Geography
This city in Syria is thought to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.
What is Damascus?
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian singer-songwriter, dancer, and record producer. Referred to as the "Queen of Latin Music", this pop star also has strong cultural ties to this country, where her father emigrated from.
What is Lebanon?
This Lebanese singer, Arab Idol judge, and television personality was dubbed by Spotify as the "Queen of Arab Pop".
Who is Nancy Ajram?
This dialect blends Arabic with Berber, French, and Spanish.
What is Darija?
In 1916, this British officer collaborated with Arab officials in a revolt against the Ottoman Empire.
Who is T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)?
The historical region of Mesopotamia was centered between these two major rivers.
Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman, entrepreneur, inventor, and investor. A pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, Jobs co-founded Apple Inc. His biological father, Abdulfattah "John" Jandali was from this Arab country.
What is Syria?
Nouhad Wadie Haddad, known professionally by this name, is a Lebanese singer. She is widely considered an iconic vocalist and one of the most celebrated singers in the Arab world, as well as a symbol of modern Lebanon.
Who is Fairouz?
This is the number of members that currently make up the Arab league.
What is 22?
Developed in 19th century Jaffa, this fruit became a celebrated global export from Palestine.
What is the Jaffa orange?
This Middle Eastern country shares land borders with the highest number of other nations (sharing borders with eight countries)
What is Turkey?
Christian Louboutin is a French fashion designer known for his stiletto heels with shiny, red-lacquered soles. At the age of 50, Louboutin found out that his biological father was from this Arab country.
What is Egypt?
Who is Amr Diab?
Name all 8 Arab nations that participated in the 2026 World Cup.
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan
Founded in 762 by caliph Al mansur, this capital of the Abbasid caliphate became the intellectual center during the Islamic golden age.
What is Baghdad?
This is the only island country that is geographically in the Middle East
What is Bahrain?
Johnathan Paul Manziel is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League for two seasons with the Cleveland Browns. Johnny Manziel is of Italian descent on his maternal side and from this Arab country on his paternal side.
What is Lebanon?
"Batwanes Beek" sung by this famous Algerian singer was featured in a remix for the hit Marvel television show, "Moon Knight".
Who is Warda?
In 2021, this country’s hope probe entered orbit, making it the first Arab nation to reach mars.
What is the United Arab Emirates?
The 1916 secret agreement between Britain and France that partitioned the Ottoman Empire bears these two diplomat’s names.
What is the Sykes-Picot agreement?
This Middle Eastern capital city lies on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and is historically known as the "Paris of the Middle East"
What is Beirut?
Paul Albert Anka is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and actor, known for his song, "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" that reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains one of his most enduring and recognizable romantic signature tracks. He opened doors for Arab American singers due to his heritage from these two countries. (250pt each)
What are Syria and Lebanon?
Marwan Abdelhamid, known by this stage name, is a Palestinian singer-songwriter and rapper. A multilingual artist, he went viral for his 2022 song "Very Few Friends".
Who is Saint Levant?
Located off the coast of Yemen, the island of Socotra is famous for its alien-like biodiversity, including this tree, which secretes red sap.
What is the dragon tree or dragons blood tree?
The founding of this university north of Ramallah in 1975 marked Palestine’s first accredited Arab university.
What is Birzeit University?