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Mashriq
The Mashriq (ٱلْمَشْرِق), also known as the Arab Mashriq (ٱلْمَشْرِق ٱلْعَرَبِيّ), sometimes spelled Mashreq or Mashrek, is a term used by Arabs to refer to the eastern part of the Arab world, located in Western Asia and eastern North Africa. Poetically the "Place of Sunrise", the name is derived from the verb sharaqa (شرق "to shine, illuminate, radiate" and "to rise"), from sh-r-q root (ش-ر-ق), referring to the east, where the sun rises.