Most Powerful Arabic Nation - Historum

haow85 · February 22nd, 2011, 08:14 PM

Which one is the most powerful modern Arabic Nation? Iran ?

Tulun · February 22nd, 2011, 08:18 PM

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Which one is the most powerful modern Arabic Nation? Iran ?

Iran is not Arabic nation.

By population and military size its Egypt, by GDP and overall influence i would say Saudi Arabia.

**mingming** · February 22nd, 2011, 08:29 PM

Are you talking about currently or historically?

**Toltec** · February 22nd, 2011, 08:32 PM

Saudi Arabia by a long way. They own a sizable chunk of the US economy and the president too when the Republicans are in power.

haow85 · February 22nd, 2011, 08:41 PM

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Iran is not Arabic nation.

By population and military size its Egypt, by GDP and overall influence i would say Saudi Arabia.

Why Iran is not an Arabic nation?

johnincornwall · February 22nd, 2011, 08:53 PM

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Why Iran is not an Arabic nation?

Because it's populated by 'Persians', not Arabs. It may have been conquered here and there, but they are still Persian in the main.

**Sharks and love** · February 22nd, 2011, 09:24 PM

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Saudi Arabia by a long way. They own a sizable chunk of the US economy and the president too when the Republicans are in power.

The Saudi's are co-owners to all pragmatists who don't wish to rock the boat in both parties.

The only major difference is to those who push alternative fuel.

RollingWave · February 22nd, 2011, 09:30 PM

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Why Iran is not an Arabic nation?

Because this is the list of countries where Arabic is the offical and predominant language.

sylla1 · February 22nd, 2011, 09:39 PM

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Why Iran is not an Arabic nation?

Aside from some nice previous answers, just check out this curious thread on an almost comic nationalistic dispute over the name of a gulf: http://www.historum.com/current-even...sian-gulf.html

**gaius valerius** · February 23rd, 2011, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by mingming

Are you talking about currently or historically?

If Iran is mentioned it has to be currently I guess? I'm guessing Saudi Arabia, a dictatorship backed up by oil and the USA? Sounds like the strongest nation around currently.

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Why Iran is not an Arabic nation?

As the others have already mentioned

Try going to Teheran on a sunny summer day, go to a crowded marketplace, climb a stand with your megaphone and yell: HELLO MY ARAB FRIENDS (or anything that points out blatantly 'you-are-arabs'). Preferably have someone with a hidden video camera installed. Film it all. Post on youtube. 1 000 000 hits!!!

(hope you live though).

But seriously, many Iranians don't seem to take kindly to being associated by default with Arabs, kinda like Turks don't like to be associated with Morrocans.