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Baraka or Barakah may refer to:
Berakhah or Baraka, in Judaism, a blessing usually recited during a ceremony
Barakah or Baraka, in Islam, the beneficent force from God that flows through the physical and spiritual spheres
Baraka, full ḥabbat al-barakah , a.k.a.
Nigella sativa , a spice with purported health benefits
Places
Baraka, Democratic Republic of the Congo , a town in the eastern Congolese province of Sud-Kivu on Lake Tanganyika.
Baraka, Gabon , a site where American missionaries from New England established a mission in 1842 on what is now
Libreville
Baraka School , an educational program in Kenya, featured in the film The Boys of Baraka
Baraka, the local nickname for
Barakaldo , Spain
Baraka River , Eritrea and Sudan
Har Brakha , an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Palestinian territories
Barakeh, Hama , Syria
People
Ajamu Baraka (born 1953), human rights activist and 2016 candidate for Vice President of the United States
Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), American writer
Ras J. Baraka (born 1970), American politician and current mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Al-Said Barakah (1260–1280), Mamluk Sultan
Barack Obama, Sr. (1934–1982), born Baraka Obama, Kenyan father of U.S. President Barack Obama
Baraka bint Thaʿlaba, known as
Umm Ayman , female companion of Muhammad
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See also
Topics referred to by the same term