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Khemed is the fictional country in Arabia invented by Hergé for Tintin books. The name means "got it!" in Marols, the Brussels Flemish dialect.Khemed is an Arabic country near the Red Sea and in the Arabic Peninsula. Its capital is Wadesdah (which is derived from the Marols pronunciation of "What is that?"), although its chief economic center appears to be the port city of Khemikhal (a pun on "chemical", obviously, though the French version has "Khemkhâh", Marols for "I'm cold").
Most of the country is desert. In the Tintin stories, Petra appears to be located in Khemed. This is because author Hergé originally set the first story in the British Mandate of Palestine and Transjordan, but, created the country to avoid political issues. Indeed, Khemikhal was originally supposed to be the Israeli port of Haifa.
Khemed is a monarchy, ruled by Emir Mohammed ben Kalish Ezab (Marols kalichesap, liquorice juice), whose son Abdullah does all sorts of mischief, most famously with his exploding cigarThis page is about the tobacco product, for the horse Cigar see Cigar (horse). A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of tobacco leaves that have already been dried and fermented, which is lit for the purpose of inhaling (or merely drawing into the mouth raths and cigarettes. However, sheikSheik can refer to. A respected old man. See: Shaikh 2. The alter ego of Princess Zelda, from Nintendo's Legend of Zelda video game series. Bab El Ehr (Marols babbeleer, chatterbox) had tried to oust him two times. Last time he was in power for six months with the aid of mercenaries and foreign aircraft.
Tintin stories with Khemed:
- Tintin au pays de l'or noir ( Land of Black GoldLand of Black Gold (originally Tintin au Pays de l'Or Noir is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Herge, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. It was originally published in 1950., 1950Events January January 5 US Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the USA January 6 The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with)
- Coque en stock ( CokeCoke is a solid carbonaceous residue derived from low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal from which the volatile constituents (including water, coal-gas and coal-tar) are driven off by baking in an airless oven at temperatures as high as 1,000 degrees Celsiu in stock, translated as The Red Sea SharksThe Red Sea Sharks (originally Coke en Stock , is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Herge, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. The Red Sea Sharks is the nineteenth in the series. This book falls into the 3rd, 1958)
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