Classical Arabic Texts Say the Original Arabs Were Black — Here’s the Source Modern narratives insist Arabs were never Black — yet classical Arabic literature says otherwise. The Diwān of Ḥassān ibn Thābit and other early Arabic sources describe the original Arabs (ʿArab al-ʿĀribah) using language associated with dark or Black skin, centuries before modern racial categories existed. This video examines: • What early Arabic texts actually say • How color terms were used in classical Arabic • Why