Arab
The Arabs were a human ethnic group.
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The Arabs were among the peoples whom featured in the Bible. (PROSE: Bunker Soldiers [+]Loading...["Bunker Soldiers (novel)"])
According to the First Doctor, the city of Carthage was destroyed by the Arabs in the year 648. Whilst explaining the pattern of Time to his companions, the Doctor noted that they would know better than to disguise themselves as Phoenicians and live in Carthage in 648. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Crusaders [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)"])
The Saracens or Sarakenoi were originally an Arab tribe living in the Sinai. During the Middle Ages, the term Saracen was used to refer any person who practised Islam. The First Doctor encountered Saracens during the Third Crusade. (PROSE: The Universal Databank [+]Loading...["The Universal Databank (reference book)"], (TV: The Crusade [+]Loading...["The Crusade (TV story)"])
In 1492, Christians kicked the Arabs out of Spain in a crusade, with Granada being the last town to fall in battle. (AUDIO: The Ghosts of N-Space [+]Loading...["The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)"])
Ingmar Knopf directed a film featuring an Arab sheik and his harem, and had hired Professor Webster, an expert on Arab customs, to assist him. (TV: "The Feast of Steven" [+]Part of The Daleks' Master Plan, Loading...{"namedep":"The Feast of Steven (7)","1":"The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)"})
Kebiria was a war-torn Arab country in north Africa visited by the Third Doctor and Jo Grant. (PROSE: Dancing the Code [+]Loading...["Dancing the Code (novel)"])
Garron was forced to flee Earth after he refused to sell the Sydney Opera House to a wealthy Arab. (TV: The Ribos Operation [+]Loading...["The Ribos Operation (TV story)"])
