Middle Easterner
Person from Arabia
A Middle Easterner is a person from the Middle East—the region spanning from Egypt through Iran, including the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, and sometimes Turkey.
The term is geographic rather than ethnic, covering Arabs, Persians, Turks, Kurds, Israelis, and others: Middle Easterners have diverse religious and cultural traditions.
In Western contexts, the label sometimes carries assumptions about appearance or religion that don't reflect the region's actual diversity.
Of the peninsula
- PersianOf or from Iran
- LevantineOf the eastern Mediterranean
- MesopotamianOf the two-rivers land
- GulfNamed oceanic inlet
Anatolian · Kurdish · Bedouin · Turkic · Egyptian · Iraqi · Syrian · Lebanese
Semitic language family member
- FarsiIran's native tongue
- TurkishOf Anatolia's republic
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- KurdishIranian language group
Aramaic · dialects · bilingual · polyglot · script · calligraphy · right-to-left · Semitic
Mashed chickpea spread
- falafelFried spiced legume ball
- tabboulehHerb-heavy Middle Eastern salad
- baklavaLayered nut pastry in syrup
- shawarmaCarved rotating-spit meat
kebab · tahini · pita · dates · oud · calligraphy · keffiyeh · hookah
One who resettles abroad
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- remittancesPayments sent abroad
homeland · identity · hyphenated · community · enclave · integration · second-generation · nostalgia
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- tribalOf a clan
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
elders · lineage · hospitality · ceremonies · folklore · patriarchal · artisanal · handicrafts
Population shift toward cities
- youthState of being immature
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- activismDirect effort for reform
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
startups · education · reform · technology · cosmopolitan · globalization · feminism · innovation
Arabian
Of the peninsula
- PersianOf or from Iran
- LevantineOf the eastern Mediterranean
- MesopotamianOf the two-rivers land
Gulf · Anatolian · Kurdish · Bedouin · Turkic · Egyptian · Iraqi · Syrian · Lebanese · Jordanian
Arabic
Semitic language family member
Kurdish · Aramaic · dialects · bilingual · polyglot · script · calligraphy · right-to-left · Semitic · Indo-European
hummus
Mashed chickpea spread
- falafelFried spiced legume ball
- tabboulehHerb-heavy Middle Eastern salad
- baklavaLayered nut pastry in syrup
shawarma · kebab · tahini · pita · dates · oud · calligraphy · keffiyeh · hookah · henna
immigrant
One who resettles abroad
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
remittances · homeland · identity · hyphenated · community · enclave · integration · second-generation · nostalgia · transnational
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
clan · elders · lineage · hospitality · ceremonies · folklore · patriarchal · artisanal · handicrafts · honor
urbanization
Population shift toward cities
- youthState of being immature
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- activismDirect effort for reform
social media · startups · education · reform · technology · cosmopolitan · globalization · feminism · innovation · connectivity
Middle EasternerEuropean
From that continent
North American · East Asian · American · Western European · Scandinavian
Middle EasternerEuropean
From that continent
Anglo-Saxon · Nordic · Confucian · East Asian
East, Easterners, middle, middles, middling, east, eastern, easterly, eastward