Which of these countries is a palindrome when written in arabic?

A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward as forward, such as madam or racecar. Sentence-length palindromes may be written when allowances are made for adjustments to capital letters, punctuation, and word dividers, such as "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!", "Was it a car or a cat I saw?" or "No 'x' in Nixon".

Libya is written in arabic ليبيا which reads the same backward as forward.

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Cleo Teeters

Be kind. Stop being so pass remarkable. If you do not have anything kind to say, please don't say anything. It's a quiz - play for fun 🙏

Linda Stegall

I don't speak Arabic but Libya was the only nation listed that was in the part of the world where they speak Arabic.

Pat Wells

Good question; we need more international questions to level the playing field, since not everyone on this site is U.S. based.

John W Shreve

I'd like to see the transliteration, but it's good, hard trivia.

Jeff Webster

Thank goodness for a good majority vote.

illonabird

Niko Hilje, Good luck.

Mark Lloyd

It was the only country that spoke Arabic

Veronica Dunn

I agree with Andrew and Cleo it's a quiz - play for fun

deborahpmercer

Cleo Teeters, I quite agree! Constructive criticism or pointing out (politely) a possible inaccuracy is fine, but there are a few folk who only seem to come on here to carp! Would also point out that for the name of a country to be written in Arabic, it doesn't have to be an Arabic speaking country - after all, we write "Libya" in the Roman alphabet!