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.


Statements (84)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Arab
Sherif Ali nationality Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab
Erbil otherEthnicGroup Arabs
Bahraini American partOf Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab Americans
Kuwaiti American partOf Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab Americans
Lebanese American partOf Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab American
this entity surface form: Arab American community
this entity surface form: Arab Americans
Syrian American partOf Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab Americans
this entity surface form: Iraqi Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab Americans
this entity surface form: Arab American
Omani American relatedTo Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab American
Yemeni Arabic spokenBy Arabs
this entity surface form: Yemenis
Omani American subgroupOf Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab Americans
Chadian Arabic usedBy Arabs
this entity surface form: Shuwa Arab communities
Amr usedByCommunity Arabs
Malik usedInCulture Arabs
this entity surface form: Arab culture
this entity surface form: Arab