Northern Africa and the Middle East

Did you know...?

• Northern Africa and the Middle East contains 7 of the world's top 10 unreached people groups: Najda Bedouin, Domari Gypsies, Juba Somali, Omani Arabs, Beja, Northern Yemeni Arabs, Southern Yemeni Arabs
• Northern Africa and the Middle East is the only region that has countries that start with O, Q or Y.
• Djibouti and Somalia export thousands of young camels each month to Saudi Arabia for local consumption.
• The Orthodox Church in Ethiopia claims that it has the original Ark of the Covenant in its possession.
• Somalia currently is the most closed country on the Planet to a gospel presence.
• Eritrea is one of the worst known persecutors of evangelical Christians.
• The Luuk region of Somalia has the hottest average temperature on the planet.
• Every gallon of gasoline sold in the West helps fund the largest printing press in the world in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where Korans in many languages are printed for worldwide distribution.