ARABS

"ARABS" is a plural of: arab.

Date "ARABS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Literature

Multilingual Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: ARABS

Latin (Arab).

Why don't you leave the poor Arabs alone? (The Little Drummer Girl; writing credit: John Le Carré; Loring Mandel)

Is that clear? You think you've merely stopped a business deal? That is not the case. The Arabs have taken billions of dollars out of this country, and now they must put it back! (Network; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky)

Surely, you know the Arabs are a barbarous people. (Lawrence of Arabia; writing credit: T.E. Lawrence; Robert Bolt)

So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous, and cruel, as you are. (Lawrence of Arabia; writing credit: T.E. Lawrence; Robert Bolt)

Arabs with Dirty Fezzes (1939)

Utolsó vacsora az Arabs Szürkénél (2001)

The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1999)

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Books

• Arabia, the Gulf, and the West: A Critical View of the Arabs and Their Oil Policy (reference)

• Arabs in America: Building a New Future (reference)

• One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate (reference)

• Reel Bad Arabs (reference)

• The Arabs (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• 50 Years War - Israel & The Arabs (reference)

• The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Mother of the Arabs [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Arabs Siriens, aveugl portent un paralitique / Dumas PHt. Credit: Library of Congress.

Arabs on the march. Credit: Library of Congress.

Two Arabs with camels - Sinai (?). Credit: Library of Congress.

Group of Arabs around well - Sinai (?). Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Nablus and Jenin are the PA cities most visited by Israeli Arabs. (references)

Over 1 million Israeli Arabs visit the PA, some on a regular basis. (references)

American workers demand higher salaries than do Koreans or Arabs, and for the most part require better compensation packages than European workers. (references)

Children

Israel and the occupied territories

High school graduation rates for Arabs are significantly lower than for Jews. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iran

An additional 70,000 refugees were Shi'a Arabs. (references)

Iraq

Shi'a and Sunni Arabs are not distinct ethnically. (references)

Economic History

Israel

Israeli Arabs, with few exceptions, do not serve. (references)

Iraq

Iraq's two largest ethnic groups are Arabs and Kurds. (references)

Somalia

Ethnic groups: 85% Somali, 15% non-Somali (Bantu and Arabs). (references)

Human Rights

Israel and the occupied territories

Two Israeli Arabs were killed in the incident and approximately 50 others were injured. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

The courts reportedly also are more likely to detain Israeli Arabs until the conclusion of proceedings. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

A number of Arabs accused of crimes such as stone-throwing during the year received sentences of more than 3 years. (references)

Minorities

Iraq

However, the Government, without any historical basis, has defined the Yazidis as Arabs. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

In 1999 Arabs constituted 8.7 percent of the students at major universities in the country. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Well-educated Arabs often are unable to find jobs commensurate with their level of education. (references)

Political Economy

Iraq

Ethnically and linguistically the Iraqi population includes Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Yazidis, and Armenians. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Demonstrations and clashes between the police and Israeli Arabs in October 2000 brought renewed attention to the different treatment accorded to the Jewish and Arab sectors of the country. (references)

Kuwait

The Government acknowledges that a serious problem exists in the case of the "bidoon," Arabs who have residency ties to the country--some going back for generations, some for briefer periods--but who claim to have no documentation of their nationality. (references)

Political Rights

Israel and the occupied territories

Relatively small parties, including those whose primary support is among Israeli Arabs, regularly win seats in the Knesset. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

There are 11 Arabs and 2 Druze in the Knesset; most represent parties that derive their support largely or entirely from the Arab community. (references)

Travel

Saudi Arabia

However, due to a shortage of qualified Saudis, in practice much of the work force is made up of non-Saudi Arabs, Europeans, Americans and Asians. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Ending with "ARABS": fellow-arabs, non-arabs, street-arabs.

German

Araber (arab, arab horse, arabian). (various references)

Pig Latin

arabsay

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "ARABS": scarabs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"ARABS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Araba, Arabis, Arans, Arba, arbas, Barrabas, Erlabus. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sabra.

-1 letter: abas, arbs, baas, bars, bras.

-2 letters: aas, aba, abs, arb, ars, baa, bar, bas, bra, ras, sab.

-3 letters: aa, ab, ar, as, ba.

+1 letter: abaser, bazars, bravas, brazas, kabars, rabats, sabras, sambar, scarab.

+2 letters: abasers, abaters, abators, abrades, abreast, abrosia, airbags, ambaris, arabesk, arables, arrobas, barytas, basilar, bastard, bayards, bazaars, bharals, brahmas, rabatos, ragbags, rasbora, ratbags, sambars, sambhar, sandbar, scarabs, subadar, subalar, subarea, tabards, zarebas, zaribas.

+3 letters: abfarads, abraders, abrasion, abrasive, abreacts, abrosias, abstract, acrobats, airboats, algebras, allobars, ambaries, ambrosia, antbears, arabesks, arabicas, arabizes, ararobas, arbalest, arbalist, armbands, babirusa, baccaras, bahadurs, balisaur, bandoras, barbasco, barchans, baresark, bargains, barillas, barmaids, barracks, barrages, bartisan, barwares, basilary, bastards, bastardy, bearcats, berascal, bidarkas, bradawls, brassage, brassard, brassart, brassica, bravados, bravuras, cabarets, cabresta, carabaos, carabids, carabins, carbarns, carboras, drawbars, erasable, gabbards, gabbarts, garbages, labarums, labrusca, marabous, marimbas, megabars, palabras, parables, parsable, prebasal, raisable, rasboras, ratsbane, sambhars, sandbars, saraband, scabbard, seaboard, shagbark, sharable, simaruba, soapbark, sparable, subadars, subahdar, subareas, tabarets, tamburas, tanbarks, zareebas.