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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.
Arab nationalism is a nationalist ideology celebrating the glories of Arab civilization, the language and literature of the Arabs, calling for rejuvenation and political union in the Arab world. The premise of Arab nationalism is the need for an ethnic, political, cultural and historical unity among the Arab peoples of the Arab countries. [31]
Historically, the Arabs of the western Arabian Peninsula relied on a diet of dates, wheat, barley, lentil, meat, milk and honey in addition to fruits and vegetables such as fig, grapes, pomegranate, olives, garlic and onion. while Arabian cuisine today is the result of a combination of richly diverse cuisines, spanning the Arab world 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.
The oldest human footprints in the Arabian Peninsula have been discovered on an ancient lakebed deep in Saudi Arabia's Nefud Desert, according to research released Friday. The fossilized ...
In general, Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is the official language in the Arab world, but additional languages are often used in the daily lives of some citizens. Arabs, however, don't natively speak MSA but their native varieties of Arabic, which are grouped based on shared features into Peninsular, Mesopotamian, Levantine, Egyptian, and Maghrebi.
Rub' al Khali. ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي. Sand dunes to the east of Liwa Oasis in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, near the UAE 's border with Saudi Arabia. Location of the Empty Quarter in the Arabian Peninsula. Length. 1,000 km (620 mi) Width. 500 km (310 mi) Area.
t. e. Arabization or Arabicization (Arabic: تعريب, romanized: taʻrīb) is a sociological process of cultural change in which a non-Arab society becomes Arab, meaning it either directly adopts or becomes strongly influenced by the Arabic language, culture, literature, art, music, and ethnic identity as well as other socio-cultural factors.