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haboob
  هبوب  
habub
Fr.: haboub  

A type of intense dust storm that blows in the deserts of North Africa and Arabia, particularly severe in areas of drought.

See also: Haboob, from Ar. habub (هبوب) “a wind which blows hard and raises the dust.”