Abstract
Grouping of populations and cultures can be extremely helpful in studying how people behave, react, and basically in everything related to sociology and psychology. The sociocultural classification pioneered by Geert Hofstede has been a very useful tool for researchers, students, and basically everyone who want to learn more about the sociocultural aspect of a certain country. However, there is this one issue about the way how the countries are grouped, particularly the Arab countries Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. These are individual countries grouped as the Arab Word. The paper delves into the validity of this decision by reviewing ...