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Shami and Levantine Dialect

Arabic:

Maskeen (m)

English:

Poor thing

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The Canun

posted on: Nov 19, 2014

The “Canun” a medical encyclopedia written by Ibn-Sina, was the West’s basic medical text for more than five centuries, with thirty editions in Latin and several in Hebrew.

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