The Mashriq (, also Mashreq, Mashrek) is the region of Arab countries to the east of Egypt. This comprises the countries of Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Iraq. Poetically the ‘place of sunrise’, the name is derived from the verb sharaqa ( ‘to shine, illuminate, radiate’ and ‘to rise’), referring to the direction where the sun rises, namely, the east.

The Mashriq (, also Mashreq, Mashrek) is the region of Arab countries to the east of Egypt. This comprises the countries of Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Iraq. Poetically the ‘place of sunrise’, the name is derived from the verb sharaqa ( ‘to shine, illuminate, radiate’ and ‘to rise’), referring to the direction where the sun rises, namely, the east.