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A '''Maslawi''' is a person who is from the city of [[Mosul]], [[Iraq]]. A Maslawi does not indicate ones ethnicity, religion or religious sector, as a maslawi can either be an [[Arab]], [[Kurd]], [[Iraqi Turkmen|Turkoman]] or [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] (although, most Kurds of Mosul prefer not to be grouped under the term maslawi). |
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Maslawi as a term is also used to show the affiliation of any person, object, concept to Mosul city. |
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Maslawis have also their own accent of the [[Iraqi Arabic]] dialect (the [[North Mesopotamian Arabic|North Mesopotamian or Maslawi dialect]]). It puts more emphases on "gh" and replace "r", in some words. This dialect is considered to be similar to the [[Syrian Arabic]] and this can be explained by the short distance between Mosul and some of the major [[Syria]]n cities. |
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Maslawi people are usually presumed to be Sunni Arab since the majority of people in Mosul (i.e. Maslawis) are [[Arabs]] who are [[Sunni Muslims]]. Even though a Maslawi can be [[Shia]] [[Arab]], [[Arab Christian]], [[Assyrian Christian]], [[Sunni]] [[Kurd]], [[Iraqi Turkmen|Turkoman]] or of any other religious and ethnic background. |
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The Christian community of Mosul was prior to the [[Iraq War]] the second largest Christian community of all Iraqi cities after [[Baghdad]], with such small dominance as [[Syriac Catholic Church]], [[Syriac Orthodox Church]], [[Greek Orthodox]] and [[Chaldean Catholic]] in addition to the large community of the [[Assyrian church of the East]]. Most of the and [[Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people|Assyrians/Chaldeans]] live in the villages near to Mosul or other Northern areas (see [[list of Assyrian villages]]) and Arab Christians live in center of Mosul. |
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The [[Muslim]] majority of Maslawis are considered religious, as prayer chants from [[Mosques]] can be heard in the streets of Mosul throughout the week and women who don't wear head scarves are usually presumed to be non-Muslims. Sunni Arabs (Arabs who are Muslims and follow the Sunni branch of Islam) are in between moderate religious and far right religious. Maslawis of non-Muslim religious backgrounds tend to be less religious when being compared with the rest of Iraq, but are not close to the secularism of the people of [[Turkey]]. However, [[Kurds]] (Sunni Muslims of Kurdish ethnic background) tend to be the least religious, [[Assyrian Christians]] of Mosul also tend to be less religious when being compared with the rest of the Assyrian population of Iraq. |
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There used to be [[Jewish]] Maslawis as well, that resided in Mosul all the way up to 1950s. Almost all of the Jewish quarter of Mosul emigrated to either [[Israel]] or the U.S.. |
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Recent years have shown a distinction of 2 types of Maslawis, the original group of Maslawis who come from families with a long history of being in Mosul that goes many centuries back in history, and other Maslawis who migrated to the city in the last decades from rural and sub-urban areas mainly around the city. |
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Maslawis in Diaspora tend to form a tight and close community with each other, and they usually make a harmonized unity despite their religious and ethnic backgrounds, as the love for their city of origin unites them. |
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==Famous Maslawis== |
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* [[Kazem al-Saher]], music artist |
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* [[Hawar Mulla Mohammed]], football player |
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* [[Salih Jaber]], football player |
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* [[Tariq Aziz]], Deputy Prime Minister 1979-2003 (from [[Tel Keppe]]) |
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* [[Jamil al-Midfai]], Prime Minister |
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* [[Ghazi Yawar]], President 2004-2005 |
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==References== |
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* [[Harry Luke (author)|Harry Luke]], ''Mosul and its minorities'' (2004) ISBN 159333107X |
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* [[Suleiman Saigh]], ''History of the Iraqi city of Mosul'' (2008) ISBN 1593335237 |
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[[Category:People from Mosul| ]] |
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[[Category:Iraqi society]] |
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[[ar:مصلاوي]] |
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