`  *Ok, but who came up with these definitions? This linguistic definition only applies to Arabs in this case (for instance Austrians are not Germans and Colombians are not Spanish). So who came up with the idea that anyone who speaks Arabic as a native tongue is automatically considered an Arab? And how about all these ethnic and religious minorities in the ME who speak Arabic as first language but reject the label ``Arab``? Do we still call them Arabs because they conform to that definition?  `