Baraka

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Baraka can refer to several things:

Contents 1 Hebrew or Jewish origin 2 Arabic or Islamic origin 3 Other languages 4 Entertainment 5 Places 6 People

[edit] Hebrew or Jewish origin

A Berakhah In Judaism, a berakhah or bracha (Hebrew: ברכה; plural ברכות, berakhot) is a blessing, usually recited at a specific moment during a ceremony or other activity. Berakhot traditionally start with the words Barukh attah, Adonai Eloheinu, melekh ha-olam, ... ("Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, ...").

[edit] Arabic or Islamic origin

• Baraka (or Barakah) is a term referring to a sense of divine presence, charisma, wisdom, and/or blessing transmitted from master to pupil. It can refer to "breath" (see Qi or prana), but is more often associated with a place or person.
• Baraka is a French term for luck.
• "Berkah" is the Indonesian word derived from Barakah. It means a great blessing or a great favourable gift (especially from Allah or God).
• Baraka is gracefully bestowed "spiritual energy" .*Baraka (Nigella sativa) seed is a spice that has purported health benefits. It is called Habbat-ul-Baraka (blessed seed) in Arabic.

[edit] Other languages

• Baraka is the Serbian and Bulgarian word for shack. The party founders of the Croatian Democratic Union refer to themselves as barakaši, derived from baraka.

• Baraka is the Swahili word for blessing ("Haraka haraka haina baraka" -- "Hurry hurry has no blessing," a Swahili proverb similar in meaning to "Haste makes waste")

[edit] Entertainment

• Baraka is a 1992 experimental documentary film directed by Ron Fricke. The name is derived from the Sufi term described above.
• Baraka is a 1983 novel written by Canadian John Ralston Saul.
• Baraka is a character from the Mortal Kombat franchise.
• The Boys of Baraka is a 2005 documentary film.

[edit] Places

• Baraka is a barangay in the Norzagaray municipality, in the province of Bulacan, Philippines.
• Baraka was a site in Gabon where American missionaries from New England established a mission in 1842. It is now Libreville.
• Al-Baraka was a popular Moroccan restaurant in the Lavapiés neighborhood of Madrid, Spain.
• Baraka is a village in the eastern Congolese province of Sud-Kivu on Lake Tanganyika.
• Baraka is also the local nickname for Barakaldo (Vizcaya, Spain)

[edit] People

• Amiri Baraka (1934 - ), a U.S. writer.
• Baraka Khan (? - 1280, son of Baibars and briefly (1277 - 1279) a Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria.
• Baraka al-Yamaniyah, wife of `Abd al-`Azīz Āl Sa`ūd, first monarch of Saudi Arabia.
• Baraka was, according to the apocryphal book of Jubilees, the wife of the antediluvian patriarch Jared.
• Mersaid Baraka was a teacher to Timur, and was also placed in the mausoleum Gur-e Amir where Timur and several of his descendants are entombed.