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Old Aug 17th 2009, 9:04 am
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Default Are some GCC Arabs black?

I don't mean dark skinned Arab, I mean Afro-Arabs? I know Kuwait's last leader had an African mother and looked very African. If you saw any black Arabs, is there a-lot of discrimination against them? Are they treated like African migrants or different?


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Default Re: Are some GCC Arabs black?

Originally Posted by Romulan
I don't mean dark skinned Arab, I mean Afro-Arabs? I know Kuwait's last leader had an African mother and looked very African. If you saw any black Arabs, is there a-lot of discrimination against them? Are they treated like African migrants or different?


Just wondering

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there are many Afro-Arabs. especially in Oman.
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Default Re: Are some GCC Arabs black?

Originally Posted by Inselaffen
there are many Afro-Arabs. especially in Oman.
...and Jeddah where many originated from just across the Red Sea. No discrimination against Afro-Arabs was evident during my posting there
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Default Re: Are some GCC Arabs black?

not forgetting that the Arabs were active in the slave trade long before and long after Europeans.
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Default Re: Are some GCC Arabs black?

Originally Posted by Romulan
I don't mean dark skinned Arab, I mean Afro-Arabs? I know Kuwait's last leader had an African mother and looked very African. If you saw any black Arabs, is there a-lot of discrimination against them? Are they treated like African migrants or different?


Just wondering

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The most accepted definition of who is an Arab according to the Arabs themselves is to have a Arab father...so there are a good number of "black" Arabs for sure.

Officially there's no discrimination against them but I know from a friend whose father is Arab that they do tend to at the very least have some sort of friendly stereotyping etc as long as they speak Arabic to some degree and understand the culture and customs...but they do seem to have a lot more acceptance than say someone whose dad is English and whose mother is not but who speaks English and understands the customs.

I know of racial discrimination by non-GCC Arabs though.

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Default Re: Are some GCC Arabs black?

Originally Posted by Inselaffen
not forgetting that the Arabs were active in the slave trade long before and long after Europeans.
I think the Saudi's only formally abolished the slave trade in the 1960's...
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Default Re: Are some GCC Arabs black?

Originally Posted by Dubaidog
I think the Saudi's only formally abolished the slave trade in the 1960's...
But not informally


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Default Re: Are some GCC Arabs black?

Originally Posted by Romulan
I don't mean dark skinned Arab, I mean Afro-Arabs? I know Kuwait's last leader had an African mother and looked very African. If you saw any black Arabs, is there a-lot of discrimination against them? Are they treated like African migrants or different?


Just wondering

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They are African-American...
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Old Aug 18th 2009, 6:33 am
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Default Re: Are some GCC Arabs black?

Yes there are.


Yes there is.


Have a look at the photos of the ministers and ambassadors. See any black faces?

Compare that to the pictures fo the football teams.
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Default Re: Are some GCC Arabs black?

I thought many of the 'black' arabs originated from the east coast of africa when the Omanis were down there trading and invading and such like?

Many words in Swahili are similar or the same as Arabic and in Oman particularly some people still speak in Swahili as a preference to Arabic. I guess its also why there is a large Muslim community in east africa.

I guess those people mixed and migrated throughout the region along with the north africans as previously mentioned.

I've not come across any discrimination although i've noticed that most of the high up locals are paler featured. I have also noticed that locals are very proud if they can trace their heritage a long way back to their Emirate which is understandable.
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Default Re: Are some GCC Arabs black?

Originally Posted by Inselaffen
not forgetting that the Arabs were active in the slave trade long before and long after Europeans.
correction; yes there were slave trade at the Arab world but way before Islam. Islam religion made them free. so we come to long before europeans not long after European

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Default Re: Are some GCC Arabs black?

Originally Posted by Samakauk
correction; yes there were slave trade at the Arab world but way before Islam. Islam religion made them free. so we come to long before europeans not long after European

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Correction: The Arab trade slave continued well into the 20th century and arguably still continues. Arabs are still buying what are effetively slaves from the Indian sub-continent.
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Default Re: Are some GCC Arabs black?

Originally Posted by Samakauk
correction; yes there were slave trade at the Arab world but way before Islam. Islam religion made them free. so we come to long before europeans not long after European

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Islam made the slaves free...which is why you can still buy black slaves in Sudan (assuming they haven't been killed by Arab militias of course)? Also Islam never seems to have had a problem with slavery (the Mamlukes or the Janissaries come to mind - slave armies).

Plenty of slavery today in the GCC too - they treat many foreigners like cattle. Holding their passports, not allowing people to change jobs easily etc. We treat the dogs better in my country than Arabs treat the people building their cities, guarding their communities, working in their malls, fixing their cars and keeping their country working nicely.

Oh and Muslims also took slaves from Europe for centuries - ever heard of the Barbary Pirates? - it's estimated they took between 800,000 to 1.25 million Europeans as slaves from the 16th to 19th centuries. One reason European powers occupied so much of North Africa was to stop these pirates. Billions in ransom was also paid to the pirates over the years to get back important cargos and persons.

Seems more like a case of Islam being forced by the rest of the world to stop slavery to me...

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Default Re: Are some GCC Arabs black?

Well when a religion equates an individual as a slave to an imaginary friend in the sky, what do you expect!
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Default Re: Are some GCC Arabs black?

Originally Posted by Samakauk
... not long after European
Not long?
When you're a slave, just one day is pretty long.....
When was slavery officially abolished in.... Oman? KSA? Iraq?


Norm- pretty altruistic of the European monarchies to step in just to stop piracy, without a thought of getting rich, huh?
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