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" Interpretive research design : "
Peregrine Schwartz-Shea and Dvora Yanow.
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AL
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English
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1060944
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ALei1341
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Krais, Jakob
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Barqa (Cyrenaica) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Krais, Jakob
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(1,674 words)
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Barqa (usually known in European languages as Cyrenaica ) is a historic region in eastern Libya. The name Barqa, given to the region by the Arab conquerors in the first/seventh century, derives from that of the ancient city of Barce (Gk., Bárkē; today al-Marj). Barqa covers approximately 850,000 square kilometres and had a population of 1.6 million in 2006. Situated between the Gulf of Sirt and the Egyptian border, it is dominated by the mountain range of al-Jabal al-Akhḍar. Most of the region consists of
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Islam.
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ALei1341.pdf
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