Originally Posted by
Fluglehrer
Of course "Arab" may also not be technically an ethnicity/race either. I think Arabs are actually Semetic-Caucasian, a.k.a. some form of "White".
They are not categorized in a manner which provides affirmative action benefits in the US, but that's all political.
Genetically, they're a mix resulting from some historical core tribal groups which subsequently assimilated a lot of other folks into their culture. Lots of dynamics in that region over the last couple thousand years. Not all of them even agree on the definition of "arab".