As a Palestinian-American, I've realized a significant lack of Arab authorship in the Arts coming out of the Levant prior to the Islamic Golden Age. Why is this, considering Jerusalem's global importance?

by Corncream
Snoutysensations

Which arts in particular are you asking about, and what century? As you know, Qubbat As-Sakhra (aka Dome of the Rock) in Jerusalem was built only 50 years after the Arab conquest, at a time when the majority of the population of the newly conquered lands were still non-Arab former Byzantine Christian Greeks, Aramaeans and Jews. These peoples would gradually convert to Islam and identify as Arabs, but that process took centuries.