The land, the people, and the culture are dominated by the Arabic language.
   Arabism are purely cultural concepts.
   It has created, over several centuries, a unique entity called by the Arabs themselves the "Arab Homeland" (al-Watan al-Arabi), the "Arab world," or, as I call it, "Arab Society."

The Arab world is marked by considerable geographical, social, and cultural diversity. Arab society has traditionally been viewed as a trinity of Bedouins, peasants, and urban dwellers, living together in some kind of symbiosis. The cultural influence resulting from colonial expansion was either French or British (or both, as in Egypt), with smaller areas feeling Italian or Spanish influence. But many countries and the interior parts of most others were only marginally affected by such cultural influences.

Detailed studies have tended to stress the differences between these and other categories of people, differences that the social and economic politics of Arab and foreign regimes have long tended to exacerbate.