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Islam in Africa is the continent's second most widely professed faith behind Christianity. Africa was the first continent into which Islam spread from the Middle East, during the early 7th century CE. Almost one-third of the world's Muslim population resides in Africa. Muslims crossed current Djibouti and Somaliland to seek refuge in present ...
The Arab migrations to the Maghreb[a] involved successive waves of migration and settlement by Arab people in the Maghreb region of North Africa (excluding Egypt), encompassing modern-day Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. The process took place over several centuries, lasting from the early 7th century to the 17th century.
The Arab world straddles two continents, Africa and Asia. It is mainly oriented along an east–west axis. [citation needed] The West Asian Arab region comprises the Arabian Peninsula, most of the Levant (excluding Cyprus and Israel), most of Mesopotamia (excluding parts of Turkey and Iran) and the Persian Gulf region.
Egypt is considered to be a regional power in North Africa, the Middle East and the Muslim world, and a middle power worldwide. [ 23 ] It is a developing country having a diversified economy, which is the largest in Africa, the 38th-largest economy by nominal GDP and 127th by nominal GDP per capita. [ 24 ]
Maghrebالمغرب. The Maghreb (/ ˈmɑːɡrəb /; [4] Arabic: ْاَلْمَغْرِب, romanized: al-Maghrib, lit. 'the west' [ælˈmaɣrɪb] ⓘ), also known as the Arab Maghreb (Arabic: اَلْمَغْرِبُ الْعَرَبِيُّ) and Northwest Africa, [5] is the western part of the Arab world. The region comprises western and ...
The Arabs (Arabic: عَرَب, DIN 31635:ʿarab, Arabic pronunciation:[ b ] [ˈʕɑ.rɑb] ⓘ), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group [ c ] mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world.
Satellite view of the Arabian Peninsula. The Arabian Peninsula [1] (/ ə ˈ r eɪ b i ə n ... /; Arabic: شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَة الْعَرَبِيَّة, shibhu l-jazīra l-ʿarabiyya, "Arabian Peninsula" or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب, jazīratu l-ʿarab, "Island of the Arabs"), [2] or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.
t. e. The Arab world consists of 22 countries [citation needed] located in Western Asia, Northern Africa, the Maghreb, the Horn of Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It covers a combined area of 13 million km 2. It extends from Morocco in the west, southward to the Comoros, eastward to Somalia, and northward to Iraq.