According to an Iraqi historian I read, it was Napoleon who imposed the idea that they are all Arabs. Part of getting the Middle East healthy is splitting up this false identity and letting them regain their own separate histories and identities that go back thousands of years. Maybe you saw the article yesterday dating Egyptian civilization to 10,000 BC.
"Part of getting the Middle East healthy is splitting up this false identity "
So it's done by simply declaring Syrians and Egyptians aren't Arabs?
I've googled for the last half hour and found tons of references to Egyptian Arabs but none that Egyptians are not Arabs. Either there is an ethnic arabic community imbedded among 'regular' egyptians, or your statement is in the service of someone's agenda. I'd welcome an authoritative cite in opposition.