Arab Culture

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1. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Title: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph; speaks about the author's war experience in the Arab's revolt for independence against the Ottoman Turks
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Ritual prayer is done 5 times a day at a specific time facing the direction of Mecca. It is a must for all Muslims to do it if they are clean - Supplication is a prayer that you can do at any time and does not have to be in Arabic. It is a personal p
The center of worship in Mecca that the houses the black stone. Pagans use to worship there - and now Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca.


2. What is the Kaaba?
Rabat
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
The Bedouin
The center of worship in Mecca that the houses the black stone. Pagans use to worship there - and now Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca.


3. Djibouti
Title: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph; speaks about the author's war experience in the Arab's revolt for independence against the Ottoman Turks
Joseph
Djibouti
2001 - Amman


4. Libya
Sufism
The land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.
Tripoli
Title: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph; speaks about the author's war experience in the Arab's revolt for independence against the Ottoman Turks


5. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Mustasawwif
Tripoli
114
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


6. Yemen
Muscat
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Sana
114


7. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
20-25%
Damascus
Moderate view
The journey of Muhammad and the Umma from Mecca to Yathrib in the year 622; this journey marks the end of aljihiyya (the period of ignorance) and the beginning of the Islamic calendar.


8. Hadiths

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9. Syria
Abu Dhabi
Immoderate view
Tariiqa
Damascus


10. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
The center of worship in Mecca that the houses the black stone. Pagans use to worship there - and now Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca.
Ritual prayer is done 5 times a day at a specific time facing the direction of Mecca. It is a must for all Muslims to do it if they are clean - Supplication is a prayer that you can do at any time and does not have to be in Arabic. It is a personal p
1) Hanafi - Arab Middle East and South Asia 2) Hanbali - Saudi Arabia 3) Maliki - North - Central - and West Africa 4) Shafi'i - North - Central - and West Africa
Racial Islamist view


11. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
Mustasawwif
114
to recite
Sana


12. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
1) Creed: Allah is the true God and Muhhhamad is his profit 2) Ritual Prayer: Praying 5 times a day at a specific time. Reciting a prayer in Arabic from Qur'an 3) The giving of alms 4) Fasting (Sawm): The fasting of Rammadhan. 5) Pilgrimage (Hajj)
Tariiqa


13. Adhan
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Abu Dhabi
The Suspended Odes. - The master pieces of the Pre-Islamic poetry composed in Classical Arabic - by the most famous poets of Arabia - in the 6th century AD before the birth of the Islam (and the Revelation of the Qur'anic text).
Muslim call to prayer


14. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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15. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Struggle for God
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Sufism


16. Jordan
The journey of Muhammad and the Umma from Mecca to Yathrib in the year 622; this journey marks the end of aljihiyya (the period of ignorance) and the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Amman
1) Hanafi - Arab Middle East and South Asia 2) Hanbali - Saudi Arabia 3) Maliki - North - Central - and West Africa 4) Shafi'i - North - Central - and West Africa


17. Who are the Nabatians?
Manama
114
Struggle for God
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


18. Oman
22
Struggle for God
Damascus
Muscat


19. Sudan
Khartoum
Damascus
Moderate view
63


20. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
20-25%
The Arab world is made up of all the countries where Arabic is the national language. The Muslim world does not exist. The Middle East is a political and geographical area East of Europe that includes Turkey - Iran - Israel - Afghanistan - and Pakist
Abu Dhabi
Tunis


21. What is Mesopotamia?
The land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.
Sufism
Manama
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


22. Shari'a

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23. What is Tribal Solidarity?
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Djibouti
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


24. Muezzin
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
the performer of adhan
Immoderate view


25. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Arab league members
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Tariiqa
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


26. Somalia
Mogadishu
Nouakchott
Damascus
Laic - purely historical


27. Egypt
Struggle for God
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Cairo
63


28. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Muslim call to prayer
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


29. What is Pan-Arabism?
1) Creed: Allah is the true God and Muhhhamad is his profit 2) Ritual Prayer: Praying 5 times a day at a specific time. Reciting a prayer in Arabic from Qur'an 3) The giving of alms 4) Fasting (Sawm): The fasting of Rammadhan. 5) Pilgrimage (Hajj)
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
The land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.
Laic - purely historical


30. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
2001 - Amman
to recite
Racial Islamist view
Tunis


31. What is the Sunna?
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Dhikr


32. Who are the Shiites?
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
114
Manama


33. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
The Bedouin
Rabat
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
2001 - Amman


34. Adab

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35. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Moderate view
Dhikr
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Beirut


36. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Nouakchott
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Moderate view
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


37. Qatar
The legal system in Islam was formed progressively - by the contribution of religious scholars called 'ulamaa' - 'An organized Muslim judiciary became established only after Mu'awiya seized the caliphate in 661
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
to recite
Doha


38. Morocco
Rabat
Kuwait City
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


39. Lebanon
Sana
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Beirut


40. Algeria - Bahrain - Comoros - Djibouti - Egypt - Iraq - Jordan - Kuwait - Lebanon - Libya - Mauritania - Morocco - Oman - State of Palestine - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - Somalia - Sudan - Syria - Tunisia - United Arab Emirates - Yemen.
Muscat
The center of worship in Mecca that the houses the black stone. Pagans use to worship there - and now Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca.
Arab league members
Muslim call to prayer


41. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
20-25%
Kuwait City


42. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
The Arab world is made up of all the countries where Arabic is the national language. The Muslim world does not exist. The Middle East is a political and geographical area East of Europe that includes Turkey - Iran - Israel - Afghanistan - and Pakist
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Riyadh
Tunis


43. What are the 'Five Pillars of Islam'?

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44. What age was Muhammed when he died?
63
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
1) Hanafi - Arab Middle East and South Asia 2) Hanbali - Saudi Arabia 3) Maliki - North - Central - and West Africa 4) Shafi'i - North - Central - and West Africa
Tripoli


45. Jahiliyya is a state of 'barbarism' - of 'pagan ignorance and deprived of divine guidance' - the label which applies to any (non-Islamic) society in which God is not sovereign. Qualification: .....
Racial Islamist view
2001 - Amman
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Cairo


46. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
Ritual prayer is done 5 times a day at a specific time facing the direction of Mecca. It is a must for all Muslims to do it if they are clean - Supplication is a prayer that you can do at any time and does not have to be in Arabic. It is a personal p
to recite
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


47. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Algiers
Struggle for God
Riyadh


48. 'Lawrence of Arabia's most famous book is entitled.....and speaks about....'

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49. Iraq
Amman
Mustasawwif
Baghdad
The journey of Muhammad and the Umma from Mecca to Yathrib in the year 622; this journey marks the end of aljihiyya (the period of ignorance) and the beginning of the Islamic calendar.


50. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Dhikr
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
22
Khartoum