Food
The national dish of Jordan
What is Mansaf?
The capital of Palestine
Al-Quds
Name 3 Amr Diab songs
(EXTRA POINTS IF YOU SING A SONG)
Nour el Ein, Tamally Maak, hikayat, Inta Haz, Zay Manty
What does the Saudi Flag have written on it?
Bonus: What does the Iraqi flag have written on it?
La ilaha illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah
bonus: Allahu Akbar
three major religions in the arab world
What is Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
_________ is a famous Arab dessert that has cheese in it.
What country is known for this dessert?
Knafeh
Palestine
The oldest city in the Arab world
Damascus
Orientalism
Name three cities that Fairouz sang for in her songs
Beirut, Alexandria, Al-Quds
Name 3 official language of the Arab World
Arabic, French, Berber Somali, Kurdish, Comorian
Name 5 different appetizers
hummus, babaghanouj, tabouli, falafel, fatoush
The Arab city _______ has the largest population of _____ people
Cairo, 10,000,000
Name two songs that featured a collab with famous Arab singer and U.S. artist Marshmello
Bayen Habeit (Amr Diab) and Sah sah (Nancy Ajram)
What is the symbol on the center of the Egyptian flag?
bonus: what other countries has this same symbol as their "coat of arms"?
Eagle of Saladin
Iraq, Palestine, Yemen
What two countries were part of one republic from 1958-1961?
Egypt and Syria
What are two other names for the Lebanese dish, Warak Eynab?
Dolma, Itdolma, Mahshi
Name 4 cities/villages of Palestine
extra cities = 100 points bonus
Haifa, Yaffa, Quds, Jaleel, Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, Acre, Hebron
Famous composer that composed Umm Kalthoum's famous song: Alf Leila wa Leila
what is the root (جذر) of this word: البيع
bonus points: what does it mean?
ب - ا - ع
(sell/sold)
Number of countries in the Arab League?
22
Name 6 ingredients in Koshari
onion, rice, lentils, tomato, garlic, chickpea, vinegar, cumin, macaroni
Name the capitals of these countries:
UAE, Algeria, Djibouti, and Oman
Abu Dhabi, Algiers, Dijbouti, and Muscat
Name three famous arab poets
Khalil Gibran, Mahmoud Darwish, Nizar Qabbani etc.
What is: Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Iraq, Sudan, UAE
Saieh Hall of Economics was named for University Trustee Alvaro Saieh (AM’76, PhD’80). This Columbian economist has descent from which Arab country?
Palestine