The original Arabs descended from Abrahams son Ishmael..so the Jews occasionally call Arabs as Ishmaelites.
Current polictical contect takes in Arab speaking people i.e whose mothertongue is Arabic.
The Arab world is not a single race or origin. The north africans Arabs also descend from Berbers and Egyptians, the Somali and Mautitanian is African, the Palestinians and Syrians (levant) descend from a variety of nationalities and ethinicities that have lived there for centuries before the Arab-Islamic invasion.
e.g. Zahi Hawass the foremost Egyptian archeologists considers himself 'Egyptian'..not 'Arab'.
Real Arab would..to me..means the chaps from GCC especially whose families originate from the Najd / Hejaz of Saudi Arabia.
Hope this sheds some light..although there is no universally accepted definition...till date the only real connection is liguistics and common thread of Islam.
The original Arabs descended from Abrahams son Ishmael..so the Jews occasionally call Arabs as Ishmaelites.
Current polictical contect takes in Arab speaking people i.e whose mothertongue is Arabic.
The Arab world is not a single race or origin. The north africans Arabs also descend from Berbers and Egyptians, the Somali and Mautitanian is African, the Palestinians and Syrians (levant) descend from a variety of nationalities and ethinicities that have lived there for centuries before the Arab-Islamic invasion.
e.g. Zahi Hawass the foremost Egyptian archeologists considers himself 'Egyptian'..not 'Arab'.
Real Arab would..to me..means the chaps from GCC especially whose families originate from the Najd / Hejaz of Saudi Arabia.
Hope this sheds some light..although there is no universally accepted definition...till date the only real connection is liguistics and common thread of Islam.