What do Arabs call the Middle East?

Answer 1

Arabs call the Middle East "Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat" (الشرق الأوسط) "Ash-Sharq" means "the East" and "Al-Awsat" means "central or middle" so, it literally means the Middle East.

However, Arabs have specific names for general regions of the Middle East and North Africa. For example, the countries of Northwest Africa (such as Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) are called the "Maghreb" (مغرب) which means "the place in the West". As a sidenote, Maghreb is also the Arabic country-name for Morocco (like Deutschland is the German country-name for Germany). Additional such regional names include "Bilaad Ash-Sham" (بلاد الشام) which constitutes Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, "Bilaad As-Sudan" (بلاد السودان ) which constitutes the Black-countries of Saharan Africa, "Jazirat Al-Arabiya" (جزيرة العربية) which constitutes Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Oman, and "Al-Khalij" (الخليج) which constitutes the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait.

Answer 2

near east or the levant.

The Orient

Answer 3

"Fertile Crescent"

"Cradle of Civilization"

Answer 4

the levant or near east.

Answer 5

Middle east called as UAE,

Answer 6

crossroad of Asia