Strikes in 1956 were marked by a good many attacks on non-Arab groups.

Racism in the Arab world covers an array of forms of intolerance against non-Arab groups, minorities in the Middle East and Arab rule on sub-Saharan Africans.

Most native Christians in Jordan identify themselves as Arab, though there are also non-Arab Assyrian/Syriac, Armenian and Maronite groups in the country.

Both lead clans among the fractious Kurds, a non-Arab group spread over Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria and pockets of the Soviet Union.

The Kurds, a non-Arab ethnic group, most of whom are Muslims, number about 30 million.

The regime, in response to a rebellion begun by primarily non-Arab groups in early 2003, armed the Janjaweed militia, giving them impunity to attack.

They are generally defined as non-Arab ethnic groups, including by the governments of Iraq, Iran and Turkey.

This appears to be a trend; because of stereotypes of Arabs, several non-Arab, non-Muslim groups were subjected to attacks in the wake of 9/11, including several Sikh men attacked for wearing their religiously-mandated turban.

According to UNDP Sudan, the Muslim population is 97%, including numerous Arab and non-Arab groups.

This non-Arab ethnic group makes up 15 percent of Iraq's population.