Arabs

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Arabs are a diverse ethnolinguistic group originating from the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding regions, united primarily by the Arabic language and a shared cultural and historical heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural group
ethnic group
ethnolinguistic group
ancestralHomeland Arabian Peninsula
associatedReligion Christianity
Druze faith
Islam
Judaism
other religions
culturalRegion Arab world
Arabian Peninsula
Horn of Africa
Middle East
North Africa
diasporaPresence Australia
Europe
North America
South America
Sub-Saharan Africa
dominantRiteInChristianity Eastern Christianity
Roman Catholicism
ethnicity Arabs self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arab
historicalEmpire Abbasid Caliphate
Rashidun Caliphate
Umayyad Caliphate
various Arab caliphates and sultanates
historicalLanguageOfCulture Classical Arabic
includeSpeakersOf Egyptian Arabic
Gulf Arabic
Hijazi Arabic
Mesopotamian Arabic
surface form: Iraqi Arabic

Levantine Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic
Modern Standard Arabic
Najdi Arabic
Sudanese Arabic
Yemeni Arabic
languageBranch Central Semitic languages
languageFamily Semitic languages
liturgicalLanguage Classical Arabic
macrolanguage Arabic
surface form: Arabic language
majorHoliday Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Fitr
Ramadan
majorityReligion Islam
memberStatesOrganization Arab League
notableHistoricalCenter Baghdad
Cairo
Cordoba (historical)
Damascus
Mecca
Medina
originRegion Arabian Peninsula
Eastern Mediterranean
surface form: Levant

Mesopotamia
North Africa
politicalOrganization Arab League
populationScope one of the largest ethnolinguistic groups in the world
tens of millions
primaryLanguage Arabic
religiousDiversity Druze
Ibadi Islam
surface form: Ibadi Muslims

Shia Islam
surface form: Shia Muslims

Sunni Islam
surface form: Sunni Muslims

secular and non-religious individuals
various Christian denominations
religiousTextLanguage Quran in Arabic
selfIdentificationCriterion Arab cultural affiliation
Arabic as native language
descent from Arab ancestors
sharedHeritage Arab cuisine
Arab culture
Arab customs and traditions
Arab music
Arabic literature
Arabic poetry
traditionalLifestyle nomadic pastoralism
oasis agriculture
sedentary urban life
traditionalSocialStructure tribal system
UNESCOCulturalHeritage Arabic calligraphy
Arabic coffee culture
Falconry in Arab culture
writingSystem Arabic script

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Fahdah ethnicGroup Arabs
subject surface form: Fahdah Mohammed Abunayyan
this entity surface form: Arab
Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Al Qasimi ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Al Sharqi ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Al Nuaimi ethnicGroup Arabs
Al-Dawsari ethnicGroup Arabs
al-Ghaydāq ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Banu Haritha ethnicGroup Arabs
Abu Lubaba ibn Abd al-Mundhir ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Azd (in Arab genealogical tradition) ethnicGroup Arabs
subject surface form: Azd
Banu Zafar ethnicGroup Arabs
Abdul Salam ethnicGroup Arabs
subject surface form: Abdul Salam Arif
this entity surface form: Arab
Al-Aws ethnicGroup Arabs
Walid ibn al-Mughirah ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Aflaq ethnicGroup Arabs
subject surface form: Michel Aflaq
this entity surface form: Arab
George Habib Antonius ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Banu Salama ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Musaylima (according to many reports) ethnicGroup Arabs
subject surface form: Musaylima
this entity surface form: Arab
Banu Kalb ethnicGroup Arabs
Abu Zaid Umar Dorda ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Aws ibn Haritha ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Sara bint Ahmed Al Sudairi ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Fahda bint Asi Al Shuraim ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Muhammad az-Zanati ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Hessa bint Trad Al Shaalan ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Abbasi family ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Al Hithlain family ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Khazraj ibn Haritha ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Al Jawhara bint Musaed bin Jiluwi Al Saud ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Umar al-Muhayshi ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Falah bin Sultan Al Hithlain ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Al Jawhara bint Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Hessa bint Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Hussa bint Salman Al Saud ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Banu Amir ethnicGroup Arabs