MIDDLE EAST: THE ARAB WORLD AND ISRAEL 07/04/08

The Middle East is a conflict zone, this zone does not has clear boundaries, it contents territories that belong both to Africa and Asia, this is the center of the tree most important religions, Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Some of the contries that conform this continent are: Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, iraq, Siria, Kuwait, etc.

• Economy: is different according with the development that each country has, imean, it ranges from very poor nations such as Gaza and Yemen, to extremely rich nations such as UAE and Saudi Arabia.






• conflict: it has exists around one century, Independence of Arab countries, Everyone has something to say about.




• bussiness: for them is very special some days because they are very religious so is important to know this characteristics to make it easier: Lot of stereotypes and myths, Islam, Muslims pray 5 times a day, Friday ( they dont do anything this day, only pray), Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, Asalamu alaykum and wa alaykum salam, Handshakes, Names are very important, Gender (is taking into a count when the time of negociating arrives), introduced to a female, Profesional and business goes together, word means honor, Creating the relationships , Meetings are circular and Punctuality is expected everytime.

To make more clear all this points mentioned before, i will show the Arab world and Israel.

• Arab world: is a term use to identify the Arab speaking countries, stretching from the Atlantic ocean in the west, to the Arabian sea in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean in the northeast. it has 22 countries, some of them are: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and United Arab Emirates. It has a permanent headquarter located in Cairo.
  The majority of people in the Arab World adhere to Islam and the religion has official status in most countries. it has an economy oriented to oil.



• Israel: the capital is Jerusalem, the official lenguage is Hebrew, Arabic.
  Israel is the world’s only Jewish state. Is the 44th economy in the world.
  
  
  

Non-Arab peoples in the Arab World.........

Within the most common definition of the Arab World, there are substantial populations that are not Arab either by ancestral, ethnic or linguistic affiliation, and who often or generally do not consider themselves Arab as such.

Many if not most of these populations actually resided in the area before the arrival of Arabs from the Arabian Peninsula during the spread of Islam when the Arabization of local peoples might have first taken place. Certain populations have expressed resentment towards the term "Arab World," and believe that their national and political rights have been unjustly brushed aside by modern governments' focus on Pan-Arabism and promoting an Arab identity.

In some cases this has led to severe conflicts between the ethnic nationalism of these groups and the Arab nationalism promoted by governments lead by Arab identifying leaders, which sometimes amounted to denying the existence of or forcibly suppressing non-Arab minorities within their borders.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_world