Arab Test 1 Flashcards
What are the three kinds of Arabs called in history
Ancient Arabs, Pure Arabs, Arabized Arab
Ancient Arabs
-Used to live in the north east of Arabia
-Tribes such as AD and Thamid
-They were very advanced, got too cockey,challeged god, god destroyed them
Pure Arabs
-South Arabia(Yemen land and saudia arabia now)
-They moved because of a large flood
The arabized arabs
-Descents from ismla son of arbhamna
-Hybrid of pure arabs and none arabs
-Lived in northern parts
Definition of who is “Arab” [person]?According to who?
An Arab is a person whose language is Arabic,
who lives in an Arabic-speaking country, and
who is in sympathy with the aspirations of the
Arabic-speaking peoples
Accoridng to the Arab League
What are the Arab regions (two countries in each region; for Yemen land and Nile
valley one each)
Arab West, Gulf Area, Bilaad Asham, Yemen Land, Nile Valley, Arab African countries
Yemen Land: Oman, Yemen
Nile Valley, Eygpt Sudan
Current borders: why, how, who shaped them …etc
They do not follow any geographic frontiers
* They do not follow or pay attention to
particular ethnic or religious groupings.
* Current borders are based entirely on imperial
considerations:
The needs of Britain and France
Events and agreements & decision that shaped the modern Arab World
-WWII & the Fall of the Ottoman Empire
* Arab Great Revolution
* Creation of the State of Israel in Palestine
- 1948 war
- 1967 War
- The Oslo Accord 1993
WWII & the Fall of the Ottoman Empire? How did it shape modern arab world.
Britian and france pulled down the ottoman empire with saudi but gave saudi not as much land as they promised.
Then they made the boundaires
The Arab Revolt
The Arab Revolt or the Great Arab Revolt was an armed uprising by the Arabs against the Ottoman Empire amidst the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I.
1948 War
It is the first war of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the broader Arab–Israeli conflict.
-the civil war transformed into a conflict between Israel and the Arab states following the Israeli Declaration of Independence the previous day
1967 War
was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 June 1967.
Israeli victory
Territorial changes Israel captures and occupies the Golan Heights from Syria, the West Bank (incl. East Jerusalem) from Jordan, and the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt
The Oslo Accord 1993
In 1993, Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Movement signed a declaration of principles aimed at peacefully resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
For one (any) country from each region: The capitol, the political system &
Nile Valley: Egypt: Clairo,Republican, (unofficial) Political leader of the Arab world
Arab West: Morrcoo: Rabat,Monarchy/Kingdom,first university in the World
Bilaad Hamsham: Palestine, occupied, Has not been independent for centuries
Gulf Area: United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi, Monarchy, Dubai is one of the world’s significant cities
Yemen Land: Yemen, Republican, Least liberal in the Arab world
Arab African:Somalia: Magadishu, Republican, Drought land
Countries that currently have unrest, and countries that had (or having) Arab
Spring
Unrest:
Libya
* Egypt
* Palestine
Arab Spring
Tunisia
* Egypt
* Libya
Main Religions in the Arab World
Judaism, Islam, christainty
Arab League:
What is it ?
When and why was it formed?
Main goal
Headquarter
What is Arab people opinion about it?
March 22, 1945
Sought to unite all Arabic-Speaking countries into one political entity (After World War II)
-Formed to represent the interests of the
Arabs
-Its permanent headquarter is located in
Cairo
-just a debating platform that achieves
nothing
Family: Patterns of living: Name Three
Urbans, Rurals, Bedouin
Family: Patterns of living:Urbans
-Mainly residents of large cities
-Depends on business, employment and trade
Family: Patterns of living:Rurals
Mainly residents of villages and small towns
* Depend on farming
Family: Patterns of living:Bedouin
-Constantly moving
* Live in mobile tents
* Depends on animals; especially goat, sheep and camels
* No chickens, no cows
Family: Patterns of living: Social Classes
Arab society is structured into social classes and
individuals inherit the social class of their family.
* In most Arab countries there are 3 social
classes:
* The Upper Class
* The Middle Class
* The Lower Class
Very little tension between them
Family: The Upper Class
Royalty and/or political leaders’ families
⚬ large and influential families
⚬ Some wealthy people (depending on their family background)
⚬ Foreign residents (due to their professional standing, education, and/or income)
Family:The Middle Class:
Government employees & Military officers
⚬ Teachers (in some countries but in others: low class)
⚬ Moderately prosperous merchants & land owners
⚬ Shops/small business owners
Family:The Lower Class:
⚬ Peasants farmers
⚬ Urban and village poor
⚬ Unskilled labor
The importance and significance of “Family” for Arabs?
-The family is at the center of social organization in all three Arab patterns
of living
importance of “Family” In order
Most Important (in order): tribes (Bedouins), peasants (rural), and the urban
The Family is the center of Arab:
■ Constitutes an __and __ because all members cooperate to ensure its continuation and improve its standing in the community
■ This influences all aspects of an Arab’s life.
social organization and socioeconomic
activities
-economic ,social unit
Persons & groups inherit their:
Change of social class through :
Loyalty to the:
religious, class, and cultural affiliations
education & wealth is possible, but it takes
generations to be accepted
family more than to the country
The success or failure of an individual member becomes that of :
the family as a whole
Who leads the family?
* Religion is very __ for Arabs.
* Change of religion is :
Fathers/elders lead the family
important
very rare Family
Large families are a source of:
Large families mean guaranteed:
Arabs living in the West have:
pride (social) & security (economic):
economic and social benefits, and the
possibility that the children will care for their parents in their elderly years.
fewer children than those home.
Christian Arabs have :
Name the order in which the three groups have more kids
- Arabs are loyal to their:
fewer kids than Muslim Arabs
- Bedouins more than rural & rural more than urban
family first, clan/tribe second, then national
identity.
Marriage:
Everyone is expected to marry relatively __.
Children stay living with their parents until they get __
young
married regardless of
their age
Parents are to be _____
Disobedience of parents is___
Grandparents have the same__
respected and obeyed in all circumstances.
culturally unacceptable
respect as parents
Family: Respect elderly___
Extra respect for ___
the tradition of teaching young people to call older persons__
brothers and sisters
parents’ friends
ammi/u, (“my uncle”)
or khalti/u (“my aunt”)
Recent Changes:The family has been undergoing significant change. Why?
conomic independence,
➢ education &
➢ immigration
Recent Changes
The present-day Arab family is not usually __
Yet despite the reduced prevalence of the extended family, relatives
generally remain
- Relatively ___ rebel social values and family values
extended
closely interlocked in a web of intimate relationships
very few
