| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs |
9-11
,
9/11
,
Sep 11
,
Sept. 11
,
September 11
|
| sheikhdom of eastern Arabia and capital of the United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi
,
United Arab Emirates's capital
|
| cord of Arab headdress |
agal
|
| religious movement by Arab Shiite Muslims in 17th century Iraq that is opposed to the Usuli |
Akhbari
|
| leader of an Arab village or family |
Arab chief
,
sheik
,
sheikh
,
tribal sheik
,
tribal sheikh
|
| international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation |
Arab League
|
| republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC |
Arab Republic of Egypt
,
Egypt
,
United Arab Republic
|
| scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture |
Arabist
|
| Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957) |
bin Laden
,
Osama bin Laden
,
Usama bin Laden
|
| infection common in Arab states caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by a tick that thrives on sheep |
Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever
|
| basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 1,000 fils |
dirham
,
United Arab Emirate dirham
|
| interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government) |
dragoman
|
| port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf |
Dubai
|
| (plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel |
fedayeen
|
| agricultural laborer in Arab countries |
fellah
|
| Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea |
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
,
Jordan
|
| headdress, Arab |
kaffiyeh
|
| Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agal |
kaffiyeh
|
| Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil |
Katar
,
Qatar
,
State of Katar
,
State of Qatar
|
| Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum |
Koweit
,
Kuwait
,
State of Kuwait
|
