Encyclopedia - Arab: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab - History
The first written attestation of the ethnonym "Arab" occurs in an Assyrian inscription of 853 BC, where Shalmaneser III lists a King Gind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Numerals: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Numerals - History
Arabic numerals - Origins. Main articles: History of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Numerals: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Numerals - History
Arabic numerals - Origins. Main article: History of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system Buddhist inscriptions from around 300 B.C. use th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab: Encyclopedia - Arab
The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are a large and heterogenous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originatin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Arabic: Encyclopedia - Classical Arabic
Classical Arabic is the form of the Arabic language used in the Qur'an as well as in numerous literary texts from the same period. Modern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab Christians: Encyclopedia - Arab Christians
Arab Christians are people who are ethnically Arab and who follow the religion of Christianity. There are believed to be nearly 9 million...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab Music: Encyclopedia - Arab Music
Arab music is the music of Arabic-speaking people or countries, especially those centered around the Arabian Peninsula.The world of Arab ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia - Arabic Alphabet
History · Adaptations Phonology · Transliteration Diacritics · Writing of the hamza Numerals · Numeration Middle Bronze Age 19-15th c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Grammar: Encyclopedia - Arabic Grammar
Arabic is a Semitic language. See Arabic language for more information on the language in general. This article describes the grammar of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabs Of Khuzestan: Encyclopedia - Arabs Of Khuzestan
The Arabs of Khuzestan are the Arabic-speaking or Arab-descended inhabitants of what is now the Iranian province of Khuzestan. Before the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American-arab Anti-discrimination Committee: Encyclopedia - American-arab Anti-discrimination Committee
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is a United States non-profit civil rights organization, which describes itself as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu-arabic Numerals System: Encyclopedia - Hindu-arabic Numerals System
Bases Base 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,16, 20, 24, 26, 27, 30, 32, 36, 60, 64 The Hindu-Arabic numeral system (also called ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab-israeli Conflict: Encyclopedia - Arab-israeli Conflict
The Arab-Israeli conflict is a long-running conflict in the Middle East concerning self-determination of the Jews in the Land of Israel a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Arab Emirates: Encyclopedia - United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (also called the UAE) is an oil-rich Middle Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Alphabet - History
The Arabic alphabet can be traced back to the Nabatean alphabet used to write the Nabataean dialect of Aramaic, itself descended from Pho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Grammar: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Grammar - History
Due to the rapid expansion of Islam in the 8th century, many people learned Arabic as a lingua franca. For this reason, the earliest gram...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab Christians: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab Christians - History
Throughout many eras of history, Arab Christians have co-existed fairly peacefully with followers of the other religions of the Middle Ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab Music - History
Arab music - Early years. By the 11th century, Moorish Spain was a centre for the manufacture of instruments. These spread gradually th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabs Of Khuzestan: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabs Of Khuzestan - History
Khuzestan was a part of the Elamite Empire for many centuries. Its inhabitants spoke the Elamite language, which was neither Indo-Europea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Arabic Alphabet - Pre-islamic Arabic Inscriptions
A fair number of Arabian inscriptions survive from the pre-Islamic era, but, very few are in the Arabic alphabet. Some are in the Arabic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Arabic Alphabet - Origins
The Arabic alphabet evolved either from the Nabataean, or (less widely believed) from the Syriac. This table shows changes undergone by t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Early Arab Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Early Arab Egypt - The Arab Conquest Of Egypt
Main article: Islamic conquest of Egypt In 639 an army of some 4,000 men was sent against Egypt by the second caliph, Umar, under the com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Hindu-arabic Numeral System: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Hindu-arabic Numeral System - Adoption By The Arabs
Before the rise of the Arab empire, the Hindu-Arabic numeral system was already moving West and was mentioned in Syria in 662 AD by the N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syrian Arab Airlines: Encyclopedia Ii - Syrian Arab Airlines - History
The airline was established by the Government of Syria in October 1961 to succeed Syrian Airways which had been established in June 1954....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Chat Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Chat Alphabet - History
During the last few decades and especially since the 1990s, Western-invented text communication technologies have become increasingly pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Arabic Alphabet - Reorganization Of The Alphabet
Less than a century later, Arab grammarians reorganized the alphabet, for reasons of teaching, putting letters next to other letters whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Arabic Alphabet - Early Islamic Changes
In the 7th century AD, the Arabic alphabet is attested in its classical form. See PERF 558 for the first surviving Islamic Arabic writing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Arabic Alphabet - An Innovating Alphabet
The Arabic alphabet's alphabetical order is different from in the Phoenician, Hebrew, Syriac, and Greek alphabets:- (Greek waw = digamma)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Arab Emirates: Encyclopedia Ii - United Arab Emirates - Airlines History
The national airline of the UAE was formerly Gulf Air, operated jointly with Bahrain and Oman. On September 13, 2005, the UAE announced t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu-arabic Numerals System: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu-arabic Numerals System - History
Hindu-Arabic numerals system - Origins. Buddhist inscriptions from around 300 B.C. use the symbols which became 1, 4 and 6. One century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Hindu-arabic Numeral System: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Hindu-arabic Numeral System - Origins
In Sanskrit literature number words for 1-9, 10, 100 and further powers of 10 - up to 10 - were used (similar to decimal system). [2]. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Arab Emirates: Encyclopedia Ii - United Arab Emirates - Airlines History
The national airline of the UAE was formerly Gulf Air, operated jointly with Bahrain and Oman. On September 13, 2005, the UAE announced t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Early Arab Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Early Arab Egypt - Period Of Burji Mamelukes
The Burji dynasty (1382-1517) proved especially turbulent, with political power-plays designating short-lived sultans. During the Burji d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Early Arab Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Early Arab Egypt - Ayyubid Period
Main article: Ayyubid dynasty Saladin was confirmed as Nureddin's deputy in Egypt, and on the death of Nureddin on April 12, 1174 he took...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Early Arab Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Early Arab Egypt - The Fatimid Period
Jauhar immediately began the building of a new city, Cairo, to furnish quarters for the army which he had brought. A palace for the Calip...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Early Arab Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Early Arab Egypt - Bahri Mameluk Dynasty
The Mameluk sultans were drawn from the enfranchized slaves who formed the court and officered the arm. The sultans were unable to effect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Hindu-arabic Numeral System: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Hindu-arabic Numeral System - Positional Notation
There are evidences that Babylonians had a place value system as early as the 19th century BC but the Babylonian systems were to base 60....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Exodus From Arab Lands: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Exodus From Arab Lands - History Of Jews In Arab Lands Pre-1948
Excluding the region of Palestine, and omitting the accounts of Joseph and Moses as unverifiable, Jews have lived in what are now Arab st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Malta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Malta - Arabization And The Maltese Language
After the Roman Empire collapsed, Malta passed briefly into the hands of the Byzantines before it was occupied by Sicilian Arabs in 870 A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Geography - The Greeks The Romans And The Arabs
The Greeks are the first known culture to actively explore geography as a science and philosophy, with major contributors including Thale...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Jerusalem - Jerusalem And The Arab-israeli Conflict 1948-
Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Jerusalem was divided. The Western half of the New City became part of the new state of Israel, whil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Armenia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Armenia - Arabs Seljuks And Crusaders
Although the native dynasty of the Bagratids to which the Arabs gave the royal crown of Armemia, was founded under favourable circumstanc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sudan Coming Of Islam To The Turkiyah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sudan Coming Of Islam To The Turkiyah - The Arabs
Contacts between Nubians and Arabs long predated the coming of Islam, but the arabization of the Nile Valley was a gradual process that o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Middle East: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Middle East - The Arab Middle East
As a result of the unifying effects of Roman and Byzantine rule, there was no real distinction between what is now Europe and what is now...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab-israeli Conflict: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab-israeli Conflict - History
The Arab-Israeli conflict is a modern phenomenon, which dates back to the end of the 19th century. The conflict became a major internatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab-israeli Conflict: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab-israeli Conflict - History
The Arab-Israeli conflict is a modern phenomenon, which dates back to the end of the 19th century. The conflict became a major internatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Modern Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Modern Egypt - Nasser And Arab Socialism
When the United States held up military sales in reaction to Egyptian neutrality vis-à-vis the Soviet Union, Nasser concluded an arms de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Middle East: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Middle East - The Arab Middle East
As a result of the unifying effects of Roman and Byzantine rule, there was no real distinction between what is now Europe and what is now...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Mathematics - Arab And Persian Mathematics 650 - 1200
The Islamic Empire established across the Middle East, North Africa, and in parts of India in the 8th century preserved and translated mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Arab Period 634-1258
The first legal expression of Islam toward the Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians after the conquests of the 630s were the poll-tax ("jiz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Iraq - The Arab Conquest And The Early Islamic Period
The first organised conflict between local Bedouin Arab tribes and Iranian forces seems to have been in 634, when the Arabs were defeated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Mathematics - Arabic And Persian Mathematics 650 - 1500
The Islamic Caliphate (Islamic empire) established across the Middle East, North Africa, and in parts of India in the 8th century preserv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History - The Arab Middle East
Timeline of Middle Eastern History - 1st millennium BC. Egypt declined as a major power The Tanakh was written Cyrus the Great conquer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt - Persian And Arab Conquests
The Persian occupation of Egypt, beginning in 619 or 618, was one of the triumphs in the last Sasanian war against Byzantium. Khosrow II ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Morocco: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Morocco - Arab Conquest And The Idrisids 703-1146
It was the Berber Jewess Dahiyah, or Damia, known as Kahinah, who aroused her people in the Aures, the eastern spurs of the Atlas, to a l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Tajikistan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Tajikistan - Arab Caliphate 710 Ad-867 Ad
The Transoxiana principalities never formed a viable confederacy. Beginning in 651 AD, the Arabs organized periodic marauding raids deep ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Jerusalem - Arab Caliphates Christian Crusaders And Early Ottoman Rule 638-1800s
Although the Qur'an does not mention the name "Jerusalem", the hadith specify that it was from Jerusalem that Muhammad ascended to heaven...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Egypt - Arab Rule 641 Ce - 1250 Ce
The part taken by the Jews in the Arab invasion of Egypt is not clear. In addition to the Jews settled there from early times, some must ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Khuzestan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Khuzestan - The Arab Conquest And The Caliphate
For several centuries, Khuzestan was part of the province of Mesopotamia and ruled by distant caliphs. Over time, most of the inhabitants...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Alphabet - Numerals
There are two kinds of numerals used in Arabic writing; standard numerals and "East Arab" numerals, used in Iran, Pakistan and India. In ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Literature - Non-fiction Literature
Arabic literature - Compilations and manuals. In the late 9th century Ibn al-Nadim, a Baghdadi bookseller, compiled a crucial work in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Numerals: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Numerals - Description
Main articles: Algorism and glyphs used with the Hindu-Arabic numeral system The numeral system employed, known as Algorism, is positiona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Numerals: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Numerals - Description
The numeral system employed, known as Algorism, is positional decimal notation. Various symbol sets are used to represent numbers in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Grammar: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Grammar - Verb
As in many other Semitic languages, Arabic verb formation is based on a (usually) triconsonantal root, which is not a word in itself but ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Literature - Modern Literature
A revival took place in Arabic literature during the 19th century along with much of Arabic culture and it is referred to in Arabic as al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Literature - Noted Authors
Arabic literature - Poetry. Ahmad ibn-al-Husayn al-Mutanabbi, (915–965) Abu 'Afak Abu Tammam Abu Nuwas, (756–815) Al-Khansa Asma b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Alphabet - Arabic Alphabets Of Other Languages
Arabic script has been adopted for use in a wide variety of languages other than Arabic, including Persian, Kurdish, Malay and Urdu. Such...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Alphabet - Computers And The Arabic Alphabet
The Arabic alphabet can be encoded using several character sets, including ISO-8859-6 and Unicode, in the latter thanks to the "Arabic se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Literature - Outside Views Of Arabic Literature
Literature in Arabic has been largely unknown outside the Islamic world. Arabic has frequently acted as a time capsule, preserving litera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Literature - The Qur'an And Islam
The Qur'an had a significant influence of the Arab language. The language used in the Qur'an is called classical Arabic and while modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Literature - Islamic Scholarship
The research into the life and times of Muhammad, and determining the genuine parts of the sunnah, was an important early reason for scho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Literature - The Decline Of Arabic Literature
The expansion of the Arab people in the 7th and 8th century brought them into contact with a variety of different peoples who would affec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Alphabet - Presentation Of The Alphabet
The following table provides all of the Unicode characters for Arabic, and none of the supplementary letters used for other languages. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Literature - Fiction Literature
There is comparatively little fictional prose in Arabic literature, although many non-fiction works contained short stories a large propo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Literature - Women In Arabic Literature
Whilst not playing a major part in Arabic literature women have had a continuing role. The earliest poetesses were al-Khansa and Layla al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Alphabet - Structure Of The Arabic Alphabet
The Arabic alphabet is written from right to left and is composed of 28 basic letters. Adaptations of the script for other languages such...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Arab Emirates: Encyclopedia Ii - United Arab Emirates - Human Rights And Labor Issues
It is common practice for employers to retain employees' passports for the duration of the employment contract to prevent expatriate empl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Arab Emirates: Encyclopedia Ii - United Arab Emirates - Technology And Telecommunications
Federal Act No. 1[5] of 1976 establishes the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation as the sole telephone and telecommunications provide...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu-arabic Numerals System: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu-arabic Numerals System - Symbols
Various symbol sets are used to represent numbers in the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, all of which evolved from the Brahmi numerals. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Arab Emirates: Encyclopedia Ii - United Arab Emirates - Culture
Rooted in Islamic culture, the UAE has strong ties with the rest of the Arab world. The government is committed to preserving traditional...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabs Of Khuzestan: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabs Of Khuzestan - Contemporary Status Of The Arabs Of Khuzestan
Contemporary Khuzestani Arabs are believed to be an increasingly urban population, concentrated in the lower-income areas of cities still...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Arab Emirates: Encyclopedia Ii - United Arab Emirates - Culture
Rooted in Islamic culture, the UAE has strong ties with the rest of the Arab world. The government is committed to preserving traditional...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Arab Emirates: Encyclopedia Ii - United Arab Emirates - Politics
United Arab Emirates - Federal institutions. The Supreme Council consists of the individual rulers of the seven emirates. The President...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Arab Emirates: Encyclopedia Ii - United Arab Emirates - Geography
The UAE lies in Southwest Asia, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. It is a flat, barren coas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Arab Emirates: Encyclopedia Ii - United Arab Emirates - Geography
The UAE lies in Southwest Asia, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. It is a flat, barren coas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab-israeli Conflict: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab-israeli Conflict - Reasons For The Conflict
The Arab-Israeli conflict is the result of numerous factors. Reasons cited for the conflict therefore vary from participant to participan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Exodus From Arab Lands: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Exodus From Arab Lands - Jews Flee Arab States 1948-
Beginning in the late 19th century, the Zionist movement led to an immigration of Jews to Ottoman-ruled Palestine (which did not exist as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Exodus From Arab Lands: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Exodus From Arab Lands - Absorbing Jewish Refugees
Of the nearly 900,000 Jewish refugees, approximately 600,000 were absorbed by Israel; the remainder went to Europe and the Americas. Toda...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab-israeli Conflict: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab-israeli Conflict - Reasons For The Conflict
The Arab-Israeli conflict is the result of numerous factors. Reasons cited for the conflict therefore vary from participant to participan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Grammar: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Grammar - Noun
Arabic grammar - State. The Arabic noun can take one of three states of definiteness: definite, indefinite or construct state. The defi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Arabic: Encyclopedia Ii - Classical Arabic - Phonology
There are three short vowels and three long vowels in Arabic, being A, I, and U in two different lengths each. There are as many constana...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Arabic: Encyclopedia Ii - Classical Arabic - Classical Pronunciation
To make an utterance sound like Classical Arabic take an Arabic sentence and abide by the following rules: Pronounce every letter correc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab Christians: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab Christians - Arab Christians Today
The largest population of Arab Christians is found in Egypt, where they number over 4 million people, or 6% of the population. The vast m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab Christians: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab Christians - Identity
Historically, a number of minority Christian sects that were persecuted as heretical under Byzantine rule (such as Monophysites) actually...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Grammar: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Grammar - Phonology
Classical Arabic has 28 consonantal phonemes (including two semi-vowels), originally corresponding to the 28 letters of the Arabic alphab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Grammar: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Grammar - Syntax
In Arabic, word order is less important than in English, and more stylistic then semantic. Verbs often start sentences and sometimes come...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab Music - Genres
Arab music - Secular art music. Secular genres include maqam al-iraqi, andalusi nubah, muwashshah, Fjiri songs, qasidah, layali, mawwal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab - Who Is An Arab?
The definition of who an Arab is has several aspects: Ethnic identity: someone who considers himself to be an Arab (regardless of racial...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab - Traditional Genealogy
Medieval Arab genealogists divided the Arabs into three groups: the "ancient Arabs", tribes that had been destroyed or vanished, such as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab - Religions
Before the coming of Islam, most Arabs followed a religion featuring the worship of a number of deities, including Hubal, Wadd, Al-Lat, M...   » Read the article