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	Baraka may refer to: baraka, also berakhah Berakhah In Judaism, a *berakhah, bracha, brokhe* is a blessing, usually recited at a specific moment during a ceremony or other activity.... , in Judaism, a blessing usually recited during a ceremony baraka, also barakah Barakah *Barakah* is an Arabic term meaning blessing, particularly, spiritual gifts or protection transmitted from God. It is also described as "the greater good" derived from any act.... , in Arabic Arabic language Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language.... , Islam and Arab-influenced languages such as Swahili, Urdu, Persian, Turkish, meaning spiritual wisdom and blessing transmitted from God; or in a Sufi context, "breath of life." Baraka, means 'Blessing' in Arabic Arabic language Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language.... , Swahili Swahili language Swahili is the first language of the Swahili people , who inhabit several large stretches of the Indian Ocean coastline from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique, including the Comoros Islands.... , Urdu Urdu Urdu is a Central_Indo-Aryan_languages#Central_Zone_.28Madhya_or_Hindi.29 Indo-Aryan languages of the Indo-Iranian languages, belonging to the Indo-European languages family of languages.... , Persian Persian language name=Persian\|nativename=\|pronunciation=[f??r'si]\|image=\|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script \|states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain.... and Turkish Turkish language Turkish is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Cyprus, with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and other parts of Eastern Europe.... . "Baraka", a rarely used French slang term for luck Luck Luck is a chance happening, or that which happens beyond a person's control. Luck can be good or bad .... , derived from the Arabic word Baraka, aka Nigella sativa Nigella sativa *Nigella sativa* is an Annual plant flowering plant, native to southwest Asia. It grows to 20–30 cm tall, with finely divided, linear leaf.... , a spice with purported health benefits Baraka, a Serbian, Slovene and Bulgarian word for "shack Shack A shack is a type of small house that is in disrepair. The word may derive from the Nahuatl language word xacalli or "adobe house" by way of Mexican Spanish xacal/jacal, which has the same meaning as "shack".... " barakaši, a name the party founders of the Croatian Democratic Union Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. The Christian democrat HDZ ruled Croatia from 1990 to 1999 and, in partial coalition, since 2003.... gave to themselves Media Baraka (film) Baraka (film) *Baraka* is a Todd-AO non-narrative film directed by Ron Fricke.The film is often compared to Koyaanisqatsi, the first of the Qatsi trilogy films by Godfrey Reggio of which Fricke was cinematographer.... , a 1992 experimental documentary film directed by Ron Fricke Ron Fricke Ron Fricke is an American film director and cinematographer, considered to be a master of time-lapse and large format cinematography. He was the director of photography for Koyaanisqatsi and directed the purely cinematic non-verbal non-narrative feature Baraka .... Baraka (novel)Baraka (novel) *Baraka, or the Lives, Fortunes and Sacred Honor of Anthony Smith* is a novel written by Canada writer and essayist John Ralston Saul, and first published in 1983.... is a 1983 novel written by Canadian John Ralston Saul Baraka (Mortal Kombat) Baraka (Mortal Kombat) Baraka is a Character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series.... , a fictional character The Boys of Baraka The Boys of Baraka *The Boys of Baraka* is a 2005 in film documentary film produced and Film director by filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady . Twenty at-risk boys from Baltimore attend the seventh and eighth grades at a boarding school in Kenya.... , a 2005 documentary film Baraka 5b, a novel by Croatian Miroslav Krleža Miroslav Krleža Miroslav Krle?a was a leading Croatian language writer and a figure in cultural life of both Yugoslav states, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .... Baraka (song) Written and performed by Sound Tribe Sector 9 Sound Tribe Sector 9 STS9 is an instrumental band known for their live performances. The band?s genre-blending sound is based heavily on instrumental rock and analog-generated sound crossed with elements of funk, jazz, drum and bass, psychedelic rock, and hip hop music.... Baraka Foundation (band) Places Baraka, DRC, a village in the eastern Congolese province of Sud-Kivu on Lake Tanganyika. Baraka, Gabon, a site where American missionaries from New England established a mission in 1842 on what is now Libreville Libreville Libreville is the capital city and largest city of Gabon. The city is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea, and a trade center for a timber region.... Baraka, Philippines, a barangay in the Norzagaray municipality, in the province of Bulacan "Baraka", the local nickname for Barakaldo Barakaldo Barakaldo , is an industrial river-port municipality in the Basque Country in Spain. It is located in the Biscay province, administratively included in the "Basque Autonomous Community", on the Left Bank of the Estuary of Bilbao.... , Spain Baraka College, a college for sustainable agriculture and rural development in Kenya Baraka, Kenya, a town in Kenya. Baraka School Baraka School The Baraka School was a small education program that took at-risk 12-year-old boys from the Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore City Public School System to the Kenya Rural for two years to live and study.... , an educational program in Kenya, featured in the film The Boys of Baraka The Boys of Baraka *The Boys of Baraka* is a 2005 in film documentary film produced and Film director by filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady . Twenty at-risk boys from Baltimore attend the seventh and eighth grades at a boarding school in Kenya.... Har Braka, a Jewish Settlement in the West Bank West Bank The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel.... , Palestinian territories Palestinian territories The Palestinian territories are composed of two discontiguous regions, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, whose final status has yet to be determined.... People Amiri Baraka Amiri Baraka Amiri Baraka, formerly known as Leroi Jones, is an American writer of poetry, drama, essays, and music criticism.... (1934 - ), a U.S. writer. Barakah Khan Al-Said Barakah Al-Said Barakah ... (1260 - 1280, son of Baibars Baibars Baibars, or al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari , nicknamed Abu al-Futuh , was an important Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria.... and briefly a Mamluk Mamluk A mamluk was a slavery soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ayyubid sultans from the 9th to the 13th centuries.... Sultan Sultan Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power".... of Egypt and Syria Baraka al-Yamaniyah, wife of `Abd al-`Aziz Al Sa`ud, first monarch of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south.... Baraka, the wife of the antediluvian Antediluvian The *antediluvian* period is that period in Biblical history between the Creation according to Genesis of the earth and the Deluge. The story takes up chapters 1-6 of Genesis.... patriarch Patriarch Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised Autocracy authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy.... Jared Jared Jared is a proper name that is a very common Given name of Bible derivation, Etymology from the Hebrew language, and one of the names by which Moses was known.... , according to the apocryphal book of Jubilees Jubilees The Book of Jubilees , sometimes called the Lesser Genesis , is an ancient Jewish religious work, considered one of the Pseudepigrapha by most Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Christians.... Mir Sayyid Baraka, a teacher to 14th century warlord Timur Timur Timur , among his other names, commonly known as Tamerlane in the West, was a 14th century Turko-Mongol conqueror of much of western and Central Asia, and founder of the Timurid dynasty in Central Asia, which survived until 1857 as the Mughal Empire of India.... See also Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office.... (sometimes, Baraka Obama), 44th President of the United States, whose first name is derived from the Arabic language influenced Swahili Swahili language Swahili is the first language of the Swahili people , who inhabit several large stretches of the Indian Ocean coastline from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique, including the Comoros Islands.... word baraka, meaning "blessed" in Arabic language. Barack (given name) Barack (given name) In modern Arabic, the name Barack pronounced ba'-rak, means "he who is blessed" or simply "blessed". A more common form in most Arabic-speaking countries is the passive Mubarak ....