Editing Arab world (section)

===Standard territorial===
{{main|Arab League}}
Although no globally accepted definition of the Arab world exists,<ref name="Frishkopf"/> all countries that are [[Member states of the Arab League|members]] of the [[Arab League]] are generally acknowledged as being part of the Arab world.<ref name="Frishkopf"/><ref name="Hätinger">Benjamin Hätinger, ''The League of Arab States'', (GRIN Verlag: 2009), p.2.</ref>

The Arab League is a [[regional organisation]] that aims, among other things, to consider in a general way the affairs and interests of the Arab countries and sets out the following definition of an Arab:
{{blockquote|An Arab is a person whose language is Arabic, who lives in an Arab country, and who is in sympathy with the aspirations of the Arab people.<ref>Dwight Fletcher Reynolds, ''Arab folklore'': a handbook, (Greenwood Press: 2007), p.1.</ref>}}

This standard territorial definition is sometimes seen to be inappropriate<ref>Baumann: 8</ref> or problematic,<ref>Deng: 405</ref> and may be supplemented with certain additional elements (see [[#Ancillary linguistic|ancillary linguistic definition]] below).<ref name="Kronholm">Kronholm: 14</ref>

====Member states of the Arab League====
{{Main|Member states of the Arab League}}
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* {{Flag|Algeria}} ({{langx|ar| الجزائر}} ''{{transliteration|ar|al-Jazā’ir}}''): [[Standard Algerian Berber|Berber]] is the second official language (minority)  
* {{Flag|Bahrain}} ({{langx|ar|البحرين}} ''{{transliteration|ar|al-Baḥrayn}}'')
* {{Flag|Comoros}} ({{langx|ar|جزر القمر}} ''{{transliteration|ar|Juzur al-Qumur}}''): [[Comorian language|Comorian]] and [[French language|French]] are the other official languages
* {{Flag|Djibouti}} ({{langx|ar|جيبوتي}} ''{{transliteration|ar|Jībūtī}}''): [[French language|French]] is the other official language
* {{Flag|Egypt}} ({{langx|ar|مصر}} ''{{transliteration|ar|Miṣr}}'')
* {{Flag|Iraq}} ({{langx|ar|العراق}} ''{{transliteration|ar|al-‘irāq}}''): [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]] is the second official language (minority)
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* {{Flag|Jordan}} ({{langx|ar|الأردن}} ''{{transliteration|ar|al-ʾurdun}}'')
* {{Flag|Kuwait}} ({{langx|ar|الكويت}} ''{{transliteration|ar|al-Kuwayt}}'')
* {{Flag|Lebanon}} ({{langx|ar|لبنان}} ''{{transliteration|ar|Lubnān}}'')
* {{Flag|Libya}} ({{langx|ar|ليبيا}} ''{{transliteration|ar|Lībyā}}'')
* {{Flag|Mauritania}} ({{langx|ar|موريتانيا}} ''{{transliteration|ar|Mūrītānyā}}'')
* {{Flag|Morocco}} ({{langx|ar|المغرب}} ''{{transliteration|ar|al-Maghrib}}''): [[Standard Moroccan Amazigh|Berber]] is the second official language (minority) 
* {{Flag|Oman}} ({{langx|ar|عمان}} ''{{transliteration|ar|‘umān}}'')
* {{Flag|Palestine}} ({{langx|ar|فلسطين}} ''{{transliteration|ar|Filasṭīn}}'')
* {{Flag|Qatar}} ({{langx|ar|قطر}} ''{{transliteration|ar|Qaṭar}}'')
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* {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} ({{langx|ar|السعودية}} ''{{transliteration|ar|as-Su‘ūdiyyah}}'')
* {{Flag|Somalia}} ({{langx|ar|الصومال}} ''{{transliteration|ar|aṣ-Ṣūmāl}}''): [[Somali language|Somali]] is the first official language
* {{Flag|Sudan}} ({{langx|ar|السودان}} ''{{transliteration|ar|as-Sūdān}}''): [[English language|English]] is the second official language
* {{flag|Syria|revolution}} ({{langx|ar|سوريا}} ''{{transliteration|ar|Sūriyā}}'')
* {{Flag|Tunisia}} ({{langx|ar|تونس}} ''{{transliteration|ar|Tūnis}}'')
* {{Flag|United Arab Emirates}} ({{langx|ar|الإمارات}} ''{{transliteration|ar|al-ʾimārāt}}'')
* {{Flag|Yemen}}  ({{langx|ar|اليمن}} ''{{transliteration|ar|al-Yaman}}'')
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