Baraka Explained
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 ḥabbat al-barakah, a.k.a. Nigella sativa, a spice with purported health benefits
Places
- Baraka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a town in the eastern Congolese province of Sud-Kivu on Lake Tanganyika.
- Baraka, Gabon, a site where American missionaries from New England established a mission in 1842 on what is now Libreville
- Baraka School, an educational program in Kenya, featured in the film The Boys of Baraka
- Baraka, the local nickname for Barakaldo, Spain
- Baraka River, Eritrea and Sudan
- Har Brakha, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Palestinian territories
- Barakeh, Hama, Syria
People
- Ajamu Baraka (born 1953), human rights activist and 2016 candidate for Vice President of the United States
- Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), American writer
- Ras J. Baraka (born 1970), American politician and current mayor of Newark, New Jersey
- Al-Said Barakah (1260–1280), Mamluk Sultan
- Barack Obama, Sr. (1934–1982), born Baraka Obama, Kenyan father of U.S. President Barack Obama
- Baraka bint Thaʿlaba, known as Umm Ayman, female companion of Muhammad
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