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Mashriq

Eastern part of the Arab world

Mashriq
Summary

Eastern part of the Arab world

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Saracen (historical)
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a geographical region

  • Bahrain Bahrain
  • Egypt Egypt
  • Iraq Iraq
  • Jordan Jordan
  • Kuwait Kuwait
  • Lebanon Lebanon
  • Oman Oman
  • Palestine Palestine
  • Qatar Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
  • Sudan Sudan
  • Syrian Opposition Syria
  • United Arab Emirates UAE
  • Yemen Yemen Saracen (historical)
  • Arabic
  • Aramaic
  • Beja
  • Fur
  • Modern South Arabian (incl. Mehri)
  • Kurdish
  • Nubian
  • Armenian
  • Turkmen
  • Hebrew

The Mashriq (; ), also known as the Arab Mashriq (), sometimes spelled Mashreq or Mashrek, is the eastern part of the Arab world, as opposed to the Maghreb (western region), located in West Asia and eastern North Africa. It is the Arabic equivalent for the term Middle East. Poetically the "Place of Sunrise", the name is derived from the verb sharaqa (َشَرَق, "to shine, illuminate, radiate" and "to rise"), from the sh-r-q root (ش-ر-ق), referring to the east, where the sun rises.

The region includes the Arab-majority states of Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

Geography

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As the word Mashriq refers to Arab countries located between the Mediterranean Sea and Iran, it is the companion term to Maghreb (), the western half of the Arab world comprising Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya. Libya may also be regarded as straddling the two regions. Cyrenaica in eastern Libya is considered part of the Mashriq, whereas Tripolitania in western Libya is considered part of the Maghreb. Therefore Sirtica or the Gulf of Sidra is considered the dividing point between the Maghreb and Mashreq within the Arab world.

These geographical terms date from the early Islamic expansion. The Mashriq corresponds to the Bilad al-Sham and Mesopotamian regions combined. , the Mashriq is home to 1.7% of the global population.

Cooperation

Map of the Arab Mashreq International Road Network

All of the countries located in the Arab Mashreq area are members of the Arab League, the Greater Arab Free Trade Area, and the United Nations. The region cooperates in several projects including the Arab Mashreq International Road Network and the Arab Mashreq International Railway. Several nations are also members of the GCC and others have tried to achieve political unity in the past, such as the United Arab Republic in the 1950s and 1960s, which originally included both Egypt and Syria.

References

References

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  2. "Economic interrogation in the mashriq". world bank, siteresources.
  3. Everett-Heath, John. (2018). "The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names". Oxford University Press.
  4. Alvarez, Lourdes María. (2009). "Abu Al-Ḥasan Al-Shushtarī". Paulist Press.
  5. (2003-12-12). "African Folklore: An Encyclopedia". Routledge.
  6. "Mashriq {{!}} geographical region, Middle East".
  7. "Libya - Geography".
  8. (2010). "The Maghrib in Question: Essays in History and Historiography". University of Texas Press.
  9. "About ANPGR". Arab Network of Plant Genetic Resources.
  10. "Mashreq". Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East & North Africa.
  11. ""السلفية في المشرق العربي" من كتاب "الحركات الإسلامية في الوطن العربي" | مدونة جدران".
  12. (2014-07-13). "لماذا يستثنى الأردن من التقسيم؟ الوضع الداخلي هو العنصر الحاسم*فهد الخيطان". Rasseen.
  13. Clancy-Smith, Julia. (2013-11-05). "North Africa, Islam and the Mediterranean World". Routledge.
  14. [http://www.capmas.gov.eg/pdf/EgyptInFigure/EgyptinFigures/Tables/English/pop/population/index.html Official estimate of the Population of Egypt] {{webarchive. link. (May 25, 2013)
  15. UN estimate for Lebanon
  16. "Official Jordanian population clock".
  17. "National Main Statistical Indicators". State of Palestine – Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
  18. UN estimate for Syria
  19. "Iraq". The World Bank.
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