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I really like dates we call it "hurma" in Turkish.
Marya's Date Tart Mercedes 2007
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In Albania, they are called hurma, and they have plenty of trees.
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It's not uncommon for a moral cop to call a woman hurma (meaning "prohibition"), and this mindset has affected the moral fabric of Muslim societies.
Fahad Faruqui: Gender Segregation in Muslim Societies: From Jahiliyya to Muhammed to Fatwa Chaos Fahad Faruqui 2010
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It's not uncommon for a moral cop to call a woman hurma (meaning "prohibition"), and this mindset has affected the moral fabric of Muslim societies.
Fahad Faruqui: Gender Segregation in Muslim Societies: From Jahiliyya to Muhammed to Fatwa Chaos 2010
 
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