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Scholars from around the Islamic world traveled to the oasis city to study at the prestigious University of Sankore, which had some 25, 000 students and 180 Koranic schools in its heyday.
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The memorial's undulating concrete blocks are a sombre oasis in the city centre.
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The Kulturpark, whose high walls protect a vast tranquil tract of green in the heart of the city, will be an oasis of budding creativity, with workshops for artisans and interchanging exhibitions when it opens in June.
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The Gallaghers are due to play with Oasis in their home city of Manchester on Saturday, at the Old Trafford cricket ground.
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After Bristol City Council bought the school site, in Westbury-on-Trym, Oasis Education was then given a one-year deal to run it as a primary school.
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Then there is the ancient city of Palmyra, another Unesco World Heritage site, whose ruins lay scattered across a desert oasis 150 miles northeast of Damascus.
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