Maghreb[r]: The Muslim-majority, Arabic and Berber-speaking countries of North Africa, bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea and often by the Sahara Desert on the south. [e]
Alexander the Great[r]: King of Macedon who conquered the Persian Empire in the late 4th century BCE. [e]
Great Pyramid of Giza[r]: Largest and oldest of the pyramids in the Giza Necropolis of Greater Cairo, Egypt; was the tallest building for nearly 4,000 years, and is the largest pyramid ever constructed. [e]
Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj[r]: A Sudanese journalist for the Al Jazeera news agency, held at Guantanamo Bay detention camp for suspicion of acting as a terrorist courier; released in 2008 [e]