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sherif

[ she-reef ]

noun

  1. a governor of Mecca descended from Muhammad.
  2. an Arab chief, prince, or ruler.


sherif

/ ʃɛˈ°ù¾±Ë´Ú /

noun

  1. a descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima
  2. (formerly) the governor of Mecca
  3. an honorific title accorded to any Muslim ruler
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sherif1

First recorded in 1590–1600, sherif is from the Arabic word ²õ³ó²¹°ùÄ«´Ú “exalted (person)â€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sherif1

C16: from Arabic ²õ³ó²¹°ùÄ«´Ú noble
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"This is the first royal tomb to be discovered since the ground-breaking find of King Tutankhamun's burial chamber in 1922," said Egypt's minister of tourism and antiquities Sherif Fathy.

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A nurse told him Sherif was OK.

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But Sherif, his brother, did not survive.

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But in a recent interview, the board’s president, Dr. Sherif Zaafran, acknowledged that these efforts only go so far and the group has no power over criminal law: “There’s nothing we can do to stop a prosecutor from filing charges against the physicians.â€

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Black Sherif - who hails from Konongo town in the Ashanti region, which has been badly affected by the illegal mining - stopped his set at The Tidal Rave Concert in Accra earlier this month to show a video of the devastation.

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