Missing contact names

deleted an exchange email account and now my address book contact names are missing

Hi All,
i got an iphone 4s and i live in UAE, recently when i add a contact to my contact list by saving the number from the messages after a while i find that the contact name that i saved is not in the list and then when adding it again after a while it disappears, some time it happen after i sync the phone and some time before, I'm getting crazy why this thing is happening? the phone was ok before and now I'm worried coz any new number i add i lose it, does any body have an idea about this issue? and how to fix it?
Thanks.

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