Answer to Question 1
The people of the Arab world have been on the move' both historically and in the contemporary moment. So, the music and culture of the Arab world spreads out in a diaspora. Rather than being confined to a single geographic location, its people and their traditions are dispersed beyond the boundaries of the region.
Answer to Question 2
A vast collection of twenty-two countries, where Arabic is the official spoken and written language
and . . . home to a surprising diversity of peoples that includes Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
