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The Arab world (Arabic: العالم العربي; pronounced: al-`alam al-`arabi) are the Arabic language-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 southeast. It consists of 24 countries and territories with a combined population of some 325 million people spanning at least 2 billion acres across two continents.
Arab World Media
2023 map of the geographical distribution of the various varieties of Arabic recognized by the ISO 639-3 standard, including Arabic-based creoles but excluding Ju
The Great Mosque of Kairouan (also called the Mosque of Uqba) was founded in 670 by the Arab general and conqueror Uqba ibn Nafi. The Great Mosque of Kairouan is located in the historic city of Kairouan in Tunisia.
Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, leader of the Egyptian Army in the Egyptian Ottoman War
Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser (center) receiving Algerian president Ahmed Ben Bella (right) and Iraqi president Abdel Salam Arif (left) for the Arab League summit in Alexandria, September 1964.
Egyptian vehicles crossing the Suez Canal on October 7, 1973, during the Yom Kippur War
The Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) killed more than 500,000 people before a UN-brokered ceasefire ended it
The toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue in Firdos Square in Baghdad shortly after the American invasion of Iraq in 2003
Saudi Arabian-led airstrikes in Yemen, June 2015
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