Geography
Which two rivers gave rise to the Mesopotamian civilization?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
What are the two major sects of Islam?
Sunnism and Shi'ism.
Which empire, collapsed after WWI, ruled over large parts of the MENA region for centuries?
The Ottoman Empire
What is the grammatical structure that indicates possession?
Idafah
Smallest country in MENA
Bahrain
The name of a Palestinian dance performed in a line, typically at weddings
Dabke
Number of wonders of the ancient world located in MENA
3 (Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Lighthouse of Alexandria)
Which of the following languages does not use the Arabic script?
Farsi/Persian, Dari, Aramaic, Urdu
Aramaic
What is the only country to share a direct land border with Qatar?
Saudi Arabia
What city does knafeh come from?
Which North African civilization fought in the Punic Wars against the Romans?
Carthage
What is the root of the verb ترجم?
ت-ر-ج-م
What is considered the oldest inhabited city in the world?
Damascus, Syria
What is the name for the indigenous peoples of North Africa?
Amazigh/Imazighen
Which city in Morocco was an "international zone" from 1923 to 1956?
Casablanca
How many dialects of Arabic exist? (approximately)
30-32
Number of countries in the Arab League
22
What is the name of the traditional carpeted with floor cushions where people gather?
A majlis
A wonder of the ancient world located in the MENA region that is NOT the Great Pyramids of Giza
Lighthouse of Alexandria, Hanging Gardens of Babylon
What is the linguistic term for the Arabic alphabet?
Abjad