Term+'Arab'

1) The term Arab means a member of the Semitic people of the Arabian Peninsula. 2) Also if the person is a member of an Arabic-speaking people. There are three factors to consider whether a person is an Arab. First there is the Political viewpoint of whether someone would be considered Arab. 3) A person could be considered Arabic if they live in a country that is a member of the Arab League. 4) Second is the Linguistic viewpoint of an Arab. A person could be considered an Arab if there mother tongue is Arabic. The third viewpoint of an Arab is the Genealogical. 5) Someone could be considered to be an Arab if they can trace their ancestry back to the original inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula. 6) These are some of the countries that speak Arabic Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, and Yemen. 7) The largest group of Arabs is the Muslim Arabs which make up a total of three quarters of the Arab Israelis.



These are my citations: , . "." __Indopedia__. December 8, 2004. . 28 October 2007. ., . "Arab." __websters__. . . 29 October 2007. .

These are the websites I found helpful: http://www.webster.com/dictionary/Arab. http://www.indopedia.org/Arab.html. http://www.hejleh.com/countries/