BY:SHANARDICA STEWART

JUSTIN MITCHELL

NIBRIA HERRINGTON

MIRTHA CALLEJASEthic Groups of ira

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Ethnic Groups

• Arabs • Kurds • Shiites

Languageo Arabic is the official and the

original language of the Arabs.o It is a Afro-Asiatic language and is

used in countries located both in South west Asia and North Africa.

o It is the official language of 22 countries: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Chad, Eretria, and Comoros

o Their language is the key to knowing and learning about its culture.

o Arabic is one of the most critical languages that is favored by many government agencies, military, and companies conducting business in the Arab World.

Religiono Shia Islam is the most religion

in the Arab population in southern Iraq.

o Christians make up 5.5% of the population of the Arabs population

o Arab Muslims really Sunni or Shia.

Shared historyo