Baraka or Barakah may refer to:
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Berakhah
In Judaism, a ''berakhah'', ''bracha'', ', ' ( he, בְּרָכָה; pl. , ''berakhot'', '; "benediction," "blessing") is a formula of blessing or thanksgiving, recited in public or private, usually before the performance of a commandment, or the ...
or Baraka, in Judaism, a blessing usually recited during a ceremony
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Barakah
In Islam, ''Barakah'' or ''Baraka'' ( ar, بركة "blessing") is a blessing power, a kind of continuity of spiritual presence and revelation that begins with God and flows through that and those closest to God.
Baraka can be found within physi ...
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
''Nigella sativa'' (black caraway, also known as black cumin, nigella, kalonji or siyahdaneh) is an annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to eastern Europe (Bulgaria and Romania) and Western Asia (Cyprus, Turkey, Iran and ...
'', a spice with purported health benefits
Places
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Baraka, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Baraka also called "bala'a" is a town in the eastern Congolese province of South Kivu, on Lake Tanganyika. This is the main town of the Fizi Territory. Its population in late 2014 was around 120,000 and predominantly Swahili and Ebembe speaking ...
, a town in the eastern Congolese province of Sud-Kivu on Lake Tanganyika.
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Baraka, Gabon
Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon. Occupying in the northwestern province of Estuaire, Libreville is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea. As of the 2013 census, its population was 703,904.
The area has been inh ...
, a site where American missionaries from New England established a mission in 1842 on what is now
Libreville
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Baraka School, an educational program in Kenya, featured in the film ''The Boys of Baraka''
* Baraka, the local nickname for
Barakaldo
Barakaldo ( es, Baracaldo; eu, Barakaldo ) is a municipality located in the Biscay province in the Basque Country. Located on the Left Bank of the Estuary of Bilbao, the city is part of Greater Bilbao, has a population at 100,881. Barakaldo ...
, Spain
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Baraka River, Eritrea and Sudan
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Har Brakha
Har Brakha ( he, הַר בְּרָכָה, ''lit.'' Mount fBlessing) is an Israeli settlement located on the southern ridge of Mount Gerizim at an elevation of above sea level, in the West Bank's Samarian mountains, near the Palestinian city ...
, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Palestinian territories
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Barakeh, Hama
Barakeh ( ar, البركة), also spelt Barakah and Birkah, is a Syrian village in Al-Ziyarah Nahiyah in Al-Suqaylabiyah District, Hama. It lies on the western edge of Al-Ghab plain
The Ghab Plain ( ar, سَهْلُ ٱلْغَابِ, Sahl al-Ġāb ...
, Syria
People
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Ajamu Baraka
Ajamu Sibeko Baraka ( ; born October 25, 1953) is an American political activist. In 2016, he was the Green Party nominee for Vice President of the United States on the ballot in 45 states and received 1,457,216 votes (1.07% of the popular vote) ...
(born 1953), human rights activist and 2016 candidate for Vice President of the United States
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Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka (born Everett Leroy Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism. He was the author of numerous bo ...
(1934–2014), American writer
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Ras J. Baraka (born 1970), American politician and current mayor of Newark, New Jersey
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Al-Said Barakah
Al-Said Barakah (1260–1280; original name: Muhammed Barakah Qan ( ar, محمد بركة قان), royal name: al-Malik al-Said Nasir al-Din Barakah () was a Mamluk Sultan who ruled from 1277 to 1279 after the death of his father Baibars. His m ...
(1260–1280), Mamluk Sultan
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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
Media
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''Baraka'' (film), a 1992 experimental documentary film by Ron Fricke
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''Baraka'' (novel), a 1983 novel by John Ralston Saul
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Baraka (''Mortal Kombat''), a fictional character in the ''Mortal Kombat'' series
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''Baraka'' (album), a 1997 album by DKV Trio
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''Barakah'' (album), a 2016 album by Sami Yusuf
Other
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Al-Barakah (ISIL administrative district)
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, a self-proclaimed district and former province
*, an ethno-jazz collective, from Riga, Latvia
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Barakah nuclear power plant, in the United Arab Emirates
* ''barakaši'', a name the party founders of the
Croatian Democratic Union
The Croatian Democratic Union ( hr, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit=Croatian Democratic Community, HDZ) is the major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Cro ...
gave to themselves
See also
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Barack (disambiguation)
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Barak (disambiguation)
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