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be alia
proper noun
Given name female
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Two recent examples would be Alia Bano, who wrote a play called Shades for the Royal Court, and Dawn King, whose stunning play Foxfinder is currently running at the Finborough in London.
Its suffix could be "alia" or it could be "ithia" or "nia" or maybe just plain "ia".
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Was Alia there?
One spouse was Alia Ghanoum, an elegant and sophisticated woman from Latakia in Syria.
At first, Jacobson thought the woman was Alia Shawkat, from "Arrested Development".
The other unifying factor is Alia, whom it is tempting to see as over-idealised until one remembers the inspirational example of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who fought for the right to female education.
Sitting on the sidewalk during Nasrallah's speech Thursday was Alia Shahata, born in 1948 to parents who she said left Palestinian territories after being expelled from their home.
Among those affected is "Alia" who came to the UK as a maid with her Arab employers.
But maybe the biggest name -- to TV fans, anyway -- is Alia Shawkat, better known as Maeby Fünke from the show "Arrested Development".
And so, too, is Alias Grace, which screens on Netflix this Friday, about a woman accused of murder.
That show was Alias, about a young woman, Sydney Bristow, who is a triple agent for the CIA.
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