Majlis al-Nuwwab

Majlis al-Nuwwab (Arabic: مجلس النواب‎), literally Assembly of Deputies (deriving from the Hindi loanword Nawab), is used in a number of countries as the Arabic-language name for the lower, directly elected house of a bicameral legislature. As a closer parallel to the idea of representative democracy, it is usually contrasted against the Tradition of Majlis al Shura (council of consultants, usually more associated with non-legislative assemblies of advisors to a ruler or, more recently, the upper houses of bicameral parliaments).

The word is used as the official name of the following:

• Chamber of Deputies of Jordan
• Council of Representatives of Bahrain
• Assembly of Representatives of Yemen
• Parliament of Lebanon (also known as the National Assembly)
• Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia
• Council of Representatives of Iraq
• Assembly of Representatives of Morocco

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