Afro-Arab

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Afro-Arab
السود العرب

Hassan Hakmoun · Raïs M'Bolhi · Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi · Radhi Jaïdi Yacine Brahimi · Abdeslam Ouaddou · Hatem Trabelsi · Majed Abdullah · Ahmed Dokhi
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Languages
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Religion
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Related ethnic groups
Black people  • Arab people

Afro-Arab (also African Arab)^{[when defined as?]} refers to people of mixed Black African and genealogical Arab ancestral heritage, and/or to linguistically and culturally Arabized Black Africans.^{[1][better source needed]} There are individuals and communities of Afro-Arabs in East Africa, West Africa, North Africa, the Near East and Western Europe.

"Afro-Arab" may also refer to the African Union's efforts to improve co-operation between African countries and those of the Arab world.^[2]

Culture

In the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, descendants of black Africans from Tanzania and Zanzibar perform Liwa and Fann At-Tanbura music and dance.^[3][4] The mizmar is also performed by Afro-Arabs in the Tihamah and Hejaz regions of Saudi Arabia.

In addition, Stambali of Tunisia and Gnawa music of Morocco are both ritual music/dances in part trace their origins to West African musical styles.

See also

	Africa portal
	Middle East portal

• Zanj
• Al-Akhdam
• Arab Slave Trade
• Gnawa
• Afro Iranian
• Afro Iraqis
• Afro-Jordanian
• Siddi
• Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi
• Antarah Ibn Shaddad

References

External links

• Afro Arab/Middle Eastern Style: Book: Jumping the broom in Style
• "Black African and Arab intermarriage in East Africa" - a cited ColorQ.org essay
• "Black Africans in (Arab) West Asia" - a cited ColorQ.org essay
• Prof. Helmi Sharawy, Arab Culture and African Culture: ambiguous relations, paper extracted from the book The Dialogue between the Arab culture and other cultures', Arab League, Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO), Tunis, 1999.
• Africans in the Arabian Gulf, Afropop Worldwide
• Resolution on Afro-arab Co-operation of The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, 23, February 23–28, 1987.
• African Union/league of Arab States Inter-secretariat Consultative Meeting On Afro-arab Cooperation, Addis Ababa: 10–12 May 2005.
• Maho M. Sebiane, « Le statut socio-économique de la pratique musicale aux Émirats arabes unis : la tradition du leiwah à Dubai », Chroniques yéménites, 14, 2007.[1].
• Men Around The Messenger, K.M. Khalid, Al-Azhar Administration, Al-Manar for Publishing Distribution Translation Est. (Pub. Date unavailable)

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