Majlis as-Shura

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Majlis as-Shura, Arabic for Parliament, Advisory Council, Consultative Assembly, is a commonly used term for elected or co-opted assemblies with advisory or legislative powers in Arabic-speaking countries. It is the official Arabic name of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia (the closest thing Saudi Arabia has to a legislature), upper house of Egypt's Parliament, and the quasi-legislature of Oman.