Middle East

Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country in the southeastern Arabian Peninsula in West Asia. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman's coastline faces the Arabian Sea to the southeast and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast. The exclaves of Madha and Musandam are surrounded by the United Arab Emirates on their land borders, while Musandam's coastal boundaries are formed by the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman. It has a population of approximately 5.46 million and an area of 315,331 km2 (121,750 sq mi). Muscat is the capital and la

The Middle East is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, the Levant, and Turkey.

geographic and cultural region; collective term for the Arabic-speaking countries of Asia and Africa, or of Asia only

Samaria (), the Hellenized form of the Hebrew name Shomron (), is used as a historical and biblical name for the central region of the Land of Israel. It is bordered by Judea to the south, Galilee to the north, the Jordan River to the east, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. The region is known in Arabic under two names, Samirah (, as-Sāmira), and Mount Nablus (جَبَل نَابُلُس, Jabal Nābulus).

Denotes a wide socio-cultural region comprising parts of West Asia, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia, and East Asia, all of which have been affected, to some degree, by the Iranian peoples and the Iranian languages

Middle East and North Africa region

loose political term introduced in the 2000s

political term used to describe the nation-state of Israel

thumb|16th-century Indian painting depicting members of the 'Ayyarun slitting the throats of prison guards from the Hamzanama. Ayyār (, pl. ʿayyārūn; , pl. Ayyârân) refers to a person associated with a class of warriors in Iraq and Persia from the 9th to the 12th centuries. The word literally means vagabond. The 'Ayyarun were associated with futuwwa, or medieval Islamic organizations located in cities. They were notable for being youth groups, typically from lower classes, that engaged in violent acts, thievery, assassinations, and violent rebellions against established systems in many Islamic

movement calling for Assyrian independence and self-governance

aspect of Middle East culture

thumb|Various forms of mabkhara used in Saudi Arabia. A mabkhara ( or ; plural mabakhir), also called mujmarah (مجمرة) is a censer found across the Muslim world. The word is derived from "bakhoor," which is the frankincense burned inside the mabkhara itself. The concept of mabkhara originates from the Arabian Peninsula and has existed since pre-Islamic times, even if not under the same name as now. The Somali version of this concept is known as the dabqaad and the idea may have been brought to Somalia via Arab traders and Muslim immigrants to the place in its early history.

economy of the region

various philosophies of the Middle East regions

academic discipline

organization