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, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. 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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