Editing Arabs (section)

==== 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>