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Arab Culture

Subject : culture
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1. Jordan






2. Bahrain






3. What is the Hijra?






4. What is Pan-Arabism?






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

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6. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:






7. Oman






8. Djibouti






9. Muezzin






10. What is the Kaaba?






11. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims






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

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13. Lebanon






14. Who is the Original Arab?






15. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?






16. Sudan






17. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?






18. Hanifiyya






19. The Arab Parliament was created:






20. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:






21. 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






22. Shari'a

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23. Egypt






24. Kuwait






25. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members






26. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:






27. Saudi Arabia






28. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)






29. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:






30. What is Tribal Solidarity?






31. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'






32. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....






33. Adab

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34. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:






35. Who are the Shiites?






36. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'






37. United Arab Emirates






38. 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.






39. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool






40. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters






41. What is Petra?






42. Who are the Nabatians?






43. Tunisia






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

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45. Yemen






46. 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.






47. Somalia






48. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'






49. 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: .....






50. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master