People group profile · PG042887
The Nawars of the United Arab Emirates
The Nawars of the United Arab Emirates, numbering about 77,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a traditionally itinerant people of South and Southwest Asia whose communities in the United Arab Emirates share cultural and ancestral ties with the wider Nawar populations found across the Middle East.
They are a diaspora people in the Domari people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Gulf Arabic.
Fast facts
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Population
- 77,500
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Domari
- Primary language
- Gulf Arabic (afb)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Nawars are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Nawars
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
99% adherents
Primary language
Gulf Arabic · Afro-Asiatic family
70% speak Gulf Arabic
Gospel resources in Gulf Arabic
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Arabic Gulf)
- JESUS (Arabic Gulf)
- Magdalena (Arabic Gulf)
- The Savior (Arabic Gulf)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Nawars
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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