How to break down MENA ?

[Zeus]

From a genetic viewpoint



Caucasus cluster (Turkey, Iran, Georgia, Abkhazia..)
Levant cluster (Lebanon, Syria, Palestine)
Arab cluster (Bedouins, Yemenites, Saudis, Egyptians..)
Maghreb cluster

the degree to which Iranians and Georgians overlap in this map is honestly hard to believe. same with greeks and jews but that's not as related to the topic

[Rgvgjhvv]

the degree to which Iranians and Georgians overlap in this map is honestly hard to believe. same with greeks and jews but that's not as related to the topic

I get Ashkenazi Jew as second population (after Greek) in my GEDMatch calculators almost all the time.

[Jana]

Probably because of Terrorism and Bin Laden (who is Saudi)

In my country, muslim world (plus Israel) is generally main association with MENA except SSA and mongoloid muslims. Not countries like Bangladesh though, too eastern.

Pakistan is tricky. Some may see it as MENA but most associate it rather with India despite religious differences.

[PaleoEuropean]

West Asia: Turkey, Northern Syria, Lebanon, Israel (Mediterranean coast)
Levant: Syria, Lebanon, Northern Israel, Jordan
Mesopotamian and Chaldeic: South Eastern Turkey, North Eastern and Eastern Syria, Iraq, parts of Iran
Iranian: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Azerbaijan, parts of the Arabian peninsula, Parts of Kurdish Iraq and Turkey
Peninsular Arabs: Gulf countries, Northern and part of Eastern Yemen
Afro-Semitic: South Western Yemen (Axhum wars and slave trade)

[Nassbean]

West Asia: Turkey, Northern Syria, Lebanon, Israel (Mediterranean coast)
Levant: Syria, Lebanon, Northern Israel, Jordan
Mesopotamian and Chaldeic: South Eastern Turkey, North Eastern and Eastern Syria, Iraq, parts of Iran
Iranian: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Azerbaijan, parts of the Arabian peninsula, Parts of Kurdish Iraq and Turkey
Peninsular Arabs: Gulf countries, Northern and part of Eastern Yemen
Afro-Semitic: South Western Yemen (Axhum wars and slave trade)
rts of Yeme

Where are maghrebis?

[Tigranes]

West Asia: Turkey, Northern Syria, Lebanon, Israel (Mediterranean coast)
Levant: Syria, Lebanon, Northern Israel, Jordan
Mesopotamian and Chaldeic: South Eastern Turkey, North Eastern and Eastern Syria, Iraq, parts of Iran
Iranian: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Azerbaijan, parts of the Arabian peninsula, Parts of Kurdish Iraq and Turkey
Peninsular Arabs: Gulf countries, Northern and part of Eastern Yemen
Afro-Semitic: South Western Yemen (Axhum wars and slave trade)
rts of Yeme

TIL Armenia and Georgia are Iranian countries.

[PaleoEuropean]

Where are maghrebis?

They are mixed, lots of different people settled NA before and after the Islamic Conquest.

[lameduck]

Northern West Asia:Iran/Turkey/Armenia

Levant

Southern West Asia

Egypt

Maghrebis

[PaleoEuropean]

TIL Armenia and Georgia are Iranian countries.

Not in recent history but their native populations have common ancient origins. They are more Caucasian but they are noticeably both less slavic, Asiatic or WHG.

[Token]

Caucasus, Iranic, Levant and Arab.