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Ethnic Groups of the Middle East
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Ethnicity vs. Religious Group• What is the difference between an
ethnic group and a religious group?• An ethnic group (or ethnicity) is a
group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, consisting of a common language, a common culture and a tradition of common ancestry (what you are born into).
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Religious Group• Shares a belief system in a god or
gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature (you have a choice)
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Arabs• Largest ethnic group in Southwest
Asia• Most Arabs practice Islam• Speak Arabic• Have a long history and rich
traditions
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Jewish• Anyone born to a Jewish mother or
gone through the formal conversion process
• Practice some form of Judaism• National language is Hebrew• Israel is home for most of the Jewish
population in the Middle East.
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Berber• Minority group living mostly in North
Africa• First group to settle that region• Have their own languages.• Berbers that do not farm are
nomadic.• Majority are Muslim.
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Bedouin• Speak Arabic• Most now live in cities in Saudi
Arabia, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq.• Ruled by tribal leaders called
sheikhs• Most practice Islam.• Well known for their dress & music
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Kurds• Live in mountainous areas of Turkey,
Syria, Iraq, and Iran• Most Kurds are Muslims.• Speak Kurdish language, a branch of
the Iranian language• Kurdish women enjoy greater
freedoms; they do not cover their faces and they do not wear the full-cover garments
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Persians• Ethnic group that lived in Iran before
arrival of Islam; today make up about half of Iran’s population
• Speak Persian or Farsi• Most practice Shi’i Islam• Persian women have faced many
challenges as a result of strict religious practices.
• Persian rugs are among the finest in the world.
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Turks• Live in Turkey• Practice some form of Islam; rarely
strict about some Islamic practices• An ethnic group based on language,
Turkish• Well known for their architecture• Ancestors were part of the Ottoman
Empire
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Literacy & Development• Education is free in many countries in the
Middle East.• Students required to attend school
through high school.• Literacy rates are 77% in Syria; 79% in
Israel; and 79% in Saudi Arabia• More men tend to be able to read & write• Women’s education not valued as much
as men’s• Literacy rates indicate a country’s
development• Increase in literacy rate leads to a better
economy