In his Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce describes the protagonist’s heart as having “withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoom coming from afar.” A simoom is a strong, dry, dust-laden wind that blows in the deserts of Arabia and North Africa. True to Joyce’s simile, a simoom is the epitome of hot and dry—its temperature may exceed 130°F (54°C), and its humidity level may fall below 10 percent. “Simoom” comes from an Arabic word meaning what? Discuss