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sharaqa (???, "to shine, illuminate, radiate" and "to rise"), from the sh-r-q root ?-?-?, referring to the east, where the sun rises -- in this regard analogous to the latinate term "Levant".

The region includes the Arab-majority states of Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman,

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