Arabs

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Arabs are a diverse ethnolinguistic group originating from the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding regions, united primarily by the Arabic language and a shared cultural and historical heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural group
ethnic group
ethnolinguistic group
ancestralHomeland Arabian Peninsula
associatedReligion Christianity
Druze faith
Islam
Judaism
other religions
culturalRegion Arab world
Arabian Peninsula
Horn of Africa
Middle East
North Africa
diasporaPresence Australia
Europe
North America
South America
Sub-Saharan Africa
dominantRiteInChristianity Eastern Christianity
Roman Catholicism
ethnicity Arab
linked to: Arabs
historicalEmpire Abbasid Caliphate
Rashidun Caliphate
Umayyad Caliphate
various Arab caliphates and sultanates
historicalLanguageOfCulture Classical Arabic
includeSpeakersOf Egyptian Arabic
Gulf Arabic
Hijazi Arabic
Iraqi Arabic
linked to: Mesopotamian Arabic

Levantine Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic
Modern Standard Arabic
Najdi Arabic
Sudanese Arabic
Yemeni Arabic
languageBranch Central Semitic languages
languageFamily Semitic languages
liturgicalLanguage Classical Arabic
macrolanguage Arabic language
linked to: Arabic
majorHoliday Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Fitr
Ramadan
majorityReligion Islam
memberStatesOrganization Arab League
notableHistoricalCenter Baghdad
Cairo
Cordoba (historical)
Damascus
Mecca
Medina
originRegion Arabian Peninsula
Levant
Mesopotamia
North Africa
politicalOrganization Arab League
populationScope one of the largest ethnolinguistic groups in the world
tens of millions
primaryLanguage Arabic
religiousDiversity Druze
Ibadi Muslims
linked to: Ibadi Islam

Shia Muslims
linked to: Shia Islam

Sunni Muslims
linked to: Sunni Islam

secular and non-religious individuals
various Christian denominations
religiousTextLanguage Quran in Arabic
selfIdentificationCriterion Arab cultural affiliation
Arabic as native language
descent from Arab ancestors
sharedHeritage Arab cuisine
Arab culture
Arab customs and traditions
Arab music
Arabic literature
Arabic poetry
traditionalLifestyle nomadic pastoralism
oasis agriculture
sedentary urban life
traditionalSocialStructure tribal system
UNESCOCulturalHeritage Arabic calligraphy
Arabic coffee culture
Falconry in Arab culture
writingSystem Arabic script

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Arab world hasEthnicGroup Arabs
Lebanese American partOf Arab American
linked to: Arabs
Palestinian American partOf Arab American community
linked to: Arabs
Muhammad ethnicity Arab
linked to: Arabs
Algeria majorEthnicGroup Arabs
Palestinian hasEthnicRelation Syrian people
linked to: Arabs
Palestinian hasEthnicRelation Bedouin
linked to: Arabs
Palestinian hasPrimaryEthnicSelfIdentification Arab
linked to: Arabs
Arabs ethnicity Arab
linked to: Arabs
Muammar Gaddafi ethnicGroup Arab
linked to: Arabs
Morocco nationalLanguageGroup Arab
linked to: Arabs
Middle Eastern American hasEthnicComponent Arab American
linked to: Arabs
Syria ethnicGroup Arab
linked to: Arabs
Arabian Sea namedAfter Arab people
linked to: Arabs
Yemeni Arabic spokenBy Yemenis
linked to: Arabs
Islamic world hasEthnicGroup Hadhrami
linked to: Arabs
Sudan ethnicGroupMajor Arabs
Kingdom of Sicily culturalInfluence Arab
linked to: Arabs
Cyrenaica ethnicGroup Arabs
Manama ethnicGroup Arabs
Tanzimat affected Ottoman Arabs
linked to: Arabs
Queen Zein al-Sharaf ethnicGroup Arab
linked to: Arabs
Fezzan ethnicGroup Arabs
Chalhoub associatedWithEthnicity Levantine Arab
linked to: Arabs
Sherif Ali nationality Arab
linked to: Arabs
Fallujah majorEthnicGroup Arabs
Al Anbar Governorate majorityPopulation Sunni Arabs
linked to: Arabs
Aminah bint Wahb ethnicGroup Arab
linked to: Arabs
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib ethnicity Arab
linked to: Arabs
Qasim ibn Muhammad ethnicGroup Arab
linked to: Arabs
Abd al-Muttalib ethnicity Arab
linked to: Arabs
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib ethnicity Arab
linked to: Arabs
Mir Jafar ethnicGroup Arab
linked to: Arabs
Amr usedByCommunity Arabs
Quraysh ethnicity Arab
linked to: Arabs
Ruqayyah bint Muhammad ethnicity Arab
linked to: Arabs
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan ethnicGroup Arab
linked to: Arabs
Qeshm Island ethnicGroup Iranian Arabs
linked to: Arabs