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  2. Petra - Wikipedia

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    According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Musa struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Harun , is buried, at Mount Hor, known today as Jabal Haroun or Mount Aaron. The Wadi Musa or "Wadi of Moses" is the Arab name for the narrow valley at the head of which Petra is sited.

  3. Istanbul - Wikipedia

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    765.5 ha (1,892 acres) Istanbul[ b ] is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia. It is considered the country's economic, cultural and historic capital. The city has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey, [ 3 ] and is the most populous city ...

  4. Medina - Wikipedia

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    Medina, [a] officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (Arabic: المدينة المنورة, romanized: al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, lit. 'The Luminous City', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.maˈdiːna al.mʊˈnawːara]) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (المدينة, al-Madina), is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.

  5. List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab states - Wikipedia

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    Located in the western part of Bahrain Island, Dilmun Burial Mounds date back to the Dilmun, the Umm al-Nar culture. They were built between 2050 and 1750 BCE include 21 archaeological sites with more than 11 K burial mounds and 17 royal mounds built as 2-storeyed funeral towers. [9] Qal'at al-Bahrain.

  6. Beirut - Wikipedia

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    Beirut is a destination for tourists from both the Arab world and West. [130] In Travel + Leisure magazine's World Best Awards 2006, it was ranked the 9th best city in the world. [131] That list was voted upon shortly before the 2006 Lebanon War broke out, but in 2008 The Guardian listed Beirut as one of its top ten cities in the world. [132]

  7. Islamic architecture - Wikipedia

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    Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam. It encompasses both secular and religious styles from the early history of Islam to the present day. The Islamic world encompasses a wide geographic area historically ranging from western Africa and Europe to eastern Asia.

  8. Dubai - Wikipedia

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    dm.gov.ae. Dubai[a] is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the country's seven emirates. [7][8][9] The city has a population of around 3.6 million (as of 2022), [10] more than 90% of which are expatriates. [11] Dubai was founded in the 19th century as a fishing village.

  9. Tourism in the Arab world - Wikipedia

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    Roman Temples of Baalbek, Lebanon. Casbah of Algiers, Algeria. Tourism in the Arab World encompasses a wide array of activities and tourist attractions in an area spanning more than 13 million square kilometers. The Arab World mainly consists of the Arabic-speaking countries and populations in North Africa and Western Asia.