Culture
What Arabs do when they greet each other.
What is kiss each other on the cheeks?
Holy month of fasting for Muslims.
Name the city and country the Great Pyramids are located in.
What is Giza (Desert), Egypt?
The term for the little pastries that are made of filo dough.
What is baklava?
The name of the tallest structure in the world.
What is the Burj Khalifa?
Traditional folk dance performed at special occasions.
What is dabke?
The name of the head scarf worn by Muslim women.
What is a hijab?
The three continents that all include parts of the Middle East.
What is Europe, Asia, and Africa?
The Middle Eastern dish that is a deep-fried fritter made of chickpeas, fava beans, or both.
What is falafel?
The Muslim empire, founded in 1299, that controlled much of the Middle East throughout history.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
A type of Middle Eastern dance that features women and involves a waist-scarf.
What is belly dancing?
City sacred to all three monotheistic religions.
What is Jerusalem?
The body of water landlocked between Jordan and Palestine. (Hint: there's nice resorts there)
What is the Dead Sea?
What Arab hosts offer to their guests when they come over.
What is Arabic coffee?
Name the term that is another word for "the eloquent Arabic."
What is Fusha Arabic?
What is a thobe?
The branch of Eastern Orthodox Christianity that is prevalent specifically in Egypt.
What is Coptic Christianity?
The country that makes up Asia minor.
What is Turkey?
Traditional Levantine dish that you eat with your hands that contains lamb, rice, and yogurt.
What is mansaf?
The world's first writing system, developed by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
The term for the Arab wedding entrance at the reception.
What is the zaffeh?
The oldest religion of the Middle East.
What is Zoroastrianism?
The only island country that is geographically in the Middle East.
What is Bahrain?
A famous Egyptian dish made of rice, macaroni, lentils, and tomato sauce.
What is koshari?
This term means "the land between the rivers".
What is Mesopotamia?