Minorities in the Arab World

administration Alawis Alexandria Arab Christians Arab countries Arab nationalism Arab nationalists Arab world Arabic-speaking Armenian Orthodox Article assimilation Assyrians autonomy Baghdad Beirut Cairo cent Christians and Jews Church civil Coptic Copts Council culture Damascus districts doctrine economic Egypt equality established European existence fear feudal foreign French frontiers Greek Catholics Greek Orthodox groups guarantees hostility important independent internal Iraq Iraqi Government Islam Isma'ilis Jazirah Jebel Druze Kurdish national Kurds language large number Latakia Lebanese linguistic minorities liturgy live loyalty mainly majority Mandate Maronites ment Monophysite Moslems Mosul nationalist movement nineteenth century officials organization Ottoman Empire Palestine particularly partly Pasha Patriarch persecution Persia personal status political position possess possible preserve problem provinces regard regions relations religion religious revolt schools sects Shabak Shi'is social spirit Sultan Sunni Moslems Syrian Catholics Syrian Orthodox towns tradition Transjordan Treaty Turkey Turkish Uniates unity Wafd Yazidis Zionism