How does Worlds of Music define “the Arab World?” What three major religions are found in the Arab world? What countries are included on the Arab world? (see Worlds of Music, p. 497)
What will be an ideal response?
• "A vast collection of twenty-two countries, where Arabic is the official spoken and written language
• [and] . . . home to a surprising diversity of peoples that includes Jews, Christians, and Muslims."
• Worlds of Music, p. 509: "Beginning in northwest Africa, Arab world countries include Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Israel, . . . [and] the Palestinian territories of Israel. The Arabian Gulf, . . . another distinct area, includes Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Oman, and Yemen."
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