Pop Culture
Name of a famous Lebanese singer whose songs regularly play on the morning radio
Who is Fairouz?
Mecca and Medina, the most important cities for Muslims around the world, are located in this Arab country
What is Saudi Arabia?
The earthquake of January 2023 has mainly affected this region of the Arab world alongside Turkey
What is northern Syria?
Considered the most formal greeting in Arabic, and also used in other Muslim societies
What is السلام عليكم ?
Traditional dance in the Arab world, and different countries have their own rendition on it
What is dabke?
The country in the Arab world which is often seen as the “Hollywood” of the Arab world due to it being the origin of modern Arabic music and cinema
What is Egypt?
The number of countries which make up the Arab League (comprised of both North African and West Asian nations)
What is 22?
The 2022 Netflix film Farha discussed the impacts of this important catastrophe in 1948
What is the Nakba?
The North African dialect which combines elements of Arabic, Amazigh, French, and Spanish
What is Darija?
The traditional music & dance performance at weddings, especially in the Levant region
What is a Zaffe?
Official FIFA 2022 Fan Festival Anthem sung by Myriam Fares
What is Tukoh Taka?
The birthplace of Jesus (must include city and country)
What is Bethlehem, Palestine?
As of 2022, this Arab country has had the largest humanitarian crisis in the world
What is Yemen?
The type of language that Arabic is (as in, the Turkic languages of Northern Asia)
What is Semitic language?
The indigenous nomadic Arab group primarily from the Arab Gulf countries but extending out towards the Levant
Who are the Bedouins?
A famous TV series which originally aired in 2006 and ran for 12 seasons about the French occupation in a Syrian neighborhood
What is Bab Al-Hara?
The most populated country in the Arab world
What is Egypt?
Hussein Al-Jassmi’s Boshret Kheir was released for this country to encourage this act and in support of this certain political uprising (question has 3 answers and all 3 must be given to receive full credit)
What is Egypt? What is voting? What is the coup d’etat?
The names of the three main "short" vowels in Arabic that we put under or on top of Arabic letters
What are tha fat7a, kasra, and dhamna?
The traditional Amazigh dress
What is the jillaba?
One of the most popular TV channels in the Arab world which aired children’s cartoons and has its headquarters in the UAE and Syria
What is Spacetoon?
The country with the largest total area in the Arab world (919,352 sqmi)
What is Algeria?
The Sudanese government has armed this specific militia group to engage in a genocide against the indigenous ethnic minority of the people of Darfur, Sudan
What is the Janjaweed?
The system of roots of every word in Arabic
What is the tri-root system?
The sweet fried dumpling dessert with syrup in the UAE. (ONLY give the Emirati name)
What is Luqaima?