Nour Mhanna
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Nour Mhanna is a Syria
n singer.
Mhanna started his musical career as a reciter of the Qur'an
, before switching to secular music. His most famous album to date is Wala Kan Albal with 3alayhi al Awaad the first track becoming an instant hit all over the Middle East
.
On 1 July 2004 he performed at the Sycuan Resort and Casino in El Cajon, California
. He and his backup band traveled there on Northwest Airlines Flight 327
, where their behaviour lead to suspicions that they were a dry run
for a future possible terrorist attack.
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
n singer.
Mhanna started his musical career as a reciter of the Qur'an
Qur'an
The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...
, before switching to secular music. His most famous album to date is Wala Kan Albal with 3alayhi al Awaad the first track becoming an instant hit all over the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
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On 1 July 2004 he performed at the Sycuan Resort and Casino in El Cajon, California
El Cajon, California
-History:El Cajon is located on the Rancho El Cajon Mexican land grant made in 1845 to María Antonia Estudillo, wife of Miguel Pedrorena. In 1876 Amaziah Lord Knox , a New Englander who had recently moved to California, established a hotel there to serve the growing number of people traveling...
. He and his backup band traveled there on Northwest Airlines Flight 327
Northwest Airlines Flight 327
Northwest Airlines Flight 327 was a flight on June 29, 2004 from the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan to the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. This event happened aboard N543US, a Boeing 757-200...
, where their behaviour lead to suspicions that they were a dry run
Dry run (terrorism)
A dry run is an act committed by a terrorist organization without carrying out any actual terrorism in an attempt to determine whether a technique they are planning to use will be successful. The dry run is part of the rehearsal for a terrorist act, and is often the immediate precursor to the attack...
for a future possible terrorist attack.