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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

The current violence has erupted out of a long history of tensions over resources between non-Arab farming communities, including the Massalit, and Arab pastoralist communities.

From BBC • May 24, 2024

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

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2023

It was the first non-Arab country to recognize the Palestinian Liberation Organization as the representative of the Palestinians in the 1970s, and it gave the group full diplomatic status in the 1980s.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 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