Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Western Asia/Archive 3

Request for Comments on Arabia/Arabian Peninsula Article.
There has been a request for comments on a dispute regarding the Arabia/Arabian Peninsula article. harlan (talk) 13:52, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Regions of the Middle East
Regions of the Middle East has been sent for deletion at WP:PROD 76.66.193.90 (talk) 06:38, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Coordinators' working group
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Portal:Roads
The World Roads Portal is at Peer Review, if any editors know of any articles, images, news items or DYKs which could be added to the Portal, please add them directly to the portal or contact ....SriMesh |  talk  00:39, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks. — Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}κοντριβς – WP Physics} 09:51, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)

The use of barley in cuisine
I have a quote that the grain barley is not much used in food except in the Middle east, yet I didn't see much mention in the cuisine articles. I figured I'd ask here, if anyone was familiar with the uses of barley in any western asian/middle eastern cuisine, adding it to the Barley section of the barley article would be highly appreciated. Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:17, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes that's correct, Barley is used in Western Asian/Middle Eastern dishes. It goes back to the Ancient Iraqis/Mesopotamians (who first cultivated the grain). Izzedine (talk) 15:52, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

GA Class Review of the United Arab Emirates
Can someone please reassess the United Arab Emirates article. I believe it has geatly improved, and deserves a review. -- MoHasanie Talk  13:10, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Rename Southwest Asia to Western Asia
Please share your views here. Izzedine (talk) 14:00, 9 August 2009 (UTC)