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Hand of Fatima
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English
thumb|🪬: The Hand of Fatima can be found in Tunisia and many other places.
Noun
Hand of Fatima ?
en Q15268353 An apotropaic symbol, in both Jewish and Islamic cultures, serving as a talisman against the "evil eye".
en hamsa<id:Q15268353> Hand of Miriam<id:Q15268353> Hand of Mary<id:Q15268353>
en amulet#Noun charm#Noun
en nazar<id:Q582742> God's eye<id:Q16242212>
en Elizabeth Warnock Fernea A Street in Marrakech 1988 Waveland Press 276 https://books.google.com/books?id=sgFzAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Hand+of+Fatima%22&dq=%22Hand+of+Fatima%22&hl=en&cd=33&source=gbs_api 978-0-88133-404-3 I watched as Aisha bargained, unsuccessfully, for a charm against the Evil Eye, a pink-and-yellow plastic hand of Fatima decorated with sequins.
Translations
symbol hamsa
Arabic: ar يَد فَاطِمَة yed fāṭima
German: de Hand der Fatima f
Hebrew: he חמסה
Polish: pl ręka Fatimy f
See also
en hand of God
Further reading
hamsa
en eponyms
en Islam Judaism