Cultural Impact
- In Turkey, Burak is a common name given to male children. Burak is also a surname in Bosnia, Poland, and Turkey.
- Two airlines have been named after the Buraq: Buraq Air of Libya, and the former Bouraq Indonesia Airlines of Indonesia (closed in 2006).
- The name has been used in fiction: "el-Borak" is a pirate in the novel The Sea Hawk by Rafael Sabatini; "El Borak" is a character in several short stories by Robert E. Howard. Both are named for their speed and reflexes.
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