sentence: Most people go on to assume that people in the Middle-East are Arab.
sentences_after: These people are united by a common language and usually church such as the Syriac Orthodox Church-in the case of Aramaics. These Aramaics are not Arab but have actually dwelled in Syria thousands of years before the Arabs came along.
concept_name: people
headings: Ma'loula Identity of these Aramaics (Syriacs)