Arab people

Arab
عربal-ʿarab

Philip the Arab Muhammad Bin Abdo” John of Damascus Fairuz Gamal Abdel Nasser Manal al-Sharif Kahlil Gibran Ralph Nader Carlos Ghosn
Total population
approx. 450” million[1]
Regions with significant populations
Pan-Arab States	449,754,575
Brazil	12,000,000[2]
France	6,000,000[3]
Argentina	3,500,000[4]
United States	3,500,000[5]
Iran	700,000 - 2,000,000[6]
Portugal	1,500,000[7]
Mexico	1,100,000[8]
Languages
Arabic[9]
Religion
Predominantly Islam largest minority: Christianity; other religions

The Arabs (Arabic: العرب) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in the Middle East and North Africa. They speak Arabic which is one of the Semitic languages, and which is also the name of the ethnic family which they belong to. Genealogically, Arabs are those who can trace their ancestry back to the people who first lived on the Arabian Peninsula.

1. ↑ "Arabic Language - ninemsn Encarta". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
2. ↑ "Brazil - Brasil - BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - Arabs: They are 12 Million in Brazil - Brazilian Immigration - September 2004". www.brazzil.com. Archived from the original on 2010-09-14. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
3. ↑ By (2008-01-29). "French-Arabs battle stereotypes - Entertainment News, French Cinema, Media". Variety. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
4. ↑ "Inmigración sirio-libanesa en Argentina". Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
5. ↑ "Our History". Arab American Institute. Archived from the original on 2010-05-10.
6. ↑ Iran, CIA factbook (1% Arabic-speakers and 3% ethnic Arabs)Archived 2012-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
7. ↑ The World Factbook World Factbook website Archived 2013-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
8. ↑ "Mexico". www.worldstatesmen.org.
9. ↑ Serge D. Elie, "Hadiboh: From Peripheral Village to Emerging City", Chroniques Yéménites: "In the middle, were the Arabs who originated from different parts of the mainland (e.g., prominent Mahrî tribes10, and individuals from Hadramawt, and Aden)". Footnote 10: "Their neighbours in the West scarcely regarded them as Arabs, though they themselves consider they are of the pure stock of Himyar.” [1] Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine