A recent study published in peer-reviewed scientific journal Genome Biology has revealed that Amazigh and Arabs in North Africa possess distinct genetic origins, diverging over 20,000 years ago.

Arab Americans, for the first time, now make up a majority of the residents of Dearborn, and Michigan's total Middle Eastern population has surpassed 300,000 residents, according to new census data.

Islam arrived in North Africa (the Maghreb) just seven years after the death of the Prophet Mohammed in 639. The 4,000 strong Arab invading forces came from Mecca under the leadership of the ...