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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Syrian Arabs of United Arab Emirates

The Syrian Arabs of United Arab Emirates, numbering approximately 302,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a diaspora community of Syrian Arabs in the United Arab Emirates. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Levantine Arabic is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: United Arab Emirates
People Cluster: Arab, Levant
Primary Language(s): Levantine Arabic (apc)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 302,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042886
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

84%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Levantine Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Levantine Speakers

Media Resources in Levantine Arabic:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Levantine Arabic:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Levantine Arabic bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Syrian Arabs:
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Pray specifically for the Syrian Arabs of United Arab Emirates

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
readActs 4:12

Pray that those walking in darkness among them will come to know the name by which they must be saved, and call upon Him in faith.

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
readPsalm 34:8

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many will have the opportunity to taste and see the goodness of God and entrust their lives to Him.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
readPhilippians 3:20-21

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember their citizenship is in heaven.

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
readIsaiah 58:7

As believers cross cultures to share the good news of Christ, pray that God will sustain them and grow their faith as He gives them the compassion necessary to minister well to those in need.

Arab, Syrian Across Countries (ROP3 - 109662) reported in the following countries:

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19 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Syrian Sunni ArabsPG012198Syrian Sunni ArabsSyria15,660,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG049340Syrian ArabsTurkiye3,905,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042752Syrian ArabsJordan1,320,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042801Syrian ArabsSaudi Arabia817,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042455Syrian ArabsGermany584,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042761Syrian ArabsLebanon489,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042886Syrian ArabsUnited Arab Emirates302,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG011694Syrian ArabsIraq293,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042794Syrian ArabsQatar266,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG050211Syrian ArabsSweden211,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG043644Syrian ArabsUnited States196,000No Longer UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042758Syrian ArabsKuwait161,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042850Syrian ArabsSudan131,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG050027Syrian ArabsNetherlands94,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG049967Syrian ArabsGreece75,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG043482Syrian ArabsCanada68,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG011682Syrian ArabsFrance18,500Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG016350Syrian ArabsGuadeloupe900Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG016393Syrian ArabsMartinique550Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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