Mashriq
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The Mashriq (مشرق, also Mashreq, Mashrek) is the region of Arab countries to the east of Egypt. This comprises the countries of Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Iraq. Poetically the "place of sunrise", the name is derived from the verb sharaqa (شرق "to shine, illuminate, radiate" and "to rise"), referring to the east, where the sun rises.