It is often used to refer to any person of the Middle East or North Africa whose mother tongue is the Arabic language. Broadly, the term refers to anyone of a people living in this area, even though such a people may have no connection to Arabia, other than having been invaded during the Arab expansion. The Berber peoples of North Africa, for example, though often called Arabs by Westerners, are connected to Arabia only by often speaking Arabic as a second language, since that remains the official language of the country in which they live as a result of the Arab expansion.
Racially, an Arab is a person of Arabic descent, whose original ancestry comes from the Arabian Peninsula. Arabs are a Semitic people, who trace their ancestry from Ishmael, a son of the ancient patriarch Abraham and Hagar.
we are the university of technology / building & construction dep. / Iraq , we need information about history of kurdistan athnic in Iraq or any web site . thank you Dr karim el-jumaily head of water resources dep.
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Do you have what it takes voice your opinion on reality television? Dandana TV wants you to share your stories on camera. In Her Eyes is a new show on Dandana TV which is meant to be the first outlet for the voices of Arab-American females. It showcases different dilemmas and difficulties that Arab-American females go through on a daily basis by raising simple, common, but open-ended questions which women try to answer on camera by sharing their experiences. We are looking for females who are willing to help us get the word out by sharing a day of their
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