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Arabic religious music includes Christian and Islamic music.

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An overwhelming majority of Arabs are Muslim, members of the faith founded by the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century.

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Geographically, the Arab world is defined as extending from the Persian Gulf to the Atlantic Ocean, from Iraq and the Gulf states in the east to Morocco's Atlantic coast in the west.

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A sedentary way of life emerged among the Sabaeans (also known as Himyarites or Yemenites) in the lush climate of southern Arabia.

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One is by lineage, considered to be "pure Arab," which can be traced as far back as Noah through his son Shem.

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Family honor is of great importance in the Arab world, and the obligations and responsibilities of kinship are not easily ignored.

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At times Roman historians would refer to Arab rulers as "King of the Arabs."

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The Semitic peoples (those speaking Semitic languages), who trace their origins to the Arabian Peninsula, have had unprecedented influence on the world since recorded history.

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Throughout much of this area, the Arabs spread the religion of Islam and the Arabic language (the language of the Qur'an) through conversion and cultural assimilation.

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Modern Arab nationalism is a product of nineteenth and twentieth century transformations.

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A vital aspect in the Arab life is music.

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Innovations in popular music via the influence of other regional styles have also abounded from Morocco to Saudi Arabia.

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Other Arabs are known as "Arabized-Arabs," including those who came from some parts of Mesopotamia, the Levant, Berber lands, Moors, Egypt, The Sudan, and other African Arabs.

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From north to south, the Arab world extends from Syria to Sudan.

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Arab nationalism declares that Arabs are united in a shared history, culture and language.

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Ethnically one people, the northern Arabs were composed of two culturally differing peoples; nomadic and sedentary Arabs.

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The city is generally considered a cultural center in the Arab world.

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A number of Bedouin tribes settled around the oases that surround the periphery of the Arabian Desert.

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Other regional styles that have enjoyed popular music status throughout the Arab world include the Algerian raп, the Moroccan Gnawa, the Kuwaiti sawt, the Egyptian el gil and Turkish Arabesque-pop music.

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Somalia, Djibouti, Mauritania, Comoros, and the state of Palestine are also included in the Arab League, although Arabs are not necessarily the majority of all their populations.

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Three major world religions have their beginnings in the Arabic line through Abraham.

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Arab nationalists believe that Arab identity encompasses more than outward physical characteristics, race or religion.

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Arabic music has been influenced by many varying cultures, such as Ancient Greek, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African (such as Berber and Swahili) as well as European.

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Arabs form the majority of the populations of Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

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Another group, considered to be "Arabized-Arabs," come from North African or Middle Eastern countries outside the Arabian Peninsula.

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The most prominent Arab Christian kingdoms were the Ghassanid and Lakhmid kingdoms.

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The Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula, the area of land between Asia and Africa, commonly believe that they are descendants of Shem, the son of Noah.

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The term 'Arab' has had a wide variety of uses over the centuries.

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Prior to this time, most Arab-speakers identified themselves with a particular family or tribe.

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During the Middle Ages Arabic was also a major vehicle of culture, especially in science, mathematics and philosophy, with the result that many European languages have also borrowed numerous words from it.

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Hospitality and generosity to guests is a source of pride, while assistance from kinsfolk in any crisis remains an expectation at all levels of Arab society.

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Classical Arabic has been a literary language since at least the sixth century and is the liturgical language of Islam.

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At present the term is mainly used by official and journalistic sources in the Arab world, but it has been reclaimed by some Mizrahi activists.

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Arabic calligraphy has not fallen out of use as in the Western world, and is still considered by Arabs as a major art form; calligraphers are held in great esteem.

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Today, the majority of Arabs are Muslim with sizable followers of both Christianity and Judaism.

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Arab-origin is divided into two major groups, 'pure' and 'Arabized'.

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Most modern Arab states have established civil codes which govern public affairs but Islamic canon law, the Sharia, remains of great importance, especially in domestic matters such as marriage, divorce and inheritance.

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The world of modern Arabic music has long been dominated by musical trends that have emerged from Cairo, Egypt.

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The Arabic script is written from right to left.

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Arab Christians follow generally one of the following Eastern Churches: Coptic, Maronite, Greek Orthodox, Greek Catholic, or Chaldean.

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Prior to the twentieth century, the term "Arab" designated the bedouin, tribal-based society of the Arabian Desert, which is the birthplace of the Arabic language.

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Some Arabs claim they can trace their lineage directly back to Adam.

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The few remaining Jews in the Arab countries reside mostly in Morocco and Tunisia.

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Arab Muslims are Sunni, Shiite, Ibadhite, Alawite, Ismaili or Druze.

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The Arabic alphabet derives from the Aramaic script (Nabataean), to which it bears a loose resemblance like that of Coptic or Cyrillic script to Greek script.

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Most North and South American and Australian Arabs (about two-thirds) are Arab Christians, particularly from Syria, the Palestinian territories, and Lebanon.

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Flowing robes, capes and head-cloths traditionally regarded as male dress are still worn in many of the Arab lands.

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Arabic is the largest member of the branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic.

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The term Arab (Arabic: ????arab) generally refers to those persons who speak Arabic as their native tongue.

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Reliable estimates of the number of Arab Christians, which in any case depends on the definition of "Arab" used, vary.

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Arab nationalism has often competed for existence with regional and ethnic nationalisms in the Middle East, such as Lebanese and Egyptian.

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The tiny Druze community, belonging to a secretive offshoot of Islam, is usually considered Arab, but sometimes considered an ethnicity in its own right.

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A related ideology, Pan-Arabism, calls for all Arab lands to be united as one state.

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Famous noble Qahtanite Arab families from this group can be recognized in the modern days from their surnames such as: Alqahtani, Alharbi, Alzahrani, Alghamedey, aws and khazraj (Alansari or Ansar), Aldosari, Alkhoza'a, Morra, Alojman, etc.

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Being cursive by nature, unlike the Latin alphabet, Arabic script is used to write down a verse of the Qur'an, a Hadith, or simply a proverb, in a spectacular composition.

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Sunni Islam dominates in most areas, overwhelmingly so in North Africa; Shia Islam is prevalent in Bahrain, southern Iraq and adjacent parts of Saudi Arabia, southern Lebanon, parts of Syria, and northern Yemen.

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Sociologist Philip Mendes asserts that before the anti-Jewish actions of the 1930s and 1940s, overall Iraqi Jews "viewed themselves as Arabs of the Jewish faith, rather than as a separate race or nationality.

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Much of the Arab world is characterized by a lack of clear separation between religious doctrine and social life.

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Many groups came to be known as "Arabs" not through descent but through this process of Arabization.

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People in Sudan, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and elsewhere became Arab through Arabization.

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Keeping the surname is an important part of Arabic culture as some lineages can be traced far back to ancient times.

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Arab genealogies usually ascribe the origins of the Qahtanites to the South Arabians who built up one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East beginning around 800 B.C.E.

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During the Middle Ages Arabic was also a major vehicle of culture, especially in science, mathematics and philosophy, with the result that many European languages have also borrowed numerous words from it.

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Being cursive by nature, unlike the Latin alphabet, Arabic script is used to write down a verse of the Qur'an, a Hadith, or simply a proverb, in a spectacular composition.

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