The Dubai Sevens has also helped stir up some interest in the sport in Arabic-speaking nations.

In Egypt, intellectuals recall how their country once exported skilled labor to other Arabic-speaking nations that now import a more educated work force, even for menial jobs, from Southeast Asia.

The shared language of Arabic-speaking nations ensured that the accomplishments of the movement could be quickly picked up by intellectuals in Arab countries.

Pan Arab Games, held first in 1953, for Arabic-speaking nations.

Dirham is a unit of currency in several Arabic-speaking nations, including:

In 1964, the Arab League, which is made up of representatives of 22 Arabic-speaking nations, set up the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).

She estimated that as many as 350,000 Arab-Americans live in the city, covering ethnic backgrounds and religions from 22 Arabic-speaking nations.

The denarius also survives in the common Arabic name for a currency unit, the dinar used from pre-Islamic times, and still used in several modern Arabic-speaking nations.

It opposed the Arab nationalist view of unity among all Arabic-speaking nations.

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