im Moroccan and i hate i when people call me arab.?

Question

hey i'm Moroccan and i freaking hate it when people call Moroccans Arab or call morocco an Arab country when its a Muslim country not Arab county.

i don't got hate towards arabs. and i love jews. not just because morocco has a large Jewish population but i got no hate toward other religions or race.

now you might be thinking that i'm over reacting.but i did the research morocco was conquered by arabs in the 8th century and. the arabs returned to their county Saudi Arabia because they reached their goal of spreading Islam and they reached the end of the continent Africa and they even got a large part of Portugal and Spain.so now the arabs have returned to their home country Saudi Arabia.
now morocco is being conquered by Portugal. after Portugal now its roman empire. and after the roman empire its the German tribes. after that its France and Spain and the Greeks .lets not forgot all the Jews that are in morocco. and so i guess what im saying is that is the Moroccan DNA is way closer to south european people then the Arabs. its been said that Moroccans have about 10-20& Arabic DNA maybe even 5% or less. hard to say.

and don't you hate that america considers morocco to be the middle east when its ******* Africa not Asia. but people of their opinions.

so my question is what do think of when you hear the word morocco. and what do think bout Moroccan people do you think they look Arabic. and why do you think that people think of morocco to be an Arabian country. and plus who don't even speak the real Arabic our Arabic has France Spain Portuguese italic and English in it.

i'm personaly half black and half white my parents are both 100% Moroccan

Answer 1

It's just ignorance, most people dont know anything about Morocco. It's not mentioned in the Mass Media, in geography at school and not among the top ten of travelling destinations. In the eyes of someone living far away in a big country like the US, Morocco may seem to be near Middle east countries.

Maybe some know that Arabic is spoken there and that in former times Arabs came and settled in Spain and Portugal coming from Morocco. People cannot distinguish by look Arabs or Moroccans. Some may also look alike because there are many ethnic groups and mixes everywhere.

What would you prefer people call you? North African?

How do people react when you tell them about Morocco? I think (and hope) most will listen to what you say and respect what you want to be called.

Answer 2

There is some Arab blood in Morocco, but I agree it isn't really an Arab country. Moroccans are sort of mixed. Mostly Berber mixed with some Sephardic Jew, South European, Black African, Arab, etc...Basically any group who passed through Morocco at any point in history has probably left behind their seed. Morocco is no more Arab than it is Spanish.



My advice, if you want people to stop referring to Morocco as an Arab country, you have to start with the Moroccans themselves. As long as Moroccans keep claiming to be Arabs (and yes, many of them do), you will be hearing non-Moroccans making the same claim.

Answer 3

Well it is to some degree a bad thing to hate your own country. For one, you have a VERY shallow mind on the Arabic world. You have absolutely no idea what contributions Muhammad and his predecessors gave to this world. All the scientists, all the knowledge. I'd be ashamed if I were Arabic to know that maybe you have no idea what the Abbasid empire was or the Umayyad. You know little of the Middle East, like most Americans (No offense, it's true) and you see them after 9-11 as terrorists. The Arab world can be corrupt, but please don't tell me US politics and business isn't corrupt. Rod Blagojevich and Wall-Street corruption? Ever thought of that? The whole world has corruption, deal with it, and you should be proud of who your ancestors are, because they FOUGHT and worked HARD to get you to America so at least have some darn respect woman. You are a bad person because you are too ignorant. I don't care about the rest, you are who you think you are. I'm FAR from Arabic but atleast I know a whole lot about their culture, religion, and history, and I'm 15.

Answer 4

Yes, I know most Moroccans are Berbers. However I met a guy from Morocco and he considered himself Arab. He was also telling me that there would be around 30 % Jews in Morocco, but I didn't quite believe that.

I guess it's also because you write in Arabic and are part of the Arab league like Tunisia, Egypt etc.

Those are considered Arab countries like in the 'Arab Spring' eventhough technically the majority of them may not have Arab blood. However, some may still consider themselves Arabs or arabised due to language, culture etc.

Answer 5

I don't know about americans but here in Portugal we usually call you Moroccans.

And when we do mention you as arabs it's because of the language and not the region or the religion. Even influenced it still is arabic.

Comparing Moroccans with people from Arabia, I don't think you resemble each other.

But what I really think is that you shouldn't bother about what others say. They should be worried about their ignorance..

Answer 6

I'm moroccan as well but I look very arab, like in from Saudi Arabia. Morocans can be black, brown or white

Answer 7

Technically speaking...; Moroccans are not Arabs... they are Moors and Africans.

But in modern time classification for the term "Arab" is anyone holding the citizenship of the Arab League countries, and Morocco is one of them.



One more thing... We don't hate Jews, we just hate the ideas of Zionism, plus we hate Israelis because they killed us, you don't have to hate them, they've done nothing to you or to your country



Plus don't overact about it... We don't even understand each other dialects.



So you're not an Arab, it's ok, why should we care? you're still a human



And I don't believe this Arab Brethren bullsh!t... we're all different

Answer 8

live with it bro, I'm a Riffian, and believe me they brain wash you to believe that you're Arab that started a long time ago, you shouldn't be much upset of people far from you calling you Arab while your people claim in their books that they are Arabs.

The system's Media pictures Morocco as a desert with "Touareg" like people walking around bored .. promoting adultery and Sex tourism so don't wait to remain pure, If you want people to know you start with your own people like Kurds did .. complaining about Ethnic cleansing is a weak strategy ...

To add : Arab is not a race it's a weak culture adopting and stealing other cultures like Copts, Kurds, Imazighen, Hispanics .. so stand up and promote your own nationalism to get known

Answer 9

Yeah, the genetic footprint left by the Arabs is greatly exaggerated. A lot of what people call "Arabs" in North Africa, are just Arabized Berbers.



Some people use the term "Arab" to refer to a cultural group, and would therefore argue that Arabized Bebers are Arabs.... but I disagree with this.

Answer 10

Solo Tangerinos wchamal, fuera 3robiya =)

Answer 11

Because they look very Arab. They don't look African or European.

Answer 12

Arab is a culture, not an ethnicity.

Answer 13

Moroccans have a substantial amount of Arab DNA and there's no denying that.

Answer 14

your prophet is arabic.....so cheer up young man...you should be happy ..you should dance when someone call you arabi:P



ramdan kareem:)

Answer 15

Get used to it as you are part of Arabic heritage.

Answer 16

People keep mentioning Arab DNA, but wtf is that?

Arabs are not one genetic identity they are a mixed people.

Just like Latin Americans tend to be a mixed people.