Afro-Arabs

Afro-Arabs
عرب أفارقة
A group of folk singers and dancers outside a barasti house in Al Satwa, Dubai.
Regions with significant populations
Gulf States · Levant · Yemen · East Africa · Mauritania · Sahel · North Africa
 Sudan30,800,000[1]
 Saudi Arabia3,600,000[2]
 Yemen3,500,000[3]
 Iraq2,000,000[4]
 Mauritania1,500,000
 Oman750,000
 Jordan60,000[5]
Languages
Majority: Arabic
Minority: Teda · Hausa · Fula · Swahili · Comorian · Wolof · Somali
Religion
Majority: Islam
Minority: Traditional
Related ethnic groups
Ethnic groups of Africa
Afro-Saudis · Afro-Palestinians · Afro-Jordanians · Al-Muhamashīn · Afro-Iraqis · Afro-Syrians · Afro-Omanis · Afro-Emiratis

Afro-Arabs, African Arabs, or Black Arabs are Arabs who have predominantly or total Sub-Saharan African ancestry. These include primarily minority groups in the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain, as well as Iraq and Levant: Syria, Palestine, and Jordan. The term may also refer to various Arab groups in certain African regions.[6]

  1. ^ "Are Sudanese Arabs?". 2020-12-04.
  2. ^ "Saudi-Arabia". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 25 March 2017. (Archived 2017 edition.)
  3. ^ "Yemen's Al-Akhdam face brutal oppression". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  4. ^ "Refworld | World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Iraq : Black Iraqis".
  5. ^ http://www.africanviews.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105 Jordan
  6. ^ "The multiple roots of Emiratiness: the cosmopolitan history of Emirati society". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2020-08-18.

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