Things you find by accident

Rico says he was just looking up the proper spelling of djellaba when he found a glossary of interest; clicking the post title will take you to this site, and its brief glossary of terms, including:

Abdullah Khalil Abdullah - 20-year old Palestinian student shot and killed by Israeli soldiers.
Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) - Alternately called Fatah Revolutionary Council, Arab Revolutionary Council, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims. An international terrorist organization lead by Sabri al-Banna that split from the PLO in 1974.
Ahmad Shah Masood - Afghan defense minister under ousted President Rabbani, now leads anti-Taliban forces.
Al-Zulfiquar Shaheed - Former Prime Minister Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, father of Benazir Bhutto, won a landslide victory with his new Pakistani Peoples Party and was subsequently subject to a coup d'etat by the military junta. Mercilessly and despicably assassinated on April 4, 1979.
Beit Nuba - one of three Palestinian villages destroyed by Israeli forces after the cease fire of the war of 1967. (Track title from "Citadel")
Betrayal - A referral to Arafat shaking hands with Yitzak Rabin, a representation of capitulation and cooperation between the PLO and the government of Israel.
Bhutto - The surname of the famous Pakistani political family which includes Former Prime Ministers Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and daughter former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Black September, The Return of - Palestinian terrorist group formed in response to Jordan's King Hussein attempt to drive Palestinians out of Jordan in September 1970. Black September was responsible for taking hostage Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich. Eleven Israeli athletes were killed. Associated with Abu Nidal.
Blue Mosque - The great Blue Mosque of Istanbul. One of the principal mosques in Turkey. Also called Sultan Ahmet Mosque. The Mosque was built in just 7 years during the first and second decades of the 1600s in Istanbul by master Ottoman architect Sinan. The Mosque stands as one of the great architectural masterpieces in the Middle East.
Druse - A religiously liberal, non-fundamentalist faction of Islam which believes in reincarnation and the teachings of Muhammad but do not condemn drinking alcohol, fornication, resurrection, fasting, or the hajj to Holy Mecca.
Fatah Guerrilla - Fatah is the mainstream faction of the PLO, headed by Palestinian President and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat
Fatwah - Legal opinion concerning Islamic Law.
Fedayeen -suicide squads, literally "those who sacrifice themselves"
Hamas - An acronym for The Islamic Resistance Movement formed in 1987 dedicated to the restoration of an Islamic Palestinian State. Hamas is almost exclusively portrayed as a terrorist organization in western media however the number of members of Hamas is in the area of tens of thousands and includes a variety of social services, homeless shelters, food distribution centers, schools, hospitals, clinics, low cost housing, financial assistance and religious schooling throughout Palestine's Gaza and West Bank. Hamas members have run candidates for elections and do stage many peaceful political activities. There are indeed hard-core militant Hamas members who are responsible for violent and terrorist acts but they are certainly in the vast minority.
Hebron Massacre - A reference to the 29 Palestinian worshipers who were massacred by an Israeli settler with an automatic weapon while they were praying at the Abraham Mosque on February 25, 1994 in the holy West Bank city of Hebron.
Iz el-Deen - Also known as Al-Qassam, an armed militant faction of Hamas responsible for bombings (including a large number of suicide bombings), assassinations, and kidnappings of those opposed to its existence.
Islamaphobia - A term to describe the irrational fear of Islam.
Jarnail Singh - Leader of a Sikh community in Punjabi who was taken by the Indian Mansa district police in 1993 and held for approximately two weeks before mysteriously disappearing. Thought to have been murdered by the government of Indira Ghandhi.
Jazirat-Ul-Arab - According to the Arabs, Arabia is an island, an arid subcontinent separated from Africa, Asias and Europe by seas of sand. The word "Jazîrat" means "island", thus the term translates as, "Arab Island".
Jellaba - Jellaba is the ruling social group who control most of the politics and economics as well as culture, and ultimately, the corrupt legal system of Sudan.
Kabul - The capital city of Afghanistan. A city in ruins due to the horrors of an 18-year ongoing war which has devastated that country.
Katyusha - Russian-made rocket frequently used in attacks against Israel
Khan Younis - (from Hamas Arc) Second-largest city of the Gaza Strip and home of the second largest refugee camp
Maroon - This is a reference to the "marooned" state of being which describes the Palestinian people.
Mazar-I-sharif - A city considered to be a stronghold of Taliban opposition forces in Northern Afghanistan overtaken by the Taliban in August 1998.
Vampire of Tehran - Iranian serial killer, 28-year-old Gholamreza Khoshrou Kouran Kordieh. Khoshrou was condemned to 10 death sentences this month after confessing on television to the kidnap, rape and murder of nine girls and women aged 10 to 47 in four the course of four months during 1997. His death sentence was carried out when he was publicly hanged from a mobile crane on 13 August 1997.
Zul'm - Also Zulüm, a Turkish word meaning "torture". The human rights record in Turkey is appalling and torture is both widespread and systematic.

Rico says you might assume a little pro-Palestinian bias in this set of definitions...