▁Category : American ▁people ▁of ▁Leb an ese ▁descent ▁Category : Mus icians ▁from ▁Low ell , ▁Massachusetts ▁Category : Sing ers ▁from ▁Massachusetts ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁opera ▁sing ers ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁women ▁opera ▁sing ers ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁American ▁opera ▁sing ers ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁women ▁opera ▁sing ers ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁women ▁sing ers ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁American ▁women ▁sing ers ▁Category : Class ical ▁mus icians ▁from ▁Massachusetts <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Arab – By z antine ▁wars ▁were ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁wars ▁between ▁the ▁mostly ▁Arab ▁Muslim s ▁and ▁the ▁By z antine ▁Empire ▁between ▁the ▁ 7 th ▁and ▁ 1 1 th ▁centuries ▁AD , ▁started ▁during ▁the ▁initial ▁Muslim ▁con quest s ▁under ▁the ▁expansion ist ▁R ash id un ▁and ▁Um ay y ad ▁cal i ph s ▁in ▁the ▁ 7 th ▁century ▁and ▁continued ▁by ▁their ▁success ors ▁until ▁the ▁mid - 1 1 th ▁century . ▁ ▁The ▁emer gence ▁of ▁Muslim ▁Arab s ▁from ▁Arab ia ▁in ▁the ▁ 6 3 0 s ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁rapid ▁loss ▁of ▁By z ant ium ' s ▁southern ▁provinces ▁( S y ria ▁and ▁Egypt ) ▁to ▁the ▁Arab ▁C ali ph ate . ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁fifty ▁years , ▁under ▁the ▁Um ay y ad ▁cal i ph s , ▁the ▁Arab s ▁would ▁launch ▁repeated