The Arabs of Iraq?

[Wild North]

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[Wild North]

This is seems to be true.

I thought the dividing line was mainly between Sunnis and Shia in Iraq. But apparently one can divide the population in not just two or three categories, there are also Bedouin Arabs and non-Bedouins, black Iraqis etc..

Btw, Was Saddam Hussein descended from a Bedouin family?

[StonyArabia]

I thought the dividing line was mainly between Sunnis and Shia in Iraq. But apparently one can divide the population in not just two or three categories, there are also Bedouin Arabs and non-Bedouins, black Iraqis etc..

Btw, Was Saddam Hussein descended from a Bedouin family?

Iraqi people are very complex because they belong to several ethnic groups. Bedouin Arabs dominate mostly the Western desert region with strong link to the ethnic Jordanians and Southeast Syrians, they often follow Sunni Islam, with small minority adhering to Christianity near the Jordanian border. The Southern Iraqi Arabs are descendant of Bedouin tribes who have converted to Shiaism in the 19th century, and lost the Bedouin character. There is also the Marsh Arabs who have their own unique culture and practice Shia Islam. There are also small communities of Arab Christians they differ from Assyro-Chaldeans, and are of non-Bedouin origin often claiming Lakhmid descent, and Mandeans who are related to the Assyrians genetically but not religiously. Black Iraqis live mostly in the South and all adhere to Shia Islam. There is also large group of Arabized Persians in Iraq especially in the shrine cities such as Karbala and Najaf.

No he comes from the Al Abu Nasser a small tribe, that's believed might have had a Christian origin. Though he did romanticse the Bedouin character as well the Mesopotamian one, and especially the latter.