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	Arab - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Following the Islamic conquest of the 8th century, however, the language of the nomadic Arabs came to be regarded as preserving the highest purity by the grammarians following Abi Ishaq, and the term "language of the Arabs" came to denote the uncontaminated language of the Bedouins.
		During the 8th and 9th centuries, the Arabs (specifically the Umayyads, and later Abbasids) forged an empire whose borders touched southern France in the west, China in the east, Asia Minor in the north, and the Sudan in the south.
		Efforts to reconcile the Biblical and Arab genealogies later led to conflicting attempts to trace Adnan to Ishmael (Ismail), the eldest son of Abraham and Hagar.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Arab (2084 words)

	Syria - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية السورية), or Syria (Arabic: سوريا), is a country in the Middle East.
		An independent Arab Kingdom of Syria was established under King Faisal of the Hashemite family, who later became King of Iraq.
		While modern-day Syrians are commonly ascribed to as Arabs — by virtue of their modern-day language and intrinsic bonds to Arab culture and history — they are in fact a blend of the various ancient Semitic groups indigenous to the region who in turn admixed with later arriving Arabs.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Syria (5673 words)

	Egypt - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Nasser came out of the war an Arab hero, and Nasserism won widespread influence in the region though was met with mixed reactions amongst Egyptians, many of whom had previously been indifferent to Arab nationalism.
		Egypt was the first Arab state to establish diplomatic relations with the state of Israel, after the signing of the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty at the Camp David Accords.
		Ethnic minorities in Egypt include the small number of Bedouin Arab tribes living in the eastern and western deserts and the Sinai Peninsula, the Berber-speaking Siwis of the Siwa Oasis, and the ancient Nubian communities clustered along the Nile in the southernmost part of Egypt.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Egypt (3882 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Arab
		In the Qur'an, the word Ê¿arab does not appear, only the nisba adjective, Ê¿arabiyyun: The Qur'an is referring to itself as Ê¿arabiyyun "Arabic"?title=and mubinun "clear".
		Following the Islamic conquest of the 8th century, however, the language of the nomadic Arabs came to be regarded as preserving the highest purity by the grammarians following Abi Ishaq, and the term kalam al-Ê¿Arab "language of the Arabs"?title=came to denote the uncontaminated language of the Bedouins.
		The relation of Ê¿arab and Ê¾aÊ¿rÄb is complicated further by the notion of "lost Arabs"?title=al-Ê¿Arab al-ba'ida mentioned in the Qur'an as punished for their disbelief.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Arab (2673 words)

	ooBdoo
		The Arabic language (اللغة العربية al-luġah al-ʿarabiyyah), or simply Arabic (عربي ʿarabī), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic.
		It is spoken throughout the Arab world and is widely studied and known throughout the Islamic world.
		In languages not directly in contact with the Arab world, Arabic loanwords are often mediated by other languages rather than being transferred directly from Arabic; for example, most Arabic loanwords in Urdu entered through Persian, and many older Arabic loanwords in Hausa were borrowed from Kanuri.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Arabic (3214 words)

	Wikinfo \| Jerusalem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		According to the 1947 UN Partition Plan, Jerusalem was supposed to be an international city, not part of either the proposed Jewish or Arab state.
		In 1260 the Tatars under Hulaku Khan overran the whole land, and the Jews that were in Jerusalem had to flee to the neighboring villages.
		Note: Because the 1896 census was used for recruitment in the army the Arab count is underestimated.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Jerusalem (3213 words)

	Damascus - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		In the early years of the twentieth century, nationalist sentiment in Damascus, initially cultural in its interest, began to take a political colouring, largely in reaction to the turkicisation programme of the Committee of Union and Progress government established in Istanbul in 1908.
		The hanging of a number of patriotic intellectuals by Jamal Pasha, governor of Damascus, in Beirut and Damascus in 1915 and 1916 further stoked nationalist feeling, and in 1918, as the forces of the Arab Revolt and the British army approached, residents fired on the retreating Turkish troops.
		On 1 October 1918, Arab forces led by Nuri al-Sa'id entered Damascus, and a military government under Shukri Pasha was named.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/d/a/m/Damascus.html (3119 words)

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		The Arab Liberation Army (ALA) survived in the northern Galilee until November 1948, when it was driven into Lebanon by Jewish forces that were moved up from the south.
		Syria is one of the secular Arab states, with a strong separation of religion and state, and protection of religious minorities (around 11% of the country is Christian - one-third of Aleppo, the country's second city, is Christian, and 10% of the capital city is Christian).
		While modern-day Syrians are commonly described as Arabs by virtue of their modern-day language and bonds to Arab culture and history — they are in fact a blend of the various ancient Semitic groups indigenous to the region who in turn admixed with later arriving Arabs.
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Syria (8195 words)

	Ney - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In Persian, 'ney' means actually reed, and in the Arab world, the nay is sometimes called qassaba, which also means piece of reed.The oldest form, shown on Egyptian tomb paintings dates from 3000-2500 years BC.
		The first is the Kerdene or labeled in the key of C (the longest) meaning that the second note from the lower register is a C (the first being a Bb).
		In general, the pitch moves down in scholastic and religious environment.Certain areas in the Arab world where Sufism, or musical schools exist, one would find lower registers studied and played.The Turks use even longer neys reflecting a preference for graver sounds, an imprint of the Sufi setting in which the nay was studied.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Ney (758 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper
		Until the 1980s, the Arab confidence in the ‘ultimate’ and ‘inevitable’ disintegration of the Zionist State was rooted in the region’s demographic and geographic imperatives.
		Again, for the gilded sheikhs of the Arab peninsula, Haifa, the Israeli resort city, is as preferred a tourist spot as Acapulco or St Tropez.
		But the problem, as TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) said, is that Arab leaders talk to each other with their heads buried in a deep sack, with the result that before they confuse the world, they are confused themselves.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main15.asp?filename=op121705Arabian_Nights.asp (1518 words)

	United Arab Emirates - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The United Arab Emirates is an oil-rich Middle Eastern country situated in the south-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain.
		The border demarcation treaties of 1974 and 1977 between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia were never made public.
		Indeed, around 50% of the population is South Asian, with the remainder being Emirati, Arab, European and East Asian.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/UAE (1038 words)

	Leo, III Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		As with the previous Arab siege, under Constantine IV 40 years before, the combination of strong fortifications, excellent organization, and the fearsome secret weapon known as "Greek fire" gave the Byzantines success.
		The Arabs withdrew in disarray in August 718.
		The Arabs' menace to the empire did not end altogether, for during the 720s and 730s they resumed their offensive into Asia Minor.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/leo-iii (851 words)

	Egypt Information Center - ancient egypt
		The Arab Republic of Egypt, commonly known as Egypt, (in Arabic: مصر;, romanized Misr, or Masr in Egyptian dialect), kemet in Ancient Egyptian, is a egypt gods of egypt gods republic predominantly in north-eastern Africa, together with the Sinai in southwest Asia.
		Cairo has been a crossroads of Arab commerce and culture for millennia, and its intellectual and Islamic institutions are at the center of the region's social and cultural development.
		Ethnic minorities include a small number of Bedouin Arab nomads in the Sinai and eastern and western deserts, as well as some Nubians clustered along map of ancient egypt the Nile in Upper egypt facts (southern) Egypt who are estimated for about 0.8% of the population.
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_D_-_G/Egypt.html (2183 words)

	Arabs \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		The Arabs (Arabic: عرب) are an ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
		Most Arabs are Moslem, the rest (only three or four percent) are Christian.
		Arabs to French Arabs to Italian Arabs to Spanish Arabs to Dutch Arabs to Portuguese Arabs to German Arabs to Russian Arabs to Japanese Arabs to Chinese (T) Arabs to Chinese (S) Arabs to Korean Arabs to Turkish Arabs to Hebrew Arabs to Additional Arabs to Croatian Arabs to Serbian Arabs to Swedish
	www.babylon.com /definition/Arabs/English (200 words)

	Israel
		The Muslim Caliphate conquered the land from the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantines) in the seventh century and attracted Arab settlers.
		In the late 1800's large numbers of Jews began moving to the Turkish and later British-controlled region (the British Mandate of Palestine), resulting in an increase in the Jewish population from 11% of the population in 1922 to 30% by 1940.
		Hoping to annihilate the new Jewish state, the armies of five Arab nations intervened in the ongoing war between Jewish and Arab militias in the former Mandate of Palestine (see: Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948, 1948 Arab-Israeli War).
	www.askfactmaster.com /Israel (3246 words)

	Jordan
		In 1989 he resumed parliamentary elections and gradually permitted political liberalization; in 1994 a formal peace treaty was signed with Israel.
		Jordan is a small Arab country with inadequate supplies of water and other natural resources such as oil.
		Aid from Gulf Arab states, worker remittances, and trade contracted; and refugees flooded the country, producing serious balance-of-payments problems, stunting GDP growth, and straining government resources.
	www.fastload.org /jo/Jordan.html (259 words)

	Israel Information Center - map of israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Arabs conquered the land from the Eastern Roman Empire in 638 CE and the area was ruled by various Arab states before becoming part of the Ottoman Empire in 1517.
		The surrounding Arab states supported the Palestinian Arabs in rejecting both the Partition Plan and the establishment of Israel, and the armies of six Arab nations attacked the State of Israel.
		The refusal of Arab countries to recognize the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 has been israel government a source of repeated wars and other conflicts with Arab nations such as Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_H_-_L/Israel.html (4005 words)

	Israel Resource Center - map of israel
		The Arabs conquered the land from the Eastern Roman Empire in 638 CE and the area was ruled by various Arab states before becoming part of the Ottoman Empire israel food in 1517.
		The surrounding Arab states beth israel hospital supported the Palestinian Arabs in rejecting both the Partition Plan and the establishment of Israel, and the armies of six Arab nations attacked the State of Israel.
		The refusal of Arab countries to recognize the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 has been a source of repeated wars and other conflicts with Arab nations such as Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
	www.taxgloss.com /Tax-Banks_H_-_K-/Israel.html (3831 words)

	Wikinfo \| Gulf War
		For example, when confronted by the Iraqi foreign minister with the document at an Arab summit in 1990, the Kuwaiti foreign minister was startled enough that he fainted.
		Palestinian support for Iraq caused some discontent among its Arab supporters and this had the effect of causing the Palestinian's to begin secret negotiations with Israel which led to the Oslo Accords.
		The continued sanctions on Iraq and the continued American military presence in Saudi Arabia have caused discontent within the Arab world, and were used as the justification for the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Gulf_War (3581 words)

	Top20UnitedArabEmirates.com - Your Top20 Guide to United Arab Emirates! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The United Arab Emirates (also called the UAE) is an oil-rich Middle Eastern country situated in the south-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain.
		The seven Trucial Sheikdom States of the Persian Gulf coast granted the United Kingdom control of their defense and foreign affairs in nineteenth-century treaties.
		Arab oil producing states such as the UAE use revenue from oil to finance national development.
	top20unitedarabemirates.com (1530 words)

	Israel - Gurupedia
		Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantines) by the Caliphate in the seventh century and attracted Arab settlers.
		Jews began moving to the Turkish and later British controlled region: the British mandate of Palestine, resulting in their rise from 11% of the population in 1922 to 30% by 1940.
		On May 14, 1948, the State of Israel was proclaimed in territory given for the Jewish state in the UN plan.
	www.gurupedia.com /i/is/israel.htm (2616 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Arabic language
		International organizations: United Nations, Arab League, Organization of Islamic Conference, African Union
		This image shows where Arabic is the only official language (green) and where Arabic is one of the official languages (blue).
		"Colloquial Arabic"?title=is a collective term for the spoken languages or dialects of people throughout the Arab world, which, as mentioned, differ radically from the literary language.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Arabic_language (3179 words)

	AUC OXF Conference - Presentations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		On the Interference of Rhetorical Patterns in L2 Writing: The Case of Arab Learners of English
		A comparison of American writings and those of advanced Arab learners of English has confirmed Kaplan's hypothesis as it suggests that Arabs' essays have a significantly higher number of coordinated and repeated items.
		The new model is based on balanced bilingualism, where both Arabic and Hebrew equally used as the languages of instruction in the three integrated schools of Jews and Arabs learning together.
	www.aucegypt.edu /conferences/aucoxf/presentations.html (766 words)

	Qwika - similar:Genealogy
		This article is about Genesis, the first book of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament).
		See Genesis (disambiguation) for other usages of the word.
		Properly, the term gliding refers to descending flight of a heavier-than-air craft when gravity (its own weight) is its sole motive force; soaring is the correct term to use when the craft gains altitude or speed from movements of the atmosphere duri...
	www.qwika.com /rels/Genealogy (1683 words)

	Gulf War - Gurupedia
		During the war, Iraq enjoyed good relations with the United States: the United States tilted towards supporting Iraq, despite (or perhaps because of) earlier Soviet influence in Iraq, and supplied it with weapons and economic aid (with the only aberration being the Iran-Contra affair, where some American officials secretly and illegally sold arms to Iran).
		On August 3, the Arab League passed its own resolution condemning the invasion and demanding a withdrawal of Iraqi troops.
		The Arab League resolution also called for a solution to the conflict come from within the Arab League, and warned against foreign intervention.
	www.gurupedia.com /g/gu/gulf_war.htm (4029 words)

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