I find it interesting that some people will consider you arab if you learn the language. There are several questions on quora about whether or not a person or group can become arab by assimilating into arab culture and learning arabic and the answer they got was yes by most of the answers. there's a wide variance in appearance with in the arab community I've seen some with green and blue eyes, light colored hair others had dark brown, olive or dark redish skin with dark eye color. I always thought of race as being genetic meaning that you have to born to an ethnic group that speaks arabic to be an arab and that assimilating into the culture if you did so successfully you still retain your original racial identity. I view my self as only belonging to general islamic culture and thats good enough for me. Some said Arab is an ethnicity or culture you can join. Only a minority of answers said no. I don't feel the need to change my racial identity unless there was some kind of benifit like greater acceptance in the muslim world witch I do want but don't need. I'm just cuirous and want something to talk about with someone I'm not trying to steal someones identity or disrespect it.