Adna el ard means the lowest not the closest

Submitted by Bob (Lebanon), Sep 30, 2009 at 19:14

Mr.Pipes, adna el ard means the lowest land not the closest land (al akrab). And that was to describe the piece of land near the dead sea which is the lowest on the planet, Very misleading...

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