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Arab Culture
Arab Culture
extremely
head
dress
provides
times,
Arabs
mix
the
so.
Traditional
Arab
dress
countries,
like
Kuwait,
forms,
from
incorporates
vocal
Much
Arab
music
is
characterized
by
an
emphasis
the
instrumentKanounis
based upon the idea
of
playing
notechords,
twobut
quintessentially,
Arabic
music
is
Originally, the
Arabs of the
Arabian Peninsula
relied heavily on a
diet ofdates,
wheat, barley, rice
and meat, with little
variety, with a
heavy emphasis on
combination
of
richly
diverse
Iraq
to
Morocco
incorporating
Lebanese,
and
It
others.
influenced
to
has
and
Egyptian,
also
degree
by
been
the
cuisines
of India,
Turkey, Berber,
and on how food must be
The Quran
has specific
instructions
others.
prepared and that certain foods are off limits entirely.
Any animal sacrificed for others than Allah (God) cannot be
eaten, and that pigs are completely forbidden.