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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Al Ghanama ethnicGroup Arabs
Al Mahamid ethnicGroup Arabs
Al Mershid ethnicGroup Arabs
Al Ruwaila ethnicity Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Rashidi dynasty ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Al Shabana ethnicGroup Arabs
Imam Muhammad bin Saud ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Al Fadli ethnicity Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Al Aslam ethnicGroup Arabs
Al Rashid ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
al-Samh ibn Mālik al-Khawlānī ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Abdelkader Bensalah ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Sayyida Sharifa bint Muhammad ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Wuld ‘Ali ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Banu Anizah ethnicGroup Arabs
Al Bani Hajar ethnicity Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Mālik ibn Wahib ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Rayṭa bint ʿUbayd Allāh al-Ḥārithīyah ethnicGroup Arabs
subject surface form: Abu al-ʿAbbās al-Saffāḥ
Munira bint Saad Al Saud ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Hessa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid ethnicity Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Jamila bint Saad Al Sudairi ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Fatiha al-Nuri ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Kindah kingdom ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Saud bin Nayef ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Saif al-Arab Gaddafi ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Zabban ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Sultan Saad of Granada ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Rifa'a al-Tahtawi ethnicity Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Francis Marrash ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Jurji Zaydan ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Tarafa ibn al-‘Abd ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Amr ibn Kulthum ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Al-Nabigha al-Dhubyani ethnicity Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Al-A‘sha ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Imru' al-Qais al-Kindi ethnicity Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Rashid Ayyub ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Ibn al-Bayṭār ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Amin al-Dawla Abu al-Faraj ibn Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq ibn al-Quff al-Masihi ethnicGroup Arabs
subject surface form: Ibn al-Quff
this entity surface form: Arab
Amin al-Dawla ethnicity Arabs
subject surface form: Ibn al-Quff
this entity surface form: Arab
Banu Hanifa ethnicGroup Arabs
Musaylima ethnicity Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Ruwallah ethnicGroup Arabs
Fad‘an ethnicGroup Arabs
Anizi ethnicGroup Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Anazah ethnicGroup Arabs