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Naqada
This article is about the Egyptian village. See also Naqahdah for the fictional element from the Stargate setting. Naqada or Naquada is a village about 30km north of Luxor on the west bank of the Nile in southern Egypt, (Upper Egypt). It stands near the site of a necropolis from the prehistoric, p..

Naqada III
Naqada III is the last phase of the Naqadan period. It is the period during which the process of state formation, which had begun to take place in Naqada II, became highly visible, with named kings heading powerful polities. Naqada III is often referred to as Dynasty 0 to reflect the presence of kin..

Naqahdah generator
A Naqahdah Generator A prototype Naqahdah Generator In the science fiction television show Stargate SG-1, the Naqahdah generator is a power source which can provide enormous and practically endless amounts of clean energy. The device uses the element Naqahdah to provide power. The Earth..

Naqara
A Naqara was an especially large drum that was used by the Mongol in battle. The drum itself was so large it was necessary to have it carried in to battle by a beast of burden, traditionally a camel. Its main use was as a signaling device, to let warriors know when an attack, especially a surprise a..

Naqeebyllah Shaheen Shahwali Zair Mohammed
Shahwali Zair Mohammed Shaheen Naqeebyllah is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. [list of prisoners (.pdf)], US Department of Defense, April 20 2006 His detainee ID number is 834. Combatant Status Review Tribu..

Naqibullah
Naqibullah is an Afghan boy who was one of those detained by the United States in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp. He was detained following the 2001 war in Afghanistan and had been released by February 2004. Although not an adult, he was detained at a camp intended, according to US Secretary ..

Naqoura
Naqoura (Enn Nâqoura,Naqoura,An Nāqūrah) is a small city in southern Lebanon. Its coordinates are Latitude 33. Longitude, Altitude 174m. Time zone UTC+2(+3DT). Approximate population for 7 km radius from this point is 24,910. Since March 23, 1978 until present, the United Nations Interim Force (..

Naqoyqatsi
Naqoyqatsi: Life as war is a documentary film released in 2002; it is the third and final film of the Qatsi trilogy by Godfrey Reggio. The film focuses on technology and the perceived lack of natural environments in industrialized society. Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of balance, the first of the "Qa..

Naqsh-e Rustam
A rock relief at Naqsh-e Rostam, depicting the triumph of Shapur I over three Roman Emperors Valerian, Gordian III and Philip the Arab. Naqsh-e Rustam (in Persian: نقش رستم Næqš-e Rostæm) is an archaeological site located about 3 km northwest of Persepolis, in Fars (Pars) province ..

Naqsha Bibi
Naqsha Bibi is a 40-year-old Kashmiri woman who was found alive in the ruins of her house near Muzaffarabad on 10 December 2005, 63 days after she was originally buried in the 8 October Kashmir earthquake. It is believed that she was buried in the ruins of her kitchen, and rescued two days later. I..

Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi (Naqshbandiyya) is one of four major Sufi orders (tariqa) of Islam. Formed in 1380, the order is considered by some to be a "sober" order which believes in silent dhikr (remembrance of God) and suhbat (an intimate relationship between student and master). The order began with Abu Bakr a ..

Naqshineh Theatre
Naqshineh Theatre is a group of Iranian performance artists who mostly work in the genre of Theatre of the Absurd. The first show performed by Naqshineh was Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, staged at the City Theatre of Tehran in 1998. After 30 shows they received an invitation to an internatio..

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