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"Arabian" is the adjective that relates to the Arabian Peninsula. "Arabians" are not an ethnic group; "Arabian" is not a synonym for "Arab".
If "Arabians" were used as a noun referring to people, it would refer to people from the Arabian Peninsula (i.e. Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Jordan. The three traditional components of the Arab World are the Maghreb (North Africa), the Mashriq (the Levant) and the Arabian Peninsula.
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| 2. | douzane | ||
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moroccan word for "the whole stuff", often describes penis+bowls. Is used in very small and remote places in europe and Maghreb "Chlah el bantalon wa harrek al douzane"
Get your throusers off and shake your douzane |
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| 3. | beur | ||
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A North African born in France to parents born in the Maghreb. Does not fit in with Islamic or French culture, but instead just replicates Americans and their violence and thuggery. Zinedine Zidane's children, sho nuff.
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| 4. | bilad | ||
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Arabic for "land" or "our land", used casually among Arabs to refer to their specific area (EX Bilad ash-Sham, "land of Syria", including what's now Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Lebanon). Uncle Seham was talking about going back to the bilad for the summer.
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| 5. | berber | ||
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Berber is a language from afro-asiatic group which exists nowadays as several closely-related variants, spoken in the whole North Africa, especially in Morocco (chleuh ie tashelhiyt, rifan ie tarifit, braber i.e. tamazight) and in Algeria (kabyle ie taqvaylit, chawi ie tachawit). - Hi I'm a berber from Algeria, near Tizi-Ouzou
- Hi I'm a berber from Morocco, in Middle-Atlas - Azul fellak - Azul fellak |
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| 6. | berber | ||
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Berber is a very old language spoken mainly by Caucasian or Caucasoid populations in North-west African countries with large groups of speakers in the Kingdom of Morocco (about 60% of the population) and Algeria (about 30% of the population) and significant minorities in Libya Mauritania Tunisia (almost extinct) and western edges of Egypt and among the Moroccans of Israel. The Tuareg Berbers are nomads and do not recognise any borders so they live in constant movement between the southern edges of the Sahara and the northern ones.
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Berber language is linguistically difficult to classify but linguists have found that the remotely closest relative to it is the ancient Egyptian and the Coptic ( only used in the Coptic church liturgy). Although throughout history Berber personalities have significantly contributed to the human heritage ( saint Augustine the father of catholic theology; Ibn khaldun the father of sociology; Hannibal the man who scared Rome -not Lecter-; many roman emperors; the Pharaoh Shoshenq the first; And for those who don’t knew it Zinedine Zidane is a Berber too !…) their contribution is either not recognized or their real identity mistaken with the predominant culture they live in (e.g. S. Augustine considered a roman, Hannibal a Carthaginian, Zinedine Zidane a French... Their “obscure” origins come from the fact that their culture emerged in continuity from their prehistoric background in the region called Capsian Neolithic culture, witch d... |
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| 7. | Kasserine | ||
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A city in the mid-west of the Republic of Tunisia with about 75,000 inhabitants. Formerly known as the Roman city of Cillium.
it is home of the Chaambi Mountain, Tunisia's highest peak at 1544 meters. Kasserine was the scene of a decisive battle of the Tunisian campaign in World War II known as "kasserine Pass", which contributed to the collapse of German resistance in northern Africa. It is among the most important cities to visit in North Africa and the Maghreb. Skander: Hey, I'm looking for some ideas for Tunisia. I'll be going there with my girlfriend for 5, maybe 6 days in June.
Nader: Oh yeah! you should definitely go to Kasserine. It's mad tight maan! |
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