An eight-part series presented by the outgoing BBC Middle East Correspondent Gerald Butt 1:The Arabs
Over 150 million people and 22 countries make up the Arab world, stretching from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. In spite of conflicts and political differences between various states, the farmer in Egypt, the rich Gulf businessman and the Palestinian refugee all speak of a sense of Arab togetherness. How did the Arabs come to occupy this huge area of the world and what is it today that divides and unites them? Producer ALAN WILDING (e)
('Get by in Arabic next Sunday
5.30pm VHFIFM)
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