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Layla

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Layla is a city in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia, and the administrative seat of Al-Aflaj Governorate. It takes its name from Layla al-Amiriyah, the beloved of the poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah, whose story became one of the most famous love stories in Arabic literature and inspired the tale of Layla and Majnun.

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