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Arab Culture

Subject : culture
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1. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?






2. Adab


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






4. Libya






5. Shari'a


6. Mauritania






7. What is the Sunna?






8. Lebanon






9. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?






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






11. Who are the Shiites?






12. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?






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


14. Kuwait






15. What is Petra?






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






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






18. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'






19. What is Pan-Arabism?






20. Hadiths


21. Morocco






22. Syria






23. 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.....






24. 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.






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


26. An ideal of male beauty in Islam






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






28. United Arab Emirates






29. Algeria






30. What is the Kaaba?






31. Bahrain






32. Tunisia






33. Who are the Nabatians?






34. Somalia






35. Qatar






36. Egypt






37. Iraq






38. What is the Hijra?






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






40. Yemen






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






42. 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: .....






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






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


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


46. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims






47. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'


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






49. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians






50. Saudi Arabia