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Ethnic groups in the Middle East are ethnolinguistic groupings in the "transcontinental" region that is commonly a geopolitical term designating the intercontinental region comprising West Asia (including Cyprus) without the South Caucasus, [1] and also comprising Egypt in North Africa.
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in the Middle East" The following 111 pages are in this category, out of 111 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Arabs constitute the main ethnic group in the region, [7] followed by Turks, Persians, Kurds, Azeris, Copts, Jews, Assyrians, Iraqi Turkmen, Yazidis, and Greek Cypriots. The Middle East generally has a hot, arid climate, especially in the Arabian and Egyptian regions.
The general consensus among 14th-century Arab genealogists is that Arabs are of three kinds: . Al-Arab al-Ba'ida (Arabic: العرب البائدة), "The Extinct Arabs", were an ancient group of tribes in pre-Islamic Arabia that included the ‘Ād, the Thamud, the Tasm and the Jadis, thelaq (who included branches of Banu al-Samayda), and others.
Related ethnic groups Other Semitic peoples of the Middle East and North Africa [ 55 ] The Arabs ( Arabic : عَرَب , DIN 31635 : ʿarab , Arabic: [ˈʕɑ.rɑb] ⓘ ; sg.
Almost all Christians in Iraq are ethnic Assyrians, where they number approximately 400,000. 500,000 are in Syria but are harder to identify, because they are often included in with the general Christian population and speak Arabic, however the Christians of the Tur Abdin and Al Hasakah regions in the north east are predominantly Assyrian.
The people of Gaza remain a concern of mine, or should I say, ours. My wife and I have been to the Israeli/Palestinian region several times. She went alone in 2018, I went alone in 2019, and we ...
The demographics of the Middle East and North Africa region show a highly populated, culturally diverse region spanning three continents. As of 2023, the population was around 501 million. [ 1 ] The class, cultural, ethnic, governmental, linguistic and religious make-up of the region is highly variable.