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    Arwad (Phoenician: 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤃, romanized: ʾrwd; Arabic: أرواد, romanized: ʾArwād), the classical Aradus, is a town in Syria on an eponymous island in the...
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  • Arwad is a Canadian drama film, directed by Dominique Chila and Samer Najari and released in 2013. The film stars Ramzi Choukair as Ali, a Syrian Canadian...
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    The Arwad bilingual, also the Arados inscription, is a Phoenician-Greek inscription from Arwad, Syria. It is the most recent dated inscription in the corpus...
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    considered one of the "daughters of Arwad" on the coastline. Marathus served as Arwad's continental base, although the port of Arwad in the mainland was Carne....
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  • Arwad al-Boushi (born 1958/59) is a Syrian-born Canadian oil-industry worker. He is notable for being at the center of the controversy over the detention...
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    Fall of Ruad (redirect from Siege of Arwad)
    The fall of Ruad in 1302 was one of the culminating events of the Crusades in the Eastern Mediterranean. In 1291, the Crusaders had lost their main power...
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    Irqanata (Tell Arqa) sent 10 chariots and 10,000 soldiers; King Matinu Baal of Arwad sent 200 soldiers; The land of Usannata (in the Mount Lebanon region) sent...
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    Upper Mesopotamia Yamhad Amqu Aram Barga Canaanite city-states Amalek Arqa Arwad Ascalon Aštartu Azzati Bashan/Hauran Beruta Gebal Dimasqu Gezer Gibeon Hazor...
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    romanized: Anti-Arados (Antarados or Anti-Aradus, meaning "The town facing Arwad"). In Latin, its name became Tortosa. The original name survives in its...
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    Mediterranean coastline; offshore lie five small islands, the largest of which is Arwad. Inland the terrain is mountainous, comprising a section of the Syrian Coastal...
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