Unlike most western countries most Arab countries have this day off during the week.
What is Friday
100
What is the Eastern most arab country
What is Oman
100
What is the name of the event that ASA hosted last semester?
What is "Arabian Nights"
100
This classic decorative handwriting has its origins from the Middle East.
What is Calligraphy.
100
Where (country) and when (year) did the Arab spring start?
What is Tunisia in 2010.
200
Arabic is a "what" type of Language?
What is Semitic
200
What is the capital of Kuwait
What is "Kuwait City"
200
How many member states does the Arab League have?
What is 22.
200
This term is used to characterize Middle Eastern art. The term means from the East, and is often characteristic of the Middle East or East Asia. Many consider this term derogatory.
What is the Orient or Oriental
200
What two Arab countries briefly formed a union in the mid-20th century?
What is Egypt and Syria
300
In what country did belly dancing originate?
What is Egypt
300
This strait is one of the most important in the world, with almost 14 million barrels going through it a day. (Hint) It connects the Persian Gulf to Gulf of Oman, and is known as an "Oil Choke point"
What is "Strait of Hormuz"
300
How many letters are in the Arabic alphabet?
What is 28.
300
Nouhad Waddad was a famous lebanese singer during the 1960-1980s. She was known for her charisma, and beautiful voice and is often called the "Jewel of Lebanon" What is her other/more famous stage name.
What is "Fayrouz"
300
Who is considered the father of pan-Arabism?
What is Gamal AbdelNasser?
400
This is the oldest form of arabic literature
What is Poetry.
400
What Arab city is known as "the Paris of the Middle East"
What is Beirut
400
What is the color scheme of the traditional kaftan worn by Bedouin Palestinian women?
What is black and red?
400
This famous Arab instrument is Marcel Khalife's instrument of choice.
What is "Oud"
400
The hadith "The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of martyrs" inspired which Empire during the middle 8th century.
What is the Abbasid Empire.
500
In what country does an annual berber bride market occur- where potential grooms present their "worth" and the potential brides decide whether or not he is worth their time.
What is Morocco
500
What 6 countries border Libya?
What is Chad, Sudan, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Niger
500
Egyptian-Arabic often adopts and morphs words from other languages into their own. For example (piscine- pool or blover- pullover (sweater)). What does the term"jerikan" mean in Egyptian-arabic?
What is Jerry Can.
500
Although not Arab, this famous poet often used arabic verses in his poems. One of his most famous line is "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."
What is Rumi
500
What secret agreement between France and the UK divided the Ottoman empire into the nations we know today?