ARB 2101 Lecture 1: Arabic Culture I
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Always avoid the expression middle east, as it"s a geopolitical term that also refers to non-arab countries such as iran, cyprus, israel, turkey, greece, and sometimes. Always avoid confusing muslim world with arab world. islam is a religion of 1. 4 billion people spread over 100 countries. Muslim arabs are only a small part of muslims in the whole world. There are 18 million christian arabs in egypt, lebanon, syria, iraq, sudan, etc. While the majority of arab peoples are muslim, the presence of non-muslim arabs is significant and makes for an interesting mosaic of a multi-religious arab world. This is especially true of the mashreq - the eastern half of the arab world, including egypt and the countries east of egypt. Religious diversity exists in both the masreq and the maghreb. The arabic alphabet is used by many cultures including: iran, afghanistan, pakistan, and.