Sentence examples for Arab from inspiring English sources
The word "Arab" is correct and usable in written English
You can use the word to refer to someone or something from the Arab world, or to refer to the Arabic language, culture and traditions. Example sentence: "My friend is an Arab and often talks about her Arabic heritage."
noun
A Semitic person, whose antecedents were from Arabia
The French president, François Hollande asked western and Arab countries to engage "clearly, loyally and strongly on the side of the Iraqi authorities".
I don't think we'll be seeing Arab countries getting involved in Syria with their own military, but rather a spearhead being held by Syrian soldiers with greater logistical support from abroad, and possibly enforcement of a no-fly zone.
It has said the rebels, who are backed by both western and Arab countries, are also guilty of committing war crimes.
Extremists do, as Cameron said, "thrive when they have ungoverned spaces in which they can exist, build and plan" and the aftermath of the Arab spring has not just opened up new terrain but also exacerbated existing problems of lawlessness and criminality.
She was also seeking to fend off an arms race in the Middle East, where America's Arab allies are nervous about the rise of a nuclear Iran, and considering their own nuclear options.
However, Abdullah will be remembered as someone who survived the wave of change, propped up by "black gold", in his own kingdom by distributing largesse and repression and helped to reverse the prospect of democracy in the Arab world.
Far from bolstering stability, Saudi policy actively works against western attempts to end the standoff with non-Arab Iran – still the natural regional partner for London and Washington that it was before the 1979 revolution.
In a North African souk recently people kept shouting 'Ali Baba Ali Babaat' at me, which is a little surprising given I was probably the only non-Arab there".
The writers, who also included Peter Carey and Michael Ondaatje, argued in their letter that the choice of winner was "not simply conveying support for freedom of expression, but also valorising … material that intensifies the anti-Islamic, anti-Maghreb, anti-Arab sentiments already prevalent in the western world".
At the same time, as the focus of the Arab Spring shifts to north Africa, it is also shifting nearer to France, which has the largest Muslim population in Europe.
So far, each of Ireland, Scotland, the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan have acquitted themselves wonderfully, with Ireland beating West Indies, and the two best contested and closest matches coming between Ireland and UAE and Scotland and Afghanistan.
