What the hell is "Gulf"? Gulf of Oman? Gulf of Aden? Gulf of Alexandria? Gulf of Aqaba? Gulf of Hammamet? Gulf of Sirte? Gulf of Suez? Gulf of Tunis The Arab Gulf? Those are just a few of the many gulfs in the Arab world.
The countries in question are Arabian countries. Arab countries. Arabian Peninsula countries. The geographic/historical name (one of the oldest geographic/historic names in existence) is Arabia.
First of all 99.99% of all Arabs don't focus/don't know about what is going on in India or South Asia of domestic events. It pretty much equals to 500 million Arabs suddenly caring greatly about events in Congo, Mongolia or Papua New Guinea. We have more than enough on our own plate to focus about.
Secondly, the vast majority of Arabs have never been exposed to anything South Asian in their life or day to day dealings with the exception of the GCC.
Thirdly Arabs do not hate, like or dislike Indians. We are neutral as our interactions are limited to the GCC and that of a boss and worker relationship. Other than that this relationship was limited to 5000 + year old trade ties and indigenous civilizations in the Arab world influencing the first known civilization in South Asia (IVC) and doing trade with it. IVC being mostly located in Sindh and not even India to begin with. Sindhis having probably the closest ties of any people to the Arab world in South Asia alongside the Baloch and maybe to a smaller extend coastal populations in Gujarat and Kerala.
Fourthly, everyone, regardless of nationality, that breaks the laws and sensitivities of locals in GCC countries, is dealt with.
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Having said that I request fellow Arab users, the very few that remain after 99.9% of us left PDF, to ignore the anti-Arab and Arab-obsessed drivel in this thread and elsewhere from largely partially Arabized trolls.
Arabs as a people and civilization are too great to continuously be dragged into such moronic discussions and irrelevant troll wars on this forum.
Our ancient pre-Islamic history (that of the Arab world, Arabs and fellow Semitic peoples) is objectively speaking the most impressive in existence. It gave rise to the oldest known civilizations on the planet and influential (influencing every later civilization basically), science, mathematics, farming, the first major population centers and cities in the world, writing, alphabet, the wheel, musical instruments, the first monotheistic (Abrahamic) religions, first known religions, poetry, literature, domesticate of animals, the Arab world is home to the most impressive and most ancient archaeological and architectural wonders of the world and the list goes on.
After the Islamic conquest we Arabs created the largest (by far) and most influential empires EVER (stands to this date) created by non-Westerners (in the form of much more recent colonial empires, the British being the largest), expect for the incredibly short-lived and destructive Mongol empire, in the Muslim/non-Western world. It was under those Arab Caliphates/empires, that the height of Islamic civilization was reached and where the Islamic world was the leading player in almost every field. Arabic, the liturgic language of Islam, is the most influential language (by far) in the Muslim world too, influencing languages on all continents of the world and every single language spoken in the Muslim world to a greater or smaller degree.
To this very day, despite 3-4 centuries of Ottoman darkness and colonial exploration of much of the Arab world, we still stand strong, despite being at our weakest point. We still control a landmass the size of Russia, our lands are some of the most richest and sought after on the planet and so is our geographical location, hence the constant meddling from almost everyone else. We are still by far the largest Muslim ethnic group (second largest in the World overall) and our combined economy is in the top 5 of the world which incredible potential for future growth due to unused potential, population growth etc.
This post is not aimed at showcasing what is already known among educated people across the world (not only historians) but just to tell the few fellow Arab users that remain on PDF, not to get yourself dragged down by a few insulting loudmouths who give their own nation/s a very bad name.