Example Sentences

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The UN first imposed an arms embargo in Darfur in 2004, following allegations of ethnic cleansing against the region's non-Arabic population.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

The witnesses described the attackers as in their late 20s, with at least one non-Arabic speaker.

From Reuters • May 18, 2023

The achievements of the translation movement were considerable, preserving many incredibly important astrological, geographic, mathematical, medical, and other scientific and philosophical texts in Arabic at a time when non-Arabic copies had become increasingly rare.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The meaning of the songs in Vahdat’s half-hour set with Kronos accompaniment was indecipherable to non-Arabic speakers.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2018

With Bagdad as the capital, it was rather the non-Arabic Persians who held aloft the torch than the Arabs descended from Kuréish.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright