The word comes from the word "Arab" and is a design term used to describe flowing lines and geometric patterns.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

Historically, southern Sudan has had greater cultural and economic ties to East Africa than to the Arab-led government in Khartoum.

VOA: special.2011.01.08

For example, one afternoon a group of writers and critics gathered to discuss book sales in the Arab world.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

This three-week event brings eight hundred artists to the city to celebrate the arts and culture of the Arab world.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

The exhibit includes over forty examples of women's wedding clothing from all twenty-two countries in the League of Arab States.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

This week,the United Arab Emirates announced it would block BlackBerry e-mail,web browsing and instant messenger services on October eleventh.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

Another day, a group of poets from Bahrain,Morocco, and Egypt discussed the future of poetry in Arab countries.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

Mister Kaiser says he hopes the Arabesque festival will bring such understanding between the Arab and Western worlds.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

The most recent addition to this list is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

A new study says women's rights have gained some ground in Arab Gulf states since a similar study completed five years ago.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

Festival organizers say "Arabesque" was a good word to describe dance, theater or musical styles that are marked by an Arab influence.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

Dubai is in the United Arab Emirates, a thirty-eight year old federation of seven territories ruled by emirs.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

An exhibit called "Brides of the Arab World" is in the two main halls of the Kennedy Center.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

How to respond to the Arab uprisings was a major question for world leaders this week at the Group of Eight meeting in France.

VOA: special.2011.05.27

The problems came as news of the revolutions in the Arab world filled the Internet and there were online calls for protests in China.

VOA: special.2011.04.01

Organizers say this is the biggest Arab arts event ever held in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

It also has eleven students at a campus in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

Major donors to the festival include the Helen Ruth Henderson Foundation, the states of Kuwait and Qatar and the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Washington D.C.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

His music has earned him many fans, especially among Arab-speaking immigrants living in France.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

The other winners are from Poland, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil and Nepal.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

Kuwaiti director Sulayman Al-Bassam recreated Shakespeare's famous play in a modern Arab setting.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

Food from the Arab world was also part of the festival.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

One was "Richard the Third: An Arab Tragedy."

VOA: special.2009.03.11

Yemen is the poorest Arab nation.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

It was the first Arab state to make peace with Israel, and is also the seat of the Arab League.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09