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AL amyloidosis
AL amyloidosis (amyloid light-chain, primary amyloidosis) is a clonal plasma cell disorder where misfolded immunoglobulin light chains deposit as amyloid fibrils, damaging heart and kidneys; treated with Dara-CyBorD, about 10 cases per million yearly.
Al Arabiya
Al Arabiya (العربية), launched 3 March 2003, is a 24-hour Arabic news channel of Saudi-owned MBC Group, created to rival Al Jazeera; now PIF-majority owned, Riyadh-based, with documented editorial limits on Saudi coverage.
Al Ashoosh
Al Ashoosh is a Bronze Age settlement in the Rub al-Khali desert 70 km south of Dubai, occupied around 2500-2000 BC as a seasonal hunter-herder camp.
Al Aweer H Power and Desalination Station
The Al Aweer H Power and Desalination Station (محطة العوير "H") is a gas-fired power station at Al Aweer, Dubai, owned by DEWA, with 2,825 MW of capacity despite its name.
Al B. Sure!
Al B. Sure! (Albert Joseph Brown III, born 1968) is an American new jack swing R&B singer whose 1988 debut In Effect Mode topped the Billboard R&B album chart on the strength of "Nite and Day," earning three Grammy nominations.
Al Bahah Region
Al Bahah Region (الباحة, Minṭaqat al Bāḥah) is Saudi Arabia's smallest and least populous administrative region, in the southwest between Makkah and Asir: 339,174 people (2022), nine governorates, Sarawat mountains, Tihama plains, and Dhi Ayn heritage village.
Al Bano and Romina Power
Al Bano and Romina Power, the Italian husband-and-wife pop duo of Albano Carrisi and Tyrone Power's daughter Romina, married in 1970, scored Felicità, Ci sarà and Libertà, won Sanremo 1984, entered Eurovision twice, split in 1999 and reunited on stage from 2013.
Al Baqa
Al Baqa (Arabic: البقعة) names several places: the Al Baqa'a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan (est. 1968), West Bank villages near Hebron, Ramallah, and Tulkarem, and the Al-Baqa seafront café in Gaza City struck by an Israeli airstrike on 30 June 2025.
Al Bāţinah
Al Bāţinah (الباطنة) is Oman's fertile coastal plain between the Hajar Mountains and the Sea of Oman, 15–80 km wide and over 300 km long, its main farming region, now split into North and South Batinah governorates around Sohar.
Al Batinah North Governorate
Al Batinah North Governorate (محافظة شمال الباطنة) is one of Oman's 11 governorates, created in 2011 by dividing the old Al Batinah province, with its regional center at Sohar.
Al Batinah South Governorate
Al Batinah South Governorate (محافظة جنوب الباطنة) is an Omani governorate on the north coast, created in 2011 from old Al Batinah, centered on Al Rustaq with six wilayats and about 586,000 people in 2025.
Al Bayda Governorate
Al Bayda Governorate (محافظة البيضاء) is a central Yemeni governorate, capital Al Bayda City, 20 districts, borders eight governorates, 577,369 people in 2004, under Houthi control since 2021.
Al Bayt Stadium (استاد البيت)
Al Bayt Stadium (استاد البيت) is a 60,000-seat football stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, shaped like a Bedouin tent (bayt al sha'ar). Opened 30 November 2021, it hosted the 2022 World Cup opening match and semi-finals.
Al Bowlly
Al Bowlly (Albert Alick Bowlly, 1899-1941), Mozambican-born British crooner and jazz guitarist, star of 1930s British dance bands with Ray Noble, Roy Fox, and Lew Stone; recorded over 1,230 tracks including Midnight, the Stars and You; killed in the London Blitz.
Al Bunduq Oil and Gas Field
Al Bunduq, also written El Bunduq, is an offshore oil and gas field straddling the maritime boundary between Qatar and Abu Dhabi, discovered in 1965 and producing since 1975.
Al Bundy
Al Bundy, played by Ed O'Neill, is the patriarch of Married... with Children (1987–1997), a Chicago women's shoe salesman and former football star; his 1989 censorship controversy helped make FOX's first sitcom a hit.
Al Campbell
Al Campbell, born Alphonso Campbell in Kingston, Jamaica in 1954, is a Jamaican reggae singer whose career runs from Studio One through roots reggae, lovers rock, and early dancehall.
Al Cantello
Al Cantello (Albert Anthony Cantello, 1931-2024), American javelin thrower and Marine who set the world record of 86.04 m in 1959, placed 10th at the 1960 Rome Olympics, and coached Navy cross country for 50 years.
Al Capone
Al Capone (Alphonse Gabriel Capone, 'Scarface'), American gangster who led the Chicago Outfit during Prohibition, bootlegging and gambling; convicted of tax evasion in 1931, imprisoned at Alcatraz, died 1947.
Al Capp
Al Capp (Alfred Gerald Caplin, 1909–1979), American cartoonist, created the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner (1934–1977), set in Dogpatch; coined Sadie Hawkins Day and the Shmoo, reached 900-plus newspapers, and later faced scandal and political controversy.
Al Cárdenas
Al Cárdenas (Alberto Remigio Cárdenas, born 1948, Havana) is a Cuban-American lawyer, lobbyist, and Republican strategist: Florida GOP chairman 1999–2003, American Conservative Union chairman from 2011, Tew Cardenas LLP co-founder.
Al Carns
Al Carns (Alistair Carns, DSO OBE MC) is a British Labour politician, MP for Birmingham Selly Oak since 2024, former Royal Marines colonel with the Military Cross, and ex-Minister for the Armed Forces who resigned in June 2026 over defence funding.
Al Copeland
Al Copeland (Alvin Charles Copeland Sr., "Big Al") was the New Orleans restaurateur who founded Popeyes in 1972 as Chicken on the Run, bought Church's Chicken in 1989, lost both in a 1991 bankruptcy, and rebuilt Copeland's of New Orleans and Diversified Foods & Seasonings.
Al cor gentil rempaira sempre amore
"Al cor gentil rempaira sempre amore" is a doctrinal love canzone by the Bolognese poet Guido Guinizelli, written in the 13th century and treated as the manifesto of the dolce stil novo.
Al Cowlings
Al "A.C." Cowlings (born 1947) is a former USC All-American and NFL defensive lineman, drafted 5th overall in 1970, best known as the driver of O.J. Simpson's white Ford Bronco in the 1994 police chase.
Al Cutrona
Al Cutrona is an American politician and attorney serving as a Republican Ohio state senator from the 33rd district, appointed to fill Mike Rulli's unexpired term.
Al D'Amato
Al D'Amato, Alfonse Marcello D'Amato, Republican U.S. Senator from New York 1981-1998 who upset Jacob Javits in 1980, was nicknamed Senator Pothole, chaired the Senate Banking Committee, and lost to Chuck Schumer in 1998.
Al Da'asa
Al Da'asa is an archaeological site on the coast of Qatar near Dukhan, occupied during the Ubaid period, with Mesopotamian pottery marking a long-distance maritime trade network.
Al Davis
Al Davis, born Allen Davis (1929–2011), was an American football executive who led the Oakland Raiders for nearly half a century, winning three Super Bowls.
Al dente
Al dente, Italian for "to the tooth", describes pasta, rice, or vegetables cooked firm to the bite. Covers its Neapolitan nineteenth-century origins, measured texture, and lower glycemic effect than overcooked pasta.