For most of those who remained in the country, or went north to Sudan and Egypt, they greatly assimilated Arab culture. |
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The Sultan Gallery was the first professional Arab art gallery in the Gulf. |
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The Kuwait International Biennial was inaugurated in 1967, more than 20 Arab and foreign countries have participated in the biennial. |
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In 2004, the Al Kharafi Biennial for Contemporary Arab Art was inaugurated. |
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Kuwait is also frequently ranked as the Arab country with the greatest press freedom in Freedom House's annual Freedom of Press survey. |
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Unlike other Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait does not have Sharia courts. |
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To date, Kuwait has registered 384 patents, the second highest figure in the Arab world. |
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Between 2010 and 2016, Kuwait registered the highest growth in patents in the Arab world. |
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It runs local bus routes across Kuwait and longer distance services to neighbouring Arab countries. |
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Likewise, British authorities selected Sunni Arab elites from the region for appointments to government and ministry offices. |
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The new constitution was backed by the Shia and Kurdish communities, but was rejected by Arab Sunnis. |
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This is part of the kafala system, also present in Lebanon, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Kuwait, and Oman. |
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Men from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates form a large proportion of the customers. |
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Due to its longstanding ties with the Arab world, Somalia was accepted in 1974 as a member of the Arab League. |
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Somalia is also a member of many international organizations, such as the United Nations, African Union and Arab League. |
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Djibouti is likewise an active participant in Arab League and African Union affairs. |
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Due to these disturbances, many of the residents from the Arab world as well as some other immigrants were evacuated to their homelands. |
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This helped the population of Aden once again become predominantly Arab after, having been declared a free zone, it had become mostly foreigners. |
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The Federation of South Arabia was created by the British to counter Arab nationalism by giving more freedom to the rulers of the nations. |
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The NLO hoped to destroy all the sultanates and eventually unite with the Yemen Arab Republic. |
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Arab nationalism made an impact in some circles who opposed the lack of modernization efforts in the Mutawakkilite monarchy. |
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In 1978, Ali Abdallah Saleh was named as president of the Yemen Arab Republic. |
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The coalition included the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, Egypt, and Pakistan. |
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Following the September 1962 revolution, the Yemen Arab Republic became closely allied with and heavily dependent upon Egypt. |
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The Maqil were a collection of Arab Bedouin tribes of Yemeni origin who migrated westwards via Egypt. |
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On 18 January 1963, the Colony of Aden was incorporated into the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South against the wishes of North Yemen. |
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In January 1967, there were mass riots between the NLF and their rival FLOSY supporters in the old Arab quarter of Aden town. |
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It was probably introduced to China by Arab traders travelling the Silk Road prior to the Song Dynasty for medicinal use. |
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Rudist bivalves from the Cretaceous of the Omani Mountains, United Arab Emirates. |
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The Normans finished their conquest in 1091, when they captured Noto, which was the last Arab stronghold. |
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Laws were issued in the language of the community to whom they were addressed in Norman Sicily, still with heavy Arab and Greek influence. |
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In the first quarter of the 11th century, Pisa and Genoa together freed the island from the threat of Arab invasion. |
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The Berber people of North Africa, who had provided the bulk of the invading armies, clashed with the Arab leadership from the Middle East. |
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The 1973 oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries proclaimed an oil embargo. |
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Arab oil producers linked any future policy changes to peace between the belligerents. |
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Although lacking historical connections to the Middle East, Japan was the country most dependent on Arab oil. |
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Europeans began leaving Alexandria following the 1956 Suez Crisis that led to an outburst of Arab nationalism. |
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It is located in Abusir, the western suburb of Alexandria in Borg el Arab city. |
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In 1958, Egypt and Syria formed a sovereign union known as the United Arab Republic. |
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The permanent headquarters of the Arab League are located in Cairo and the body's secretary general has traditionally been Egyptian. |
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While emigration was restricted under Nasser, thousands of Egyptian professionals were dispatched abroad in the context of the Arab Cold War. |
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Later translations from Greek to Arabic became the subject of study by Arab scholars. |
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Egyptian media are highly influential throughout the Arab World, attributed to large audiences and increasing freedom from government control. |
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For over 100 years, more than 4000 films have been produced in Egypt, three quarters of the total Arab production. |
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Certain Arab nations, such as Syria, also protested against the entry of MDA into the Red Cross movement, making consensus impossible for a time. |
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The first set was a group of Arabic names for the countries of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. |
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Mint is a necessary ingredient in Touareg tea, a popular tea in northern African and Arab countries. |
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Arab influences are visible in North African music and dance and, in Southern Africa, Western influences are apparent due to colonization. |
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The partitioning brought the creation of the modern Arab world and the Republic of Turkey. |
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Surprisingly, or not so to me, the best is the Pacific crab claw rig, closely followed by the Arab dhow or lateen sail, and the standing lug. |
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Arab navigational tools like the astrolabe and quadrant were used for celestial navigation. |
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Umar defeated the rebellion of several Arab tribes in a successful campaign, unifying the entire Arabian peninsula and giving it stability. |
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It was the next native Persian dynasty after the collapse of the Sassanid Persian empire, caused by the Arab conquest. |
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Although major coups had taken off in the Arab world in Egypt in 1952, this was the first coup in the Horn or indeed in post-independence Africa. |
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It is practised mainly by Somali, Arab, Bosniak, Albanian and Turkish immigrants, as well as Norwegians of Pakistani descent. |
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In southern Italy, however, Norman artwork survives plentifully in forms strongly influenced by its Greek, Lombard, and Arab forebears. |
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Arab logicians had inherited Greek ideas after they had invaded and conquered Egypt and the Levant. |
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Judaism was an active proselytising faith, and at least one Arab political leader converted to it. |
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Pakistan has deployed its military in some Arab countries, providing defence, training, and playing advisory roles. |
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Economic writings date from earlier Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, Indian subcontinent, Chinese, Persian, and Arab civilizations. |
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The language also has a significant presence in the United Arab Emirates, United States, Saudi Arabia, and Australia. |
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Modern Arabic is classified as a macrolanguage with 27 sub-languages spoken throughout the Arab world. |
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The spice trade initially was developed by Indian and Arab merchants, but it also brought Europeans to the region. |
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One of the last military campaigns that Muhammad ordered against the Arab pagans was the Demolition of Dhul Khalasa. |
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Modernization of music in the Arab world involved borrowing inspiration from Turkish music and Western musical styles. |
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Other countries with men's national teams include Canada, Fiji, Jamaica, Kenya, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. |
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Kuwait was the first of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf to establish a constitution and parliament. |
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After the burning of the Arab fleet in the city's harbor, the Genoese and Pisan troops retreated. |
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However, the destruction of the Arab fleet gave control of the Western Mediterranean to Genoa, Venice, and Pisa. |
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The major reasons include the long history of British policy preference toward developing the Arab north and its ignoring the Black south. |
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Nostalgia is almah, the Arab dancing girl. She tells me stories of the drowned, the deadest of this world's dead. |
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Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates overall. |
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From 824 to 961 Arab pirates in the Emirate of Crete raided the entire Mediterranean. |
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They would be used as coast guards, or sent on recon missions to deal with Arab piracy in the Arabian Sea. |
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The British were aided in Mesopotamia by local Arab and Assyrian tribesmen, while the Ottomans employed local Kurdish and Turcoman tribes. |
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In particular, Iraq's increasingly amicable relations with Britain were a threat to Nasser's desire to see Egypt as head of the Arab world. |
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The other NATO members refused to sell oil they received from Arab nations to Britain or France. |
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Despite the Egyptian defeat, Nasser emerged as an enhanced hero in the Arab world. |
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On the morning of 11 September 2001, a total of 19 Arab men carried out four coordinated attacks in the United States. |
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The World Bank reported in February 2009 that the Arab World was far less severely affected by the credit crunch. |
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Qatar is classified by the UN as a country of very high human development and is the most advanced Arab state for human development. |
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Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first Arab country to do so. |
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Arab Americans number over 160,000 in New York City, with the highest concentration in Brooklyn. |
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The majority of mosque managers are of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin, with many Gujarati, and fewer Arab, Turkish and Somali managed entities. |
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The draw was held on 24 April 2012 and added Uruguay, United Arab Emirates and Senegal to Great Britain's group. |
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Scotland competed in the qualifiers in the United Arab Emirates, to compete for a place in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies. |
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Ibn Saud avoided involvement in the Arab Revolt, and instead continued his struggle with the Al Rashid. |
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Since 2011, Saudi Arabia has been affected by its own Arab Spring protests. |
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Also, the QS World University Rankings has ranked nineteen Saudi universities among the top 100 Arab institutions, on its 13th edition. |
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From the 1970s onward, Kuwait scored highest of all Arab countries on the Human Development Index. |
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In 1958, Al Arabi magazine was first published, the magazine went on to become the most popular magazine in the Arab world. |
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Many Arab writers moved to Kuwait because they enjoyed greater freedom of expression than elsewhere in the Arab world. |
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From 2001 to 2009, Kuwait had the highest Human Development Index ranking in the Arab world. |
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In 2014 and 2015, Kuwait was ranked first among Arab countries in the Global Gender Gap Report. |
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A popular Arab treatment for the common cold was al fanad or al panad, small sugar twists made from congealed syrup, which became known in English as alphenics or penides. |
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Regional disputes, however, quickly compelled Qatar to resign and declare independence from the coalition which would eventually evolve into the United Arab Emirates. |
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Syria is not the only Arab state with a hyperactive cyberpolice. |
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The war was resolved with a ceasefire and negotiations brokered by the Arab League, where it was declared that unification would eventually occur. |
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Once they found themselves confronted by Arab expansionism, the Khazars pragmatically allied themselves with Constantinople and clashed with the Caliphate. |
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However, in the ONS's testing in England and Wales prior to the census, no Kurdish, Iranian, Berber, Somali or Egyptian participants chose to identify as Arab. |
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The Malagasy people of Madagascar are an Austronesian people, but those along the coast are generally mixed with Bantu, Arab, Indian and European origins. |
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In Turkey, the Islamist AK Party has democratically been in power for about a decade, while Islamist parties did well in elections following the Arab Spring. |
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Ever since the 1948 nakba, Arab thinkers and intellectuals have been studying the causes of their condition and recommending ways for changing or improving it. |
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The Iberian Saracens had incorporated Berber lighthorse cavalry with the heavy Arab cavalry to create a formidable army that had almost never been defeated. |
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Of the royal regalia preserved in Palermo, the crown is Byzantine in style and the coronation cloak is of Arab craftsmanship with Arabic inscriptions. |
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They beat Namibia by an innings in May 2006, but draws against Ireland in August and the United Arab Emirates in January 2007 meant that they failed to reach the final. |
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Their translations and commentaries on these ideas worked their way through the Arab West into Spain and Sicily, which became important centers for this transmission of ideas. |
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His attempted reforms were interrupted in 1864 by an Arab insurrection, which required more than a year and an army of 85,000 soldiers to suppress. |
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The Idrisid Emirate of Asir participated in the Arab revolt. |
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With a large influx of native speakers of Arabic in latter years, the prevalence of native Arab speakers is likely more widespread than actual usage of Finnish. |
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Although the Arab Revolt of 1916 to 1918 failed in its objective, the Allied victory in World War I resulted in the end of Ottoman suzerainty and control in Arabia. |
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Most of the prominent Indonesians, Malaysians, and Singaporeans of Arab descent are Hadhrami people with origins in southern Yemen in the Hadramawt coastal region. |
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Under the auspices of the UN, AU, Arab League and IGAD, a series of additional national reconciliation conferences were subsequently held as part of the peace process. |
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Saudi Arabia supports the intended formation of the Arab Customs Union in 2015 and an Arab common market by 2020, as announced at the 2009 Arab League summit. |
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The consequences of the 2003 invasion and the Arab Spring led to increasing alarm within the Saudi monarchy over the rise of Iran's influence in the region. |
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Because the country's southern borders with the United Arab Emirates and Oman are not precisely marked, the exact size of the country is undefined. |
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At the same time, the Iberians learnt much from their Arab neighbors. |
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By translating the Arab versions of lost ancient Greek geographical works into Latin, European navigators acquired a deeper knowledge of the shape of Africa and Asia. |
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Sadat's initiative sparked enormous controversy in the Arab world and led to Egypt's expulsion from the Arab League, but it was supported by most Egyptians. |
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The Bantus, the largest ethnic minority group in Somalia, are the descendants of slaves who were brought in from southeastern Africa by Arab and Somali traders. |
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The attackers captured the city, but couldn't hold it against Arab forces. |
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Kuwait was the pioneer in the literary renaissance in the Arab region. |
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The squad also takes part in the basketball event at the Pan Arab Games. |
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Crete was subjected to an attack by Vandals in 467, the great earthquakes of 365 and 415, a raid by Slavs in 623, Arab raids in 654 and the 670s, and again in the 8th century. |
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Secular Arab Nationalism concentrates on the idea of Western Imperialism. |
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Most of them settled in Malaysia, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States, and Australia. |
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Full membership in the Arab League has been assured, should the country's government choose to seek it, though it could also opt for observer status. |
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Some of the proclaimed Arab federations were confederations de facto. |
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Kuwaiti society is markedly more open than other Gulf Arab societies. |
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Serco provides air traffic control services at international airports in the United Arab Emirates and at some smaller airports in the United States and Canada. |
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Serco operates the Dubai Metro in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. |
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By signing the Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853, Arab rulers gave up their right to wage war at sea in return for British protection against external threats. |
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Egypt has the oldest continuous parliamentary tradition in the Arab world. |
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While the Empire was able to largely hold its own during the conflict, it was struggling with internal dissent, especially with the Arab Revolt in its Arabian holdings. |
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Since 2005, Kuwait has frequently earned the highest ranking of all Arab countries in the annual Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders. |
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An incident played into British hands when, while passing Aden for trading purposes, one of their sailing ships sank and Arab tribesmen boarded it and plundered its contents. |
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The judiciary's independence has come under question, although the Constitutional Court is widely regarded as one of the most judicially independent courts in the Arab world. |
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In the vicinity of modern Kenya, the expedition resorted to piracy, looting Arab merchant ships that were generally unarmed trading vessels without heavy cannons. |
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This in turn requires government subsidies even for operating costs, a situation that has been aggravated by salary increases without tariff increases after the Arab Spring. |
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A strait in the Persian Gulf separates Qatar from the nearby island country of Bahrain, as well as sharing maritime borders with the United Arab Emirates and Iran. |
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Cabral took vengeance by looting and burning the Arab fleet and then bombarded the city in retaliation for its ruler having failed to explain the unexpected attack. |
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Arabic was adopted by the Egyptians after the Arab invasion of Egypt. |
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