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Dates Dates were considered a miracle food by the ancient nomadic desert Arabs who called them the bread of the desert.
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posted on: Nov 19, 2014
The Arabic instrument known as the “oud” came from the Arabic word al-oud which became the “lute”–the forerunner to the Western guitar.
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