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in reply to a message by Megan
Lots of Arabic surnames end with al-something. Al-Ghazi, al-Saud, al-Faisal...
Arabs don't exactly have one set surname...they tack on bin xxx to the end of their name. Bin means "son of." For example, the royal family of Saudi Arabia are descendents of the kingdom's founder, Abdul Aziz bin Saud, therefore all the male names have bin Abdul Aziz on the end.
Arabs don't exactly have one set surname...they tack on bin xxx to the end of their name. Bin means "son of." For example, the royal family of Saudi Arabia are descendents of the kingdom's founder, Abdul Aziz bin Saud, therefore all the male names have bin Abdul Aziz on the end.
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