2. Ethnic Groups
• Arabs
• Kurds
• Shiites

3. Language
o Arabic is the official and the
original language of the Arabs.
o It is a Afro-Asiatic language and is
used in countries located both in
South west Asia and North Africa.
o It is the official language of 22
countries: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon,
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait,
Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab
Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Egypt,
Sudan, Djibouti, Libya, Tunisia,
Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania,
Chad, Eretria, and Comoros
o Their language is the key to
knowing and learning about its
culture.
o Arabic is one of the most critical
languages that is favored by many
government agencies, military,
and companies conducting
business in the Arab World.

4. Religion
o Shia Islam is the most religion
in the Arab population in
southern Iraq.
o Christians make up 5.5% of
the population of the Arabs
population
o Arab Muslims really Sunni or
Shia.

5. Shared history
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