Hand of Fatima en · NOUN
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An apotropaic symbol, in both Jewish and Islamic cultures, serving as a talisman against the "evil eye".
I watched as Aisha bargained, unsuccessfully, for a charm against the Evil Eye, a pink-and-yellow plastic hand of Fatima decorated with sequins.
1988, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, A Street in Marrakech, Waveland Press, →ISBN, page 276:
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Hand of Miriam · hamsa · Hand of Mary
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ar يَد فَاطِمَة (symbol — see also hamsa) · de Hand der Fatima (symbol — see also hamsa) · he חמסה (symbol — see also hamsa) · pl ręka Fatimy (symbol — see also hamsa)