Arab street
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Within hours, the discourse on the Arab street changed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
"But the Arab street has not forgotten Iraq," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
Ever since he came into the White House, it has been a major talking point in the Arab street, as you might say.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2018
American diplomats, he insists, cannot fool themselves into engaging with the Arab street by sending tweets from behind fortified walls.
From Newsweek ● Nov. 5, 2012
That would solve one of Mr. Gates’s concerns, that the United States not be viewed on the Arab street as going to war against another Muslim country.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2011
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