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- noun an
apotropaic symbol , in bothJewish andIslamic society, serving as atalisman against the "evil eye ".
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In Morocco the Hand of Fatima is a popular women's talisman from Arabic tilsamen "to make marks like a magician", and ranges from literal representations of a hand to highly abstracted designs containing a pattern in five units, for her five fingers.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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The Hand of Fatima is said to protect brides, pregnant women and newborn children, considered especially vulnerable.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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The Hand of Fatima is said to protect brides, pregnant women and newborn children, considered especially vulnerable.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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The Hand of Fatima is said to protect brides, pregnant women and newborn children, considered especially vulnerable.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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The Hand of Fatima is said to protect brides, pregnant women and newborn children, considered especially vulnerable.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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In Morocco the Hand of Fatima is a popular women's talisman from Arabic tilsamen "to make marks like a magician", and ranges from literal representations of a hand to highly abstracted designs containing a pattern in five units, for her five fingers.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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In Morocco the Hand of Fatima is a popular women's talisman from Arabic tilsamen "to make marks like a magician", and ranges from literal representations of a hand to highly abstracted designs containing a pattern in five units, for her five fingers.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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In Morocco the Hand of Fatima is a popular women's talisman from Arabic tilsamen "to make marks like a magician", and ranges from literal representations of a hand to highly abstracted designs containing a pattern in five units, for her five fingers.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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The same protective Hand of God amulet is called the Hand of Hamsa by Jews; Muslims call it the Hand of Fatima.
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In Jewish culture, the hamsa is called the Hand of Miriam; in some Muslim populated cultures, the Hand of Fatima.
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