waq al-Waq. I don’t know what that means. And the subtitile is not very helpful for me: “Those of you who are familiar with the story cycle of Sayf bin Dhi Yazan, or the work of Muhammad Mahmud al-Zubayri or even, and I’m reaching here, Yaqut al-Hamawi’s Mu’ajim al-Buldan will understand.”
But the author has a [...]