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Al Dhafra Air Base
Al Dhafra Air Base is a UAE air force base near Abu Dhabi, opened in 1983, hosting the US Air Force's 380th Air Expeditionary Wing and French units.
Al Dhafra solar farm
The Al Dhafra solar farm is a 2 GW solar power plant in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, inaugurated in 2023 and described as the world's largest single-site solar plant.
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola (born 1954, Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, Return to Forever member and solo artist known for alternate picking, Elegant Gypsy, and Friday Night in San Francisco.
Al Diwaniyah
Al Diwaniyah (الديوانية), capital of Al-Qadisiyah Governorate in southern Iraq on the Shatt Al-Diwaniya Euphrates branch, about 180 km south of Baghdad; city of about 392,000 with an agricultural economy, very low living costs, and strained services.
Al Dora power plant
Al Dora power plant, also written Dora or Doura, is an oil-fired steam power station in the Dora district of Baghdad, one of the city's principal generation plants.
Al F. Tasch Jr.
Al F. Tasch Jr. (1941–2004) was an American semiconductor engineer at Texas Instruments, Motorola, and UT Austin, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1989.
Al Faisal Holding
Al Faisal Holding is a family-owned Qatari holding company founded in Doha in 1964 by Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, spanning property, hospitality, and trading.
Al Farwaniyah, Kuwait
Al Farwaniyah (Arabic: محافظة الفروانية) is a governorate of Kuwait, established by decree in 1988 and today the most populous of the country's six governorates.
Al fateh
Al Fateh (نادي الفتح) is a Saudi multi-sport club founded in 1958 in Al-Mubarraz, Al-Ahsa. Its football team won the 2012-13 Saudi Pro League and Super Cup after 2009 promotion.
Al Feuerbach
Al Feuerbach (Allan Dean Feuerbach, born 1948) is an American shot putter who set the 1973 world record of 21.82 m at the San Jose Invitational, placed 5th and 4th at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, and later worked as a location sound recordist.
Al Franken
Al Franken (born 1951) is an American comedian, writer, and Democratic-Farmer-Labor U.S. senator from Minnesota, 2009-2018; original Saturday Night Live writer, 312-vote 2008 winner, resigned December 2017 over misconduct allegations.
Al Gharaf Oil and Gas Field
Al Gharaf Oil and Gas Field (الغراف), also written Garraf or Gharraf, is an onshore oil field in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq, producing since 2013.
Al Ghurair
Al Ghurair is a diversified family business group founded in Dubai in 1960 by Saif Ahmed Al Ghurair, operating in food, development, mobility, infrastructure, and property across eight countries.
Al Goldstein
Al Goldstein (Alvin Goldstein, 1936–2013), Brooklyn-born publisher who co-founded the pornographic tabloid Screw in 1968 with Jim Buckley, hosted Midnight Blue on cable from 1974 to 2003, fought repeated obscenity prosecutions, and died bankrupt at 77.
Al Gore
Al Gore (Albert Arnold Gore Jr., born 1948) is a Tennessee Democrat, 45th U.S. vice president under Clinton (1993-2001), and 2000 popular-vote winner who lost the Electoral College 271-266 after Bush v. Gore; later a climate advocate, 2007 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and 2024 Medal of Freedom recipient.
Al Gore 2000 presidential campaign
Al Gore 2000 presidential campaign: the Democratic nominee's run against George W. Bush, with Joseph Lieberman as running mate, lost by 537 Florida votes after the Supreme Court ended the recount on December 12, 2000.
Al Green
Al Green (Albert Leornes Greene, born 1946), American soul and gospel singer of Hi Records hits like "Let's Stay Together"; ordained pastor of Memphis's Full Gospel Tabernacle since 1976; 11 Grammys, Rock Hall 1995.
Al Green (politician)
Al Green (born 1947) is the Democratic U.S. Representative for Texas's 9th District since 2005, a former Harris County justice of the peace and Houston NAACP president, known for Trump impeachment efforts, floor protests, censure, and 2026 primary defeat.
Al Habtoor Group
Al Habtoor Group is a family-owned conglomerate headquartered in Dubai, founded in 1970 by Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor and active in hospitality, automotive, real estate, and education.
Al Habtoor Motors
Al Habtoor Motors is a Dubai-based automotive retail and distribution company, founded in 1983 as part of the Al Habtoor Group and exclusive UAE distributor of Mitsubishi.
Al Ḩajar al Gharbī
Al Ḩajar al Gharbī (الحجر الغربي), the Western Hajar, is the western section of Oman's Al Hajar Mountains, divided from the Eastern Hajar by Wadi Samail, containing Jabal Shams (~3,000 m) and the Jebel Akhdar massif.
Al Ḩajar ash Sharqī
Al Ḩajar ash Sharqī (الحجر الشرقي, Eastern Hajar) is the eastern section of Oman's Al Hajar Mountains, running over 200 km from the Sumail Gap toward Ras Al Hadd; limestone karst range with peaks near 2,100 m, Arabian tahr habitat, and the Sirrin Biosphere Reserve.
Al Hajar Mountains
Al Hajar Mountains (جبال الحجر): 700 km arcuate range in NE Oman and NE UAE, highest peak Jabal Shams 3,009 m; formed by Late Cretaceous Semail Ophiolite obduction and renewed uplift from 40 Ma, a reptile-endemicity hotspot and water source for Oman's aflaj.
Al Ḩajarah
Al Ḩajarah (الحجره, from Arabic ḥajar, stone) is a shared Arabic place name: a rocky desert region in Muthanna Governorate, Iraq, plus hamlets in Taiz and Hajjah governorates in Yemen, a Libyan locality, and a Saudi populated place.
Al Harrington
Al Harrington (born 1980, Orange, NJ), nicknamed Baby Al, NBA forward 1998-2014, drafted 25th overall by Indiana straight from high school; 13.5 ppg career; later founded Viola cannabis company.
Al Hatab Foods
Al Hatab Foods (الحطب فودز), formerly Al Hatab Bakery, is a Saudi food manufacturing and retail company that grew from a single bakery in Al Qassim in 2005.
Al Hayba (الهيبة)
about 20 words: Al Hayba (الهيبة) is a Syrian-Lebanese television drama series about arms smuggling. It premiered in 2017 and reached over 116 million viewers across the Middle East.
Al Haymon
Al Haymon, reclusive Harvard-educated American boxing manager and adviser to Floyd Mayweather Jr., creator of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC), which returned boxing to free network TV in 2015 with Waddell & Reed backing.
Al Haynes
Al Haynes (Alfred C. Haynes, 1931–2019) was a United Airlines captain who commanded Flight 232, the DC-10 that lost all hydraulics after a 1989 engine failure and crash-landed at Sioux City, Iowa, using differential thrust; he became a leading advocate of crew resource management.
Al Hefaiyah Reserve
Al Hefaiyah Reserve, also known as the Al Hefaiyah Mountain Conservation Centre, is a wildlife reserve near Kalba, Sharjah, home to Arabian leopards and wolves.