Arab Culture

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1. Somalia
Mogadishu
The Bedouin
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.
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


2. Jahiliyya is the time when people were ignorant of the TRUE God's religion - of the true and unique 'Way' or 'Path' - that of Islam. Qualification.....
Immoderate view
to recite
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).
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


3. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
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)
Baghdad
Riyadh


4. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Tripoli
Mustasawwif
Djibouti
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


5. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Arabian monotheism
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Mustasawwif
Baghdad


6. Jahiliyya is a historical period of the Arabia that preceded the rise of Islam - a sort of Arabian 'antiquity' - characterized by polytheism - the nomad or Bedouin style of life- preponderant in the Peninsula at that time- and the 'fervent tribalism
Struggle for God
Laic - purely historical
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
22


7. What is Mesopotamia?
Nouakchott
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.
to recite
The Bedouin


8. Jordan
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Doha
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Amman


9. Libya
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Tripoli
Tunis
Sufism


10. Lebanon
Dhikr
Beirut
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)
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.


11. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
Dhikr
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
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
Moderate view


12. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Djibouti
the performer of adhan
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


13. 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: .....
Muslim call to prayer
Racial Islamist view
Moderate view
Sana


14. The contemplative - esoteric and mystical form of worship in Islam that ultimately aims at opening for the Sufi the ways of communion with God at the spiritual and emotional levels.
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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.
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Sufism


15. Sudan
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Struggle for God
Khartoum
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


16. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Amman
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
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.
Tariiqa


17. Mauritania
Beirut
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Nouakchott
Arabian monotheism


18. Hanifiyya
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 land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.
114
Arabian monotheism


19. Egypt
Struggle for God
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Cairo
20-25%


20. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Mogadishu
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Damascus
114


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

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22. 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.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Baghdad
Arab league members
22


23. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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
Struggle for God
22


24. Saudi Arabia
Djibouti
Riyadh
63
Algiers


25. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Riyadh
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


26. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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27. What is the Hijra?
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.
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
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


28. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Mustasawwif
Joseph
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


29. Iraq
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
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.
63


30. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Immoderate view
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Baghdad
Abu Dhabi


31. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Damascus
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Arabian monotheism
Algiers


32. Who are the Nabatians?
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Sufism
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


33. The 4 major schools of Shari'a in Sunni Islam and their political geographical distribution

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34. What does the term 'Mu'allqates' mean?

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35. Bahrain
Manama
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
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.
Baghdad


36. What is Petra?
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
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Beirut


37. What is Pan-Arabism?
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Sufism
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Djibouti


38. Who are the Shiites?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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
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


39. What age was Muhammed when he died?
63
Damascus
The Bedouin
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


40. Shari'a

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41. Qatar
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.
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)
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Doha


42. The Arab Parliament was created:
2001 - Amman
Tariiqa
Riyadh
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.


43. Kuwait
Muslim call to prayer
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Kuwait City
Manama


44. What is the Sunna?
Beirut
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


45. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
114
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.
Struggle for God


46. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
to recite
Sufism
Amman
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


47. Hadiths

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48. Muezzin
Struggle for God
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
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.
the performer of adhan


49. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Nouakchott
Struggle for God
Moderate view


50. Who is the Original Arab?
The Bedouin
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.
2001 - Amman
Struggle for God