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Al Mukalla
Al Mukalla (المكلا) is a port city on Yemen's Arabian Sea coast and capital of Hadhramaut Governorate. Former Qu'aiti capital (1915), Yemen's third largest cargo port, opened 1985, fishing economy, UNESCO tentative historic city.
Al Muqran Family Park
Al Muqran Family Park (Al Mogran Family Park, منتزه المقرن العائلي) is an amusement park in Khartoum, Sudan, at the confluence of the White and Blue Niles. Opened under Nimeiri, run by the armed forces and later the Martyr Organization, closed in the 2010s, and mined during the 2023 war.
Al Muratsuchi
Al Muratsuchi is an American politician, educator, and attorney who served as a Democratic member of the California State Assembly from the 66th district, in the Los Angeles South Bay, until being termed out in 2026.
Al Murray
Al Murray (born 1968) is the English comedian behind The Pub Landlord, a jingoistic bar-room character created at the 1994 Edinburgh Fringe, winner of the 1999 Perrier Award, star of Time Gentlemen Please and Al Murray's Happy Hour, and 2015 FUKP candidate against Nigel Farage in South Thanet.
Al Nash
Al Nash (Alex Nash), English comedian, actor, writer and producer known for viral Instagram sketch comedy (over 100 million views), the Yes Mama! double act, and as an original cast member of Saturday Night Live UK.
Al Nasse
Al Nasse (Albert F. Nasse, 1878–1910), American rower from St. Louis; won 1904 Olympic gold in men's coxless fours with the Century Boat Club crew in 9:05.8.
Al Nassr FC
Al Nassr FC, Riyadh club founded 1955, nine-time Saudi Pro League champion and 2025-26 title winner under Jorge Jesus with Cristiano Ronaldo; Asian Cup Winners' Cup and Asian Super Cup winner 1998.
Al Neri
Al Neri (Albert Neri) is a fictional Corleone family enforcer in Puzo's The Godfather novel and films, a former NYC police officer, Michael Corleone's bodyguard, killer of Moe Greene and Barzini, later underboss, played by Richard Bright.
Al Niágara
Al Niágara (also cited as El Niágara or Niágara) is an ode to Niagara Falls written in 1824 by the Cuban-Mexican poet José María Heredia during his United States exile.
Al Oerter
Al Oerter (Alfred Adolph Oerter Jr., 1936–2007), American discus thrower; first athlete to win the same Olympic event four consecutive Games (1956, 1960, 1964, 1968), setting an Olympic record each time.
Al Othaim Holding Company
Al Othaim Holding Company (شركة العثيم القابضة) is a Saudi family retail and lifestyle conglomerate founded in Riyadh in 1956, with over 40 companies and 20,000 employees.
Al Owais Award
The Al Owais Award (Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Award) is a biennial Arabic literary and intellectual prize in Dubai, founded by Sultan bin Ali Al Owais in 1987.
Al Pacino
Al Pacino (Alfredo James Pacino, born 1940), American actor of the Actors Studio and Method tradition; Michael Corleone in The Godfather, Oscar winner for Scent of a Woman, nine-time Oscar nominee, two-time Emmy winner, named 62nd SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement recipient.
Al pastor
Al pastor (tacos al pastor, tacos de trompo): Mexican taco of chile-achiote-marinated pork roasted on a vertical spit (trompo), descended from Lebanese shawarma via Puebla's tacos árabes, popularized in 1960s Mexico City, served with pineapple, onion, and cilantro.
Al Pinkerton
Dr Al Pinkerton (Alasdair Pinkerton) is the Liberal Democrat MP for Surrey Heath, elected 4 July 2024, a former Royal Holloway geopolitics professor, now the party's Europe spokesperson.
Al Purdy
Al Purdy, born Alfred Wellington Purdy, was a Canadian poet known for rangy, colloquial free verse about Canada, its people, and its history; he published more than 30 books and won two Governor General's Awards.
Al Purvis
Al Purvis (Allan Ruggles Purvis, 1929-2009), Canadian defenseman and assistant captain of the Edmonton Mercurys, won gold in men's ice hockey at the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics and the 1950 World Championships.
Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad (قلعة بني حمّاد), also called Beni Hammad Fort, is a ruined 11th-century fortified city in Algeria, first capital of the Hammadid emirs, founded 1007, abandoned 1090, demolished 1152, UNESCO-listed 1980.
Al Qāmishlī
Al Qāmishlī (القامشلي; Qamishlo, Zalin), city in Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria, on the Turkish border. Founded under the French Mandate in the 1920s by Assyrian refugees; grain-trade center; four community names; government forces entered February 2026.
Al Rajhi Bank
Al Rajhi Bank (مصرف الراجحي) is a Saudi Arabian Sharia-compliant bank, the world's largest Islamic bank with about USD 278 billion in assets in 2025.
Al Rayan Ornamental Fish Trading & Aquarium
Al Rayan Ornamental Fish Trading & Aquarium (الريان لتجارة أسماك الزينة) is a Sharjah, UAE aquarium shop and pet store in Al Mareija selling ornamental fish, tanks, accessories, and pet food, listed in UAE directories since about 2012.
Al Rayyan
Al Rayyan is a municipality of Qatar and, within it, a major city that forms the western part of metropolitan Doha; its 826,786 residents make it Qatar's second most populous municipality.
Al Reem Biosphere Reserve
Al Reem Biosphere Reserve: Qatar's first UNESCO Man and the Biosphere reserve (designated 2007, established by Emiri Decree 7 of 2005), a 125,400 ha desert and coastal protected area in northwest Qatar with reintroduced gazelle and oryx.
Al riyadh
Al Riyadh (الرياض) is a Saudi multi-sports club founded in 1953 in Riyadh; its football team plays in the Roshn Saudi League. Runners-up and Crown Prince Cup winners in 1993-94, relegated in 2005, back in the top flight since 2023.
Al Roberts (comedian)
Al Roberts, also known as Alastair Roberts, is a British comedian and actor. He is best known for his role as Al in the BAFTA-winning sitcom Stath Lets Flats.
Al Roker
Al Roker (Albert Lincoln Roker Jr.) is an American weather presenter, television host, and author who has been the weather anchor of NBC's TODAY since 1996.
Al Rosen
Al Rosen (1924-2015), nicknamed Flip, was a Cleveland Indians third baseman, unanimous 1953 AL MVP (.336, 43 HR, 145 RBI), and later executive for the Yankees, Astros, and Giants.
Al Sadd SC (نادي السد الرياضي)
Al Sadd SC is a Qatari sports club in Doha, founded in 1969, whose football team is the only Qatari club to have won the AFC Champions League.
Al Sadu (السدو)
Al Sadu (السدو) is Bedouin women's warp-faced weaving of sheep wool, camel hair and goat hair on a ground loom, producing tents, carpets and camel decorations. UNESCO-inscribed (UAE urgent safeguarding 2011, Representative List 2025; Saudi Arabia/Kuwait 2020, Qatar 2025).
Al Santiago (music)
Al Santiago (Albert Santiago Alvarez) was an American Latin-music record producer who founded Alegre Records in the Bronx in 1956 and first recorded Johnny Pacheco and Eddie Palmieri.