Middle Eastern people also collectively or individually known as West Asian people, Middle Eastern and North African people (MENA), Arabs, Persians, Turks, or Southwest Asians are the native Caucasian peoples of northern Africa, Asia Minor, Arabia, Mesopotamia, and adjacent areas at the convergence of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Although in many regards this group of people is classified as Caucasian, many people with this ancestry will state they are a distinct group. Furthermore many European Caucasians will state that they are not "white". This may be as a result of racial identity, prevalent darker more olive tones skin, language, culture, religion, hair, and geography. The majority of people from this region are Semitic speaking muslims and have a larger amount of angrogenic hair, their hair and eyes are also darker with fair skin, hair, and eyes being relatively rare as compared to Europeans. There are many and that are of note of many sub ethnicities.
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