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PRONUNCIATION OF ARAB STREET

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARAB STREET

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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Arab street is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ARAB STREET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Arab street

Arab street

The Arab street is an expression referring to the spectrum of public opinion in the Arab world, often as opposed to or contrasted to the opinions of Arab governments. In some contexts it refers more specifically to the lower socioeconomic strata of Arab society. While it is sometimes assumed, particularly in the United States where it is most widely used, to have been borrowed from Arabic political discourse, its evolution has followed a circular course from Arabic to English and then back. Lebanese newspapers began referring to just "the street" during the 1950s; later in the decade reports in The New York Times used the term in English to explain Gamal Abdel Nasser's broad appeal not just in his native Egypt but across the Arab world. Later commentators added the "Arab" and eventually dropped the scare quotes to create the current usage, which became widespread in American media during the First Palestinian Intifada in 1987. Arab media began using it themselves a decade later. However, its usage still differs between the two languages.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARAB STREET

Arab
Arab bread
Arab League
Arab Republic of Egypt
Arab Spring
araba
arabesque
arabesqued
Arabia
Arabian
Arabian camel
Arabian Desert
Arabian Gulf
Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights´ Entertainments
Arabian Sea
Arabian senna
Arabic
Arabic numeral

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARAB STREET

backstreet
Bay Street
Bradstreet
cross street
Downing Street
Easy Street
Fleet Street
greet
High Street
high-street
Main Street
man in the street
off-street
side street
street
the Arab street
the High Street
Threadneedle Street
through street
to be a one-way street
Wall Street

Synonyms and antonyms of Arab street in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Arab street» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARAB STREET

Find out the translation of Arab street to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

阿拉伯街
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

calle árabe
570 millions of speakers

English

Arab street
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अरब सड़क
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشارع العربي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Арабская улица
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rua árabe
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আরব রাস্তায়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rue arabe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jalan Arab
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Arab Street
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アラブストリート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아랍 거리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Arab dalan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường phố Ả Rập
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரபு தெரு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अरब रस्त्यावर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Arap sokak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piazza araba
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Arab Street
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Арабська вулиця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stradă Arab
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Arab street
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Arabiese straat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Arab gata
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Arab street
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Arab street

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARAB STREET»

The term «Arab street» is regularly used and occupies the 107.809 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARAB STREET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Arab street

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARAB STREET»

Discover the use of Arab street in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Arab street and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Arab Awakening: America and the Transformation of the ...
"Analyzes key aspects of the 2011 Mideast turmoil, such as Arab public opinion; socioeconomic and demographic conditions; the role of social media; influence of Islamists; the impact of political changes on the Arab-Israeli peace process; ...
Kenneth M. Pollack, 2011
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Rethinking Arab Democratization : Elections without ...
Thus the absence or marginalization of an Arab public opinion has historically translated into the prominence of an undefined 'Arab street'. If applied to a Western setting the term would sound strange: 'the American street' or the 'British street'.
Larbi Sadiki, 2009
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The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time: Wit and ...
That sense spread to a more general “popular opinion” but often still carries a connotation of “the incendiary emotions of the mob.” The first use of the Arab street I can find is in a December 1977 issue of American Political Science Review.
William Safire, 2007
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Information War: American Propaganda, Free Speech and ...
In Information War, former United States Information Agency employee Nancy Snow describes how U.S. propaganda efforts and covert operations are expanding more rapidly today than at any other time in U.S. history, as the Bush administration ...
Nancy Snow, 2011
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The Journey to Tahrir: Revolution, Protest, and Social ...
But because the “Arab street” had not erupted at the possible US bombing in Afghanistan during Ramadan, this very real example of latent popular anger in the Arab world was airily dismissed. Abruptly, the image of the “Arab street” shifted ...
Jeannie Sowers, Chris Toensing, 2012
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Arab Media and Political Renewal: Community, Legitimacy and ...
Therefore, all that is shaabi (of the people), be it music, television programmes or just ordinary everyday experience, remains largely under- examined. The phrase the 'Arab street', commonly used by Arab media and Arab intellectuals, reflects ...
Naomi Sakr, 2007
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The Journey to Tahrir: Revolution, Protest, and Social ...
street politics and the political street In the narratives of the Western media, the Arab street is damned if it does and damned if it doesn't—it is either “irrational” and “aggressive” or it is “apathetic” and “dead.” There is little chance of its salvation ...
Jeannie Sowers, Chris Toensing, 2012
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Life as Politics: How Ordinary People Change the Middle ...
The “Arab street” thus became an extension of another infamous concept, the “ Arab mind,” which also reified the culture and collective conduct of an entire people in a violent abstraction.8 It was another subject of Orientalist imagination,  ...
Asef Bayat, 2013
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Voices of the New Arab Public: Iraq, al-Jazeera, and Middle ...
Purposive, strategic protest behavior cannot be reduced to mind- less rage or crude responses to state provocations. The new Arab public has dramatically changed the strategies and the potency of action on the “Arab street,” shifting the target ...
Marc Lynch, 2013
10
Meanings of Audiences: Comparative Discourses
With the Arab defeats against Israel in 1956 and 1967, the term al gamaheer fell from grace to be replaced by the term Arab street. Representing a time of tumultuous anxiety, the Arab street reveals the Luddite-like mentality of a group of  ...
Richard Butsch, Sonia Livingstone, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARAB STREET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Arab street is used in the context of the following news items.
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- 6 hours ago - yahoo.com
... to see Arabs showing fake pity towards African-Americans while racist and xenophobic ideologies are so popular on the "Arab street". «Care2.com, Jul 15»
2
Islamic State has opened a window for us
Thus there is a sense in the Arab street of wanting to move closer to the State of Israel, because it is clear to them that only Israel will protect ... «Israel Hayom, Jul 15»
3
Arab street is rejecting extremism
In a single day last week there were three acts of terrorism that seemed to epitomize the current political paroxysm and manic sadism of Islamic ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jun 15»
4
Turkey and Israel: Starting Over?
... rhetoric and action that would capture votes at home and help Turkey powerfully emerge with its neo-Ottoman ambitions on the Arab Street. «Gatestone Institute, Jun 15»
5
Break fast and have a haircut too
Weekend visited four bazaars in Woodlands, Tampines, Arab Street and Geylang Serai and found at least 20 such shops selling products as ... «AsiaOne, Jun 15»
6
Al-Qaeda roars back into business in Arabia; Targeted …
It is becoming an uphill task for al-Qaeda to match the IS in sheer “charisma” on the Arab street. Even the Taliban in Afghanistan fears from the ... «JK Alternative Viewpoint, Jun 15»
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Ending the Iranian-Saudi Cold War
... it valuable support on the Arab street, but simultaneously destroyed relations with many Arab monarchs and strongmen—Saudi Arabia above ... «ABOUT US EDITOR'S NOTE About Us The Cairo Review of, Jun 15»
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No power at Arab Street ayam penyet restaurant after fire at …
As eateries at Arab Street prepare for the usually busy Ramadan period, one restaurant will be closed for at least a week because it has lost all ... «AsiaOne, Jun 15»
9
MK Frej hopes to build bridges through Arabic prose
Frej said, "You'll always find criticism on the Arab street.” He added that the prize would be open to Arabic writers in Israel and not to ... «Al-Monitor, Jun 15»
10
Al-Qaeda roars back into business in Arabia; Targeted assassination?
It is becoming an uphill task for al-Qaeda to match the IS in sheer “charisma” on the Arab street. Even the Taliban in Afghanistan fears from the ... «Asia Times, Jun 15»

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