Afro-Arabs

Afro-Arabs
عرب أفارقة
Regions with significant populations
Gulf States, Levant, Yemen, East Africa, Swahili Coast, Sahel
 Saudi Arabia1,880,000 (around 5%; listed as Afro-Asian)[1]
Languages
Arabic, Teda, Hausa, Fula, Swahili, Coptic, Comorian
Religion
Majority Islam
Related ethnic groups
Afro-Saudis, Afro-Palestinians, Afro-Jordanians, Al-Akhdam, Afro-Iraqis, Afro-Syrians, Afro-Omanis, Afro-Emiratis

Afro-Arabs, African Arabs, or Black Arabs are Arabs of full or partial indigenous African descent. These include primarily minority groups in the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain, as well as Iraq and Levant: Syria, Palestine, and Jordan. The term may also refer to various Arab groups in certain African regions.[2]

  1. ^ "Saudi Arabia - The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  2. ^ "The multiple roots of Emiratiness: the cosmopolitan history of Emirati society". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2020-08-18.

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