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With the fall of el-Fasher, the UN, activists and aid agencies have expressed fear over the fate of the estimated 250,000 people trapped in the city, many from non-Arab communities.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

All three non-Arab states engender a good deal of suspicion and mistrust among Arab regimes but are nonetheless seen as key players whom no one wants to offend.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

In the 1980s, it also became the first non-Arab nation to recognize the state of Palestine.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2023

And she said the United States was “gravely concerned” by the reported buildup of the paramilitary forces near El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, “which poses a threat to non-Arab populations in the area.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023

All lie within a short distance of the sea, and all are virgin: the Bedawin import their sulphur from the "Barr el-'Ajam," the popular name for Egypt, properly meaning Persia or any non-Arab land.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir