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The government suppressed expressions of religious and cultural differences and bolstered attempts to arabize society.

The Algeria government had plans to totally Arabize the university sector effective December 1980.

Well, move it a few hundred miles east and south and Arabize it a little bit and that's the debke."

In 1972, Gaddafi created the Islamic Legion as a tool to unify and Arabize the region.

To be an Arab, or "to arabize" means to speak forth eloquently in Arabic, without stammering or grammatical mistakes, and with literary beauty.

While the zawiya tribes retained many of their Berber characteristics, the warrior tribes tried to 'Arabize' as much as possible.

Morocco's increasing identification with the Arab world, and pressure on Jewish educational institutions to arabize and conform culturally added to the fears of Moroccan Jews.

For political analyst Ziad Majed, the tension dates from Gamal Abdel Nasser days when he sent Egyptian teachers to help arabize Algeria after its independence.

"Saddam tried to Arabize the city and now the Kurds are trying to Kurdicize it," said Yousef Kemal Yaschili, a Turkmen member of the City Council.

Arab influence was not significant until a millennium or so ago, but it has since led the Beja to adopt Islam and genealogies that link them to Arab ancestors, to arabize their names, and to include many Arabic terms in their language.

Sakakini led a movement to reform and Arabize what he saw as a corrupt Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, and wrote a pamphlet in 1913 titled "The Orthodox Renaissance in Palestine", which led to his excommunication.

In June the Academic Council of the Medical School of Khartoum University decided to defy the Government's directive to 'arabise' the medical curriculum, and reverted back to giving instruction in English.