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Middle East

Ethnic Groups. Middle East. The Kurds are a group of people who live in Kurdistan (Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey) They can also be found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Russia, Georgia, and Lebanon There are approximately 35 million Kurds in the Middle East

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Middle East

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  1. Ethnic Groups Middle East

  2. The Kurds are a group of people who live in Kurdistan (Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey) • They can also be found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Russia, Georgia, and Lebanon • There are approximately 35 million Kurds in the Middle East • They are the 4th largest Ethnic Group The Kurds

  3. They speak the Kurdish language • Most Kurds practice Sunni Islam and a small percentage practice Shi’a; some are Christians • Kurdish women have more rights than in some other ethnic groups (because of less strict religious beliefs) • A lot of Kurds suffered discrimination under the rule of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and many died The Kurds continued…

  4. The Persians mostly live in Iran • Iran used to be called Persia (during the Persian Empire) • Reza Shah Pahlavi changed the name of the country in 1935 • Most practice Shia Islam practices Shar’iah law • Small groups practice Zoroastrianism and some Christians • Under Iranian laws since 1979 women must wear a chador (a covering that only reveals your face) • They speak Farsi also known as Persian The Persians

  5. Most Arabs live throughout the Middle East (North Africa and Southwest Asia) • Largest Ethnic group in the Middle East • They speak Arabic • Arabs were the original inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula • Most practice Sunni Islam, small groups practice Shi’a or Christianity • Before Islam many Arabs were polytheistic The Arabs

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