Baraka or Barakah may refer to: *

Berakhah In Judaism, a ''berakhah'', ''bracha'', ', ' (; 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 enjoyment of food o ...

or Baraka, in Judaism, a blessing usually recited during a ceremony *

Barakah In Islam, ''Barakah'' or ''Baraka'' ( "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. The Quran is said to be charged with ''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 ''Nigella sativa'' (common names, black caraway, black cumin, nigella or kalonji) is an annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to western Asia (Arabia, the Levant, Cyprus, Turkey, Iran and Iraq), and eastern Europe (Bulgari ...

'', a spice with purported health benefits

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Baraka, Democratic Republic of the Congo Baraka, also known as Bala'a, is the main city and metropolitan center of the Fizi Territory located in the South Kivu Province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Baraka is bordered by the Lweba River to the n ...

, a town in the eastern Congolese province of Sud-Kivu on Lake Tanganyika. *

Baraka, Gabon Libreville (; ) is the capital and largest city of Gabon, located on the Gabon Estuary. Libreville occupies of the northwestern province of Estuaire. Libreville is also a port on the Gabon Estuary, near the Gulf of Guinea. As of the 2013 cens ...

, a site where American missionaries from New England established a mission in 1842 on what is now

Libreville Libreville (; ) is the capital and largest city of Gabon, located on the Gabon Estuary. Libreville occupies of the northwestern province of Estuaire Province, Estuaire. Libreville is also a port on the Gabon Estuary, near the Gulf of Guinea. A ...

Baraka School The Baraka School was a small education program that took at-risk 12-year-old boys from the Baltimore public school system to the Kenyan outback for two years to live and study. The school was located in Laikipia District, and the program began ...

, an educational program in Kenya, featured in the film ''The Boys of Baraka'' * Baraka, the local nickname for

Barakaldo Barakaldo (; ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Biscay province in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country in Spain. Located on the Left Bank (Biscay), Left Bank of the Estuary of Bilbao, the city is pa ...

, Spain *

Baraka River The Barka River (Arabic: ''nahr Baraka''; Italian: ''fiume Barca'') is a tributary river that flows from the Eritrean Highlands to the plains of Sudan. With a length of over 640 km, it rises just outside Asmara and flows in a northwestern di ...

, Eritrea and Sudan *

Har Brakha Har Brakha, more commonly spelled Har Bracha (, ''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 ...

, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Palestinian territories *

Barakeh, Hama Barakeh (), also spelt Barakah and Birkah, is a Syrian village in Al-Ziyarah Nahiyah in Al-Suqaylabiyah District, Hama Hama ( ', ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north ...

, Syria

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* Baraka (given name) * Baraka (surname) * Andres Fernandes Gonçalves, better known as

Baraka 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 ''ḥa ...

(born 1986), Brazilian footballer

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* ''Baraka'' (film), a 1992 experimental documentary film by Ron Fricke * ''Baraka'' (novel), a 1983 novel by John Ralston Saul * Baraka (''Mortal Kombat''), a fictional character in the ''Mortal Kombat'' series * ''Baraka'' (album), a 1997 album by DKV Trio * ''Barakah'' (album), a 2016 album by Sami Yusuf * Baraka, the Ancient Name of Xilonen, a character in 2020 video game ''

Genshin Impact ''Genshin Impact'' is a 2020 action role-playing game produced by MiHoYo, MiHoYo/HoYoverse. The game features an anime-style open world environment and an action-based Role-playing battle systems, battle system using Classical element, element ...

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Al-Barakah (ISIL administrative district) Al-Barakah () is a Syrian administrative district of the Islamic State (IS), a Salafi jihadist militant group and unrecognised proto-state. Originally set up as al-Barakah Province () to govern IS territories in al-Hasakah Governorate, the pro ...

, a self-proclaimed district and former province *, an ethno-jazz collective, from Riga, Latvia *

Barakah nuclear power plant The Barakah nuclear power plant () (BNPP) is the United Arab Emirates' first nuclear power station, the first nuclear power station in the Arabian Peninsula and the first commercial nuclear power station in the Arab World. It consists of four A ...

, in the United Arab Emirates * ''barakaši'', a name the party founders of the

Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union (, , HDZ) is a major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. Since 2016, it has been the ruling political party in Croatia under the incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. It is one of the ...

gave to themselves

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