Editing Arabs (section)

=== Arab diaspora ===
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[[Arab diaspora]] refers to descendants of the [[Arab people|Arab]] [[Emigration|immigrants]] who, voluntarily or as refugees, emigrated from their native lands in non-Arab countries, primarily in [[East Africa]], [[South America]], [[Europe]], [[North America]], Australia and parts of [[South Asia]], [[Southeast Asia]], the [[Caribbean]], and [[West Africa]]. According to the [[International Organization for Migration]], there are 13 million first-generation Arab migrants in the world, of which 5.8 million reside in Arab countries. Arab expatriates contribute to the circulation of financial and human capital in the region and thus significantly promote regional development. In 2009, Arab countries received a total of US$35.1 billion in [[remittance]] in-flows and remittances sent to [[Jordan]], [[Egypt]] and [[Lebanon]] from other Arab countries are 40 to 190 per cent higher than trade revenues between these and other Arab countries.<ref>[http://www.egypt.iom.int/Doc/IOM%20Intra%20regional%20labour%20mobility%20in%20Arab%20region%20Facts%20and%20Figures%20(English).pdf Intra-Regional Labour Mobility in the Arab World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507114953/http://www.egypt.iom.int/Doc/IOM%20Intra%20regional%20labour%20mobility%20in%20Arab%20region%20Facts%20and%20Figures%20(English).pdf|date=7 May 2016}}, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Cairo</ref> The 250,000 strong Lebanese community in [[West Africa]] is the largest non-African group in the region.<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 May 2011|title=Lebanese in west Africa: Far from home|newspaper=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/baobab/2011/05/lebanese_west_africa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=10 January 2010|title=Tenacity and risk – the Lebanese in West Africa|publisher=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8479134.stm}}</ref> Arab traders have long operated in [[Southeast Asia]] and along the [[East Africa]]'s [[Swahili coast]]. [[Zanzibar]] was once ruled by [[Omanis|Omani]] Arabs.<ref>{{Cite news|date=18 July 2012|title=Zanzibar profile|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14115176}}</ref> Most of the prominent [[Arab Indonesians|Indonesians]], [[Arab Malaysians|Malaysians]], and [[Arab Singaporeans|Singaporeans]] of Arab descent are [[Hadhrami people]] with origins in southern Arabia in the [[Hadramawt]] coastal region.<ref>"[http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/648273/ The world's successful diasporas]". Managementtoday.co.uk. 3 April 2007.</ref>

==== Europe ====
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There are millions of [[Arabs in Europe|Arabs living in Europe]], mostly concentrated in [[France]] (about 6,000,000 in 2005<ref name="variety.com">{{Cite magazine|date=29 January 2008|title=French-Arabs battle stereotypes – Entertainment News, French Cinema, Media|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/global/french-arabs-battle-stereotypes-1117979837/|url-status=live|magazine=Variety|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221202920/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117979837.html?categoryid=2879&cs=1|archive-date=21 February 2010|access-date=22 August 2010}}</ref>). Most [[Arabs in France]] are from the [[Maghreb]] but some also come from the [[Mashreq]] areas of the Arab world. Arabs in France form the second largest [[ethnic group]] after [[French people]].<ref name="economist.com2">[http://www.economist.com/node/13377324 France's ethnic minorities: To count or not to count]. ''The Economist'' (26 March 2009). Retrieved on 12 July 2013.</ref> In [[Italy]], Arabs first arrived on the southern island of [[Sicily]] in the 9th century. The largest modern societies on the island from the Arab world are Tunisians and Moroccans, who make up 10.9% and 8% respectively of the foreign population of Sicily, which in itself constitutes 3.9% of the island's total population.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cittadini stranieri 2020 – Sicilia|url=https://www.tuttitalia.it/sicilia/statistiche/cittadini-stranieri-2020/|access-date=9 September 2021|website=Tuttitalia.it|language=Italian}}</ref> The modern [[Arabs in Spain|Arab population of Spain]] numbers 1,800,000,<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 December 2013|title=¿Cuántos musulmanes hay en España?|url=http://islamhoy.com/actualidad/analisis/estudio-demografico-orientativo-sobre-la-poblacion-musulmana-en-espana/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609101638/http://islamhoy.com/actualidad/analisis/estudio-demografico-orientativo-sobre-la-poblacion-musulmana-en-espana/|archive-date=9 June 2013|access-date=18 December 2017|website=Islamhoy.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Medina|first=Miguel Ángel|title=Los musulmanes son el 3,6% de la población en España (1,7 millones)|url=http://blogs.elpais.com/miradas-arabes/2014/02/poblacion-cuantos-musulmanes-espana-3-por-ciento-2014.html|access-date=18 December 2017|website=Blogs.elpais.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=30 March 2015|title=Los musulmanes en España superan los 1,8 millones|url=http://www.europapress.es/sociedad/noticia-musulmanes-espana-superan-18-millones-20150330182141.html|access-date=18 December 2017|website=Europapress.es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=9 October 2012|title=La cifra de musulmanes en España alcanza los 1,6 millones, de los que casi un tercio viven en Cataluña|url=http://www.alertadigital.com/2012/10/09/la-cifra-de-musulmanes-en-espana-casi-alcanza-los-16-millones-de-los-que-casi-un-tercio-viven-en-cataluna/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040941/http://www.alertadigital.com/2012/10/09/la-cifra-de-musulmanes-en-espana-casi-alcanza-los-16-millones-de-los-que-casi-un-tercio-viven-en-cataluna/|archive-date=1 December 2017|access-date=18 December 2017|website=Alertadigital.com}}</ref> and there have been Arabs in [[Spain]] since the early 8th century when the [[Umayyad conquest of Hispania|Muslim conquest of Hispania]] created the state of Al-Andalus.<ref>{{Cite web|title=spanish property|url=http://www.villa.spain-property-costa-blanca.com/archives/2003/12/03/the-history-of-arabs-in-spain/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129191002/http://www.villa.spain-property-costa-blanca.com/archives/2003/12/03/the-history-of-arabs-in-spain|archive-date=29 November 2017|access-date=18 December 2017|website=Villa.spain-property-costa-blanca.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Arab Influences on Spanish Language and Culture|url=http://www.donquijote.org/culture/spain/society/customs/arab-influence-on-spanish-language-and-culture|website=donQuijote}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC – Religions – Islam: Muslim Spain (711–1492)|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/spain_1.shtml|publisher=BBC}}</ref> In [[Germany]] the Arab population numbers over 1,401,950.<ref name="statista2">{{cite web|title=Anzahl der Ausländer in Deutschland nach Herkunftsland in den Jahren 2015 und 2016|url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1221/umfrage/anzahl-der-auslaender-in-deutschland-nach-herkunftsland/|work=statista|language=de}}</ref><ref name="cz-herborn.de2">{{Cite web|title=Arabische Christen in Deutschland|url=http://www.cz-herborn.de/arabische/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235841/http://www.cz-herborn.de/arabische/|archive-date=30 December 2013|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> in the United Kingdom between 366,769<ref name="Naba11a2">{{Cite web|title=REPORT ON THE 2011 CENSUS – MAY 2013 – Arabs and Arab League Population in the UK|url=http://www.naba.org.uk/library/reports/appendix_6.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008073407/http://www.naba.org.uk/library/reports/appendix_6.html|archive-date=8 October 2014|access-date=9 April 2015|publisher=National Association of British Arabs}}</ref> and 500,000,<ref>{{Cite web|title=British Arabs|url=http://www.naba.org.uk/Content/articles/Diaspora/british_arabs.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103180941/http://www.naba.org.uk/Content/articles/Diaspora/british_arabs.htm|archive-date=3 January 2015|access-date=18 December 2017|website=Naba.org.uk}}</ref> and in [[Greece]] between 250,000 and 750,000<ref name="Gre12">{{Cite web|date=19 May 2016|title=Refugees, migrants reach 54,574 in Greece on Wednesday|url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/208747/article/ekathimerini/news/refugees-migrants-reach-54574-in-greece-on-wednesday|access-date=19 May 2016|website=[[Kathimerini]]}}</ref>). In addition, Greece is home to people from Arab countries who have the status of refugees (e.g. [[refugees of the Syrian civil war]]).<ref name="Kniffka19952">{{Cite book|last=Hannes Kniffka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j2wbAQAAIAAJ|title=Elements of culture-contrastive linguistics|date=June 1995|publisher=P. Lang|isbn=978-0820429274|page=244}}</ref> In the [[Netherlands]] 180,000,<ref name="auto2" /> and in [[Denmark]] 121,000. Other countries are also home to Arab populations, including [[Norway]], [[Austria]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Switzerland]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Romania]] and [[Serbia]].<ref name="Arab migration facts and figures2">{{Citation|title=Intra-Regional Labour Mobility in the Arab World, Facts and Figures|url=http://www.egypt.iom.int/Doc/IOM%20Intra%20regional%20labour%20mobility%20in%20Arab%20region%20Facts%20and%20Figures%20(English).pdf|year=2010|access-date=21 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507114953/http://www.egypt.iom.int/Doc/IOM%20Intra%20regional%20labour%20mobility%20in%20Arab%20region%20Facts%20and%20Figures%20(English).pdf|url-status=dead|publisher=International Organization for Migration|archive-date=7 May 2016}}</ref> As of late 2015, [[Turkey]] had a total population of 78.7 million, with [[Refugees of the Syrian Civil War|Syrian refugees]] accounting for 3.1% of that figure based on conservative estimates. Demographics indicated that the country previously had 1,500,000<ref name="ChapinMetz2">{{Cite web|title=Turkey – Arabs|url=http://countrystudies.us/turkey/29.htm|website=countrystudies.us}}</ref> to 2,000,000 Arab residents,<ref name="www.aljazeera.com2">{{Cite web|title=Turkey's demographic challenge|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/turkey-demographic-challenge-arabs-syria-refugees-isis-160218063810080.html|publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref> [[Arabs in Turkey|Turkey's Arab population]] is now 4.5 to 5.1% of the total population, or approximately 4–5 million people.<ref name="www.aljazeera.com2" /><ref name="www.washingtoninstitute.org2">{{Cite web|title=The Impact of Syrian Refugees on Turkey|url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-impact-of-syrian-refugees-on-turkey|website=washingtoninstitute.org}}</ref>

==== Americas ====
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[[Arab immigration to the United States]] began in significant numbers during the 1880s, and today, an estimated 2 million Americans trace their roots to an Arab background according the Census Bureau.<ref name="American Community Survey"/><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kayyali|first=Randa|title=The Arab Americans|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=2006|page=26}}</ref> [[Arab Americans]] are found in every state, but more than two thirds of them live in just ten states, and one-third live in [[Los Angeles]], [[Detroit]], and [[New York City]] specifically.<ref name="aaiusa.org">{{Cite web|title=Demographics|url=http://www.aaiusa.org/demographics|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023235625/http://www.aaiusa.org/demographics|archive-date=23 October 2016|access-date=18 December 2017|publisher=Arab American Institute}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kayyali|first=Randa|title=The Arab Americans|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=2006|page=35}}</ref> Most Arab Americans were born in the US, and nearly 82% of US-based Arabs are citizens.<ref name="autogenerated42">{{Cite book|last=Orfalea|first=Gregory|url=https://archive.org/details/arabamericans00greg|title=The Arab Americans: A History|publisher=Olive Branch Press|year=2006|page=[https://archive.org/details/arabamericans00greg/page/189 189]|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="aai.3cdn.net2">{{Cite web|title=Arab American Population Highlights|url=http://aai.3cdn.net/9298c231f3a79e30c6_g7m6bx9hs.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723000336/http://aai.3cdn.net/9298c231f3a79e30c6_g7m6bx9hs.pdf|archive-date=23 July 2011|access-date=7 July 2011}} Arab American Population Highlights Arab American Institute Foundation</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=de la Cruz|first1=G. Patricia|last2=Angela Brittingham|date=December 2003|title=The Arab Population: 2000|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-23.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-23.pdf|archive-date=9 October 2022|access-date=17 October 2016|website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|access-date=18 March 2015|website=US Bureau of Statistics}}</ref>

Arab immigrants began to arrive in Canada in small numbers in 1882. Their [[immigration]] was relatively limited until 1945, after which time it increased progressively, particularly in the 1960s and thereafter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Arab Community in Canada|url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-621-x/89-621-x2007009-eng.htm|access-date=18 December 2017|website=Statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> According to the website "Who are [[Arab Canadians]]", [[Montreal]], the Canadian city with the largest Arab population, has approximately 267,000 Arab inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 March 2015|title=Home|url=http://www.rcinet.ca/arabs-canada/|website=Canadians of Arab Origin – Who are they?}}</ref>

[[Latin America]] has the largest Arab population outside of the [[Arab World]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 May 2015|title=Out of MENA: Nine cities the Arab Diaspora calls home|url=http://www.albawaba.com/slideshow/out-mena-nine-cities-arab-diaspora-calls-home-691942|website=Al Bawaba}}</ref> Latin America is home to anywhere from 17–25 to 30 million people of Arab descent, which is more than any other diaspora region in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Arab roots grow deep in Brazil's rich melting pot|work=The Washington Times|url=http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/jul/11/20050711-092503-1255r/?page=all|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Origem e destino dos imigrantes do Levante|url=http://brasil500anos.ibge.gov.br/territorio-brasileiro-e-povoamento/arabes/origem-e-destino-dos-imigrantes|access-date=11 April 2016|publisher=ibge}}</ref> The [[Federal government of Brazil|Brazilian]] and Lebanese governments claim there are 7 million [[Lebanese Brazilians|Brazilians of Lebanese descent]].<ref name="itamaraty12">{{Cite web|title=Lebanese Republic|url=http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7223:lebanese-republic&catid=155&lang=en&Itemid=478|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923004630/http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7223:lebanese-republic&catid=155&lang=en&Itemid=478|archive-date=23 September 2015|access-date=18 December 2017|website=Itamaraty.gov.br}}</ref><ref name="libano12">{{Cite web|date=1996|title=Lebanon: Geography|url=http://www.libano.org.br/olibano_geografia.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529005221/http://www.libano.org.br/olibano_geografia.htm|archive-date=29 May 2008|website=Embassy of Lebanon in Brazil|language=pt}}</ref> Also, the Brazilian government claims there are 4 million [[Syrian Brazilians|Brazilians of Syrian descent]].<ref name="itamaraty12" /><ref name="IBGE2008"/><ref name="saudiaramcoworld12">{{Cite magazine|title=The Arabs of Brazil|url=http://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/200505/the.arabs.of.brazil.htm|magazine=Saudi Aramco World|access-date=17 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="dsbra2">{{Cite news|date=23 April 2010|title=Sleiman meets Brazilian counterpart, Lebanese community|work=The Daily Star|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Lebanon-News/2010/Apr-23/57092-sleiman-meets-brazilian-counterpart-lebanese-community.ashx#axzz0rLGUHTtA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1996|title=O Líbano: Geografia|trans-title=Lebanon: Geography|url=http://www.libano.org.br/olibano_geografia.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112211835/http://www.libano.org.br/olibano_geografia.htm|archive-date=12 November 2010|publisher=Lebanese Embassy in Brazil|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Estadão de Hoje|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/estadaodehoje/20091222/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101021406/http://www.estadao.com.br/estadaodehoje/20091222/index.htm|archive-date=1 January 2013|access-date=17 September 2011|publisher=Estadao.com.br}}</ref> Other large Arab communities includes [[Argentina]] (about 3,500,000<ref name="Fearab.org.ar" /><ref name="oni.escuelas.edu.ar2">{{Cite web|title=Sirios, turcos y libaneses|trans-title=Syrians, Turks and Lebanese|url=http://www.oni.escuelas.edu.ar/olimpi98/BajarondelosBarcos/Colectividades/Turcos,%20sirios%20y%20libaneses/inmigraci%C3%B3n.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211122017/http://www.oni.escuelas.edu.ar/olimpi98/bajarondelosbarcos/Colectividades/Turcos%2C%20sirios%20y%20libaneses/inmigraci%C3%B3n.htm|archive-date=11 December 2008|publisher=oni.escuelas.edu.ar|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 2009|title=Mapping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population|url=http://www.pewforum.org/files/2009/10/Muslimpopulation.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619214725/http://www.pewforum.org/files/2009/10/Muslimpopulation.pdf|archive-date=19 June 2018|access-date=4 November 2016|publisher=Pew Research Center|page=24}}</ref>)

The interethnic marriage in the Arab community, regardless of religious affiliation, is very high; most community members have only one parent who has Arab ethnicity.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barros |first=Carolina |date=23 August 2012 |title=Argentina's Syrians |url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/109558/argentina's-syrians |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130112314/http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/109558/argentina's-syrians |archive-date=30 November 2015 |access-date=4 November 2016 |work=Buenos Aires Herald}}</ref> [[Colombia]] (over 3,200,000<ref>{{Cite web|title=Colombia y Medio Oriente|url=https://www.larepublica.co/analisis/simon-gaviria-munoz-401830/colombia-y-medio-oriente-3350223|access-date=12 July 2022|website=Diario La República|date=26 April 2022|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=6 July 2011|title=Brazil-Arab News Agency – Colombia awakens to the Arab world|url=http://www2.anba.com.br/noticia_diplomacia.kmf?cod=8701931|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706150728/http://www2.anba.com.br/noticia_diplomacia.kmf?cod=8701931|archive-date=6 July 2011|access-date=19 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=7 March 2019|title=Los palestinos que encontraron un segundo hogar en el centro de Bogotá|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/mas-regiones/los-palestinos-que-encontraron-un-segundo-hogar-en-el-centro-de-bogota-334782|access-date=19 June 2022|website=El Tiempo|language=spanish}}</ref>), [[Venezuela]] (over 1,600,000),<ref name="thedailybeast.com" /><ref>[http://www.aljadid.com/content/arabs-making-their-mark-latin-america-generations-immigrants-colombia-venezuela-and-mexico Habeeb Salloum, "Arabs Making Their Mark in Latin America: Generations of Immigrants in Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico"], ''Al Jadid'', Vol. 6, no. 30 (Winter 2000).</ref> [[Mexico]] (over 1,100,000),<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sierra|first=Mauricio|date=16 June 2021|title=Arab Ancestry in Latin America|url=https://berkeleyhighjacket.com/column/arab-ancestry-in-latin-america/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805180425/https://berkeleyhighjacket.com/column/arab-ancestry-in-latin-america/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 August 2021|access-date=15 February 2022|website=Berkeley High Jacket|quote=Arab Mexicans are an important group within Mexican society. There are around 1,100,000 Mexican citizens of Arab descent}}</ref> [[Chile]] (over 800,000),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zalaquett pone a Chile como modelo de convivencia palestino-judía|url=http://www.lanacion.cl/zalaquett-pone-a-chile-como-modelo-de-convivencia-palestino-judia/noticias/2009-10-16/160813.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308011730/http://www.lanacion.cl/zalaquett-pone-a-chile-como-modelo-de-convivencia-palestino-judia/noticias/2009-10-16/160813.html|archive-date=8 March 2016|website=La Nación}}</ref><ref>''Arab and Jewish immigrants in Latin America'': images and realities, by Ignacio Klich, Jeff Lesser, 1998, p. 165.</ref><ref name="select.nytimes.com2">{{Cite news|last=Nemy|first=Enid|date=14 September 1969|title=In Santiago Society, No One Cares If Your Name Is Carey or de Yrarrazaval|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/09/14/archives/in-santiago-society-no-one-cares-if-your-name-is-carey-or-de.html}}</ref> and [[Central America]], particularly [[El Salvador]], and [[Honduras]] (between 150,000 and 200,000).<ref name="The Arabs of Honduras2">{{Cite web|date=27 June 1936|title=The Arabs of Honduras|url=http://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/200104/the.arabs.of.honduras.htm|access-date=17 September 2011|publisher=Saudiaramcoworld.com}}</ref><ref name="Adnkronos.com" /><ref name="Laventana.casa.cult.cu" /> [[Arab Haitians]] (257,000<ref>{{Cite web|title=A brief history of Haiti as a destination for groups seeking refuge|url=https://haitiantimes.com/2022/05/19/a-brief-history-of-haiti-as-a-destination-for-groups-seeking-refuge/|website=Haitian Times|date=19 May 2022 |last1=Augustin |first1=Noah }}</ref>) a large number of whom live in the [[Port-au-Prince|capital]] are more often than not, concentrated in financial areas where the majority of them establish businesses.<ref name="al-shorfa.com2">{{Cite web|title=From Lebanon to Haiti: A Story Going Back to the 19th Century|url=http://al-shorfa.com/en_GB/articles/meii/features/main/2010/01/26/feature-02?format=mobile&mobile=true|access-date=30 January 2014}}</ref>

==== Caucasus ====
{{main|Arabs in the Caucasus}}
[[File:Caucasus 1060 map en.svg|thumb|Georgia and the Caucasus in 1060, during the final decline of the emirate]]
In 1728, a Russian officer described a group of Arab nomads who populated the [[Caspian Sea|Caspian]] shores of [[Mughan plain|Mughan]] (in present-day [[Azerbaijan]]).<ref name="Genko2">Genko, A. ''The Arabic Language and Caucasian Studies''. USSR Academy of Sciences Publ. Moscow-Leningrad. 8–109</ref> It is believed that these groups migrated to the [[South Caucasus]] in the 16th century.<ref name="zelkina2">Zelkina, Anna. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ih6b9iupT6oC&pg=PA101 Arabic as a Minority Language]. Walter de Gruyter, 2000; {{ISBN|3110165783}} p. 101</ref> The 1888 edition of [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] also mentioned a certain number of Arabs populating the [[Baku Governorate]] of the [[Russian Empire]].<ref name="Baynesp5142">Baynes, Thomas Spencer (ed). "Transcaucasia." Encyclopædia Britannica. 1888. p. 514</ref> They retained an [[Shirvani Arabic|Arabic dialect]] at least into the mid-19th century,<ref name="Bakik2">[http://www.vostlit.info/Texts/rus2/Bakihanov/framevved.htm Golestan-i Iram] by [[Abbasgulu Bakikhanov]]. Translated by [[Ziya Bunyadov]]. Baku: 1991, p. 21</ref> there are nearly 30 settlements still holding the name ''Arab'' (for example, [[Ərəbqədim|Arabgadim]], [[Ərəbocağı|Arabojaghy]], [[Ərəbyengicə|Arab-Yengija]], etc.). From the time of the Arab conquest of the [[South Caucasus]], continuous small-scale Arab migration from various parts of the Arab world occurred in [[Dagestan]]. The majority of these lived in the village of Darvag, to the north-west of [[Derbent]]. The latest of these accounts dates to the 1930s.<ref name="zelkina2" /> Most Arab communities in southern Dagestan underwent linguistic [[Turkification|Turkicisation]], thus nowadays Darvag is a majority-[[Azerbaijanis|Azeri]] village.<ref name="Sefer2">Seferbekov, Ruslan. [http://www.tabasaran.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=171 Characters Персонажи традиционных религиозных представлений азербайджанцев Табасарана.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216032153/http://www.tabasaran.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=171|date=16 December 2008}}</ref><ref name="Wrum2">Stephen Adolphe Wurm et al. [https://books.google.com/books?id=glU0vte5gSkC&pg=PA966 Atlas of languages of intercultural communication]. Walter de Gruyter, 1996; p. 966</ref>

==== Central, South, East and Southeast Asia ====
{{main||Arabs in India|Arab Indonesians|Iranian Arabs|Arabs in Khorasan|Ahwazi Arabs|Arabs in Japan|Arab Malaysians||Arabs in the Philippines|Arab Singaporeans|Sri Lankan Moors}}

According to the ''History of Ibn Khaldun'', the Arabs that were once in [[Central Asia]] have been either killed or have fled the Tatar invasion of the region.<ref name="Khaldun2">History of Ibn Khaldun</ref> However, today many people in Central Asia identify as Arabs. Most [[Central Asian Arabic|Arabs of Central Asia]] are fully integrated into local populations, and sometimes call themselves the same as locals (for example, [[Tājik people|Tajiks]], [[Uzbeks]]) but they use special titles to show their Arab origin such as [[Sayyid]], [[Khoja (Turkestan)|Khoja]] or [[Siddiqui]].<ref name="Owensp1842">Arabic As a Minority Language By Jonathan Owens, pg. 184</ref>

[[File:Ketchimalai_Mosque-_Beruwala,_Sri_Lanka.jpg|thumb|The mosque is built at the spot where the first Arab traders landed and subsequently settled in the area.<ref>{{cite news|author=Jayawardena, Dulip|date=13 March 2018|title=Communal violence and political instability in Sri Lanka|newspaper=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|The Daily Mirror]]|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Communal-violence-and-political-instability-in-Sri-Lanka--147158.html|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>]]
There are only two communities in India which claim Arab descent, the [[Chaush]] of the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] region and the [[Arab (Gujarat)|Chavuse]] of [[Gujarat]].<ref>People of India: Vol. XIII: Andhra Pradesh (3 Parts-Set)Edited by D.L. Prasada Rao, N.V.K. Rao and S. Yaseen Saheb, Affiliated East-West Press</ref><ref>People of India: Volume XXII: Gujarat (3 Parts-Set): Edited by R.B. Lal, P.B.S.V. Padmanabham, Gopal Krishan and Md. Azeez Mohidden, Popular Prakashan for ASI, 2003.</ref> These groups are largely descended from [[Hadhrami people|Hadhrami]] migrants who settled in these two regions in the 18th century. However, neither community still speaks Arabic, although the Chaush have seen re-immigration to [[Eastern Arabia]] and thus a re-adoption of Arabic.<ref>Muslim society in transition Javed, Arifa Kulsoom {{ISBN|8171690963}}</ref> In [[South Asia]], where Arab ancestry is considered prestigious, some communities have origin myths that claim Arab ancestry. Several communities following the [[Shafiʽi school|Shafi'i madhab]] (in contrast to other [[Islam in South Asia|South Asian Muslims]] who follow the [[Hanafi|Hanafi madhab]]) claim descent from Arab traders like the [[Konkani Muslims]] of the [[Konkan|Konkan region]], the [[Mappilla]] of [[Kerala]], and the [[Labbai]] and [[Marakkar]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] and a few Christian groups in India that claim and have Arab roots are situated in the state of [[Kerala]].<ref>Frontiers of embedded Muslim communities in India / editor, Vinod K. Jairath {{ISBN|978-0415668880}}</ref> South Asian [[Iraqi Biradari|Iraqi biradri]] may have records of their ancestors who migrated from Iraq in historical documents. The [[Sri Lankan Moors]] are the third largest ethnic group in [[Sri Lanka]], constituting 9.2% of the country's total population.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A2 : Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012|url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop42&gp=Activities&tpl=3|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428063924/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop42&gp=Activities&tpl=3|archive-date=28 April 2017|access-date=19 December 2016|website=Census of Population & Housing, 2011|publisher=Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka}}</ref> Some sources trace the ancestry of the Sri Lankan [[Moors]] to Arab traders who settled in Sri Lanka at some time between the 8th and 15th centuries.<ref name="TheSundayTimes2">{{Cite web|title=Race in Sri Lanka What Genetic evidence tells us|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/140126/plus/race-in-sri-lanka-what-genetic-evidence-tells-us-80911.html|access-date=20 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="Anthropos2">{{Cite journal|last=de Munck|first=Victor|year=2005|title=Islamic Orthodoxy and Sufism in Sri Lanka|journal=Anthropos|volume=100|issue=2|pages=401–414 [403]|doi=10.5771/0257-9774-2005-2-401|jstor=40466546}}</ref><ref name="Islamic Studies2">{{Cite journal|last=Mahroof|first=M.M.M.|year=1995|title=Spoken Tamil Dialects of the Muslims of Sri Lanka: Language As Identity-Classifier|journal=Islamic Studies|volume=34|issue=4|pages=407–426 [408]|jstor=20836916}}</ref> There are about 118,866 [[Arab-Indonesians]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shahab|first=Alwi|date=21 January 1996|title=Komunitas Arab Di Pekojan Dan Krukut: Dari Mayoritas Menjadi Minoritas|url=http://www.library.ohiou.edu/indopubs/1996/01/21/0012.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080809013353/http://www.library.ohiou.edu/indopubs/1996/01/21/0012.html|archive-date=9 August 2008|access-date=19 April 2015|language=id}}</ref> of [[Hadhrami people|Hadrami]] descent in the 2010 Indonesian census.<ref>{{cite book|author=Aris Ananta, Evi Nurvidya Arifin, M Sairi Hasbullah, Nur Budi Handayani, Agus Pramono|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=crKfCgAAQBAJ|title=Demography of Indonesia's Ethnicity (Table 4.38 The 145 Ethnic Groups: Indonesia, 2010)|publisher=[[Institute of Southeast Asian Studies]]|date=2015|isbn=978-9814519878|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>

==== Sub-Saharan Africa ====
{{Main|Afro-Arabs|Baggara Arabs|Ghanaian Arabs|Arabs in Ivory Coast|Lebanese people in Senegal|Lebanese people in Sierra Leone|Diffa Arabs}}
[[File:Baggara belt.png|thumb|upright=1.1|Map of the Baggara belt]]
[[Afro-Arabs]] are individuals and groups from [[Africa]] who are of partial Arab descent. Most Afro-Arabs inhabit the [[Swahili coast|Swahili Coast]] in the [[African Great Lakes]] region, although some can also be found in parts of the Arab world.<ref name="Romero2">{{Cite book|last=Romero|first=Patricia W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5hyAAAAMAAJ|title=Lamu|date=1997|publisher=Markus Wiener|isbn=978-1-55876-106-3|page=7|access-date=25 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Gunnar2">{{Cite book|first1=Gunnar M|last1=Sorbø|first2=Abdel Ghaffar Muhammad|last2=Ahmed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fe3QAQAAQBAJ|title=Sudan Divided: Continuing Conflict in a Contested State|date=2013|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1137338242|page=90|access-date=25 November 2014}}</ref> Large numbers of Arabs migrated to [[West Africa]], particularly [[Côte d'Ivoire]] (home to over 100,000 Lebanese),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ivory Coast – The Levantine Community|url=http://countrystudies.us/ivory-coast/72.htm|access-date=17 September 2011|publisher=Countrystudies.us}}</ref> [[Senegal]] (roughly 30,000 Lebanese),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081118213343/http://voanews.com/english/archive/2007-07/2007-07-10-voa46.cfm Lebanese Immigrants Boost West African Commerce], By Naomi Schwarz, voanews.com, 10 July 2007</ref> [[Sierra Leone]] (roughly 10,000 Lebanese today; about 30,000 prior to the outbreak of [[Sierra Leone Civil War|civil war]] in 1991), [[Liberia]], and [[Nigeria]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6908065.stm Lebanese man shot dead in Nigeria], BBC News</ref> Since the end of the civil war in 2002, [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] traders have become re-established in Sierra Leone.<ref>{{cite web|title=African Union Summit|url=http://ausummit-accra.org.gh/index1.php?linkid=289&adate=04%2F07%2F2007&archiveid=140&page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307113837/http://ausummit-accra.org.gh/index1.php?linkid=289&adate=04%2F07%2F2007&archiveid=140&page=1|archive-date=7 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Randall|first=Colin|date=19 November 2004|title=The night westerners were hunted for being white|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/1477006/The-night-westerners-were-hunted-for-being-white.html|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=26 June 2009|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/1477006/The-night-westerners-were-hunted-for-being-white.html|archive-date=10 January 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Ivory Coast: A Country Study|publisher=[[United States Government Printing Office|GPO]] for the [[Library of Congress]]|year=1988|editor-last=Handloff|editor-first=Robert E.|series=Country Studies|location=Washington, DC|chapter=The Levantine Community|chapter-url=http://countrystudies.us/ivory-coast/72.htm}}</ref> The Arabs of Chad occupy northern Cameroon and Nigeria (where they are sometimes known as Shuwa), and extend as a belt across Chad and into Sudan, where they are called the [[Baggara]] grouping of [[Arab]] ethnic groups inhabiting the portion of Africa's [[Sahel]]. There are 171,000 in [[Cameroon]], 150,000 in [[Niger]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 October 2006|title=Niger's Arabs to fight expulsion|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6081416.stm|access-date=18 December 2017|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>), and 107,000 in the [[Central African Republic]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Central African Republic|date=22 March 2023|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/central-african-republic/|work=The World Factbook|access-date=28 March 2023|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency}}</ref>