page_title: Mashriq
hierarchical_section_title: Mashriq
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Carte du Machrek. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mashreq.PNG
context_page_description: The Mashriq, sometimes spelled Mashreq or Mashrek, is the eastern part of the Arab world, located in Western Asia and eastern North Africa. This comprises the Arab states of Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, but excludes the non-Arab states of Somalia, Djibouti and the Comoros, which are also members of the Arab League. Poetically, the "Place of Sunrise", the name is derived from the verb sharaqa, referring to the east, where the Sun rises.
context_section_description: The Mashriq (Arabic: ٱلْمَشْرِق‎), sometimes spelled Mashreq or Mashrek, is the eastern part of the Arab world, located in Western Asia and eastern North Africa. This comprises the Arab states of Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, but excludes the non-Arab states of Somalia, Djibouti and the Comoros, which are also members of the Arab League. Poetically, the "Place of Sunrise", the name is derived from the verb sharaqa (Arabic: شرق‎ "to shine, illuminate, radiate" and "to rise"), referring to the east, where the Sun rises.
caption: Map depicting the area most conservatively known as the Mashriq[1][2][3][4]
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