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Mashriq (other)
Mashriq is the cultural and geographical region in the eastern part of the Arab world. Mashriq or Mashreq or Mashrek (Arabic alphabet, Arabic: مشرق) and francicized Machrek or Machriq, may also refer to: Mashriq * ''Al-Machriq'' (''The East''), a journal founded in 1898, published by Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon * ''Al-Mashriq'', Iraqi daily newspaper * ''Daily Mashriq'' ( ur, روزنامہ مشرق, links=no), daily newspaper in Pakistan * Mashriq TV, British-Pakistani television channel * Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, Bahá'í House of Worship ("Dawning-place of the remembrances of God") * Mashriq wahy ( ar, مشرق وحيه, links=no, 1817–1892), name for Bahá'u'lláh Mashreq * Mashreq (bank), the oldest privately owned bank in the United Arab Emirates founded as the Bank of Oman in 1967 * Mashreq University, a private university located in Khartoum North in Sudan Mashrek *Bank Al Mashrek, defunct bank in Lebanon under CEO Roger Tamraz See also * Levant (disa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mashriq
The Mashriq ( ar, ٱلْمَشْرِق), sometimes spelled Mashreq or Mashrek, is a term used by Arabs to refer to the eastern part of the Arab world, located in Western Asia and eastern North Africa. Poetically the "Place of Sunrise", the name is derived from the verb ''sharaqa'' ( ar, شرق, link=no "to shine, illuminate, radiate" and "to rise"), from sh-r-q root (ش-ر-ق), referring to the east, where the sun rises. The region includes the Arab states of Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Geography As the word ''Mashriq'' refers to Arab countries located between the Mediterranean Sea and Iran, it is the companion term to ''Maghreb'' ( ar, ٱلْمَغْرِب), the western part of North Africa. Libya may be regarded as straddling the two regions, receiving influences from both the Maghreb and the Mashriq, with its eastern part (Cyrenaica) being linked more to Egypt and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
