Arab Definition
Further information: Arab people and Arab cultureArabs are people whose native language is Arabic. People of Arabic origin, in particular native English and French speakers of Arab ancestry in Europe and the Americas, often identify themselves as Arabs. Anti-Arabism is commonly confused with Islamophobia.
There are prominent Arab non-Muslim minorities in the Arab world. These minorities include Arabic-speaking Christians in Egypt, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Israel, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait and Iraq, among other Arab countries. There are also sizable minorities of Arab Jews and Druze.
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