Majlis al-Nuwwab (Arabic: مجلس النواب), lit.
'Assembly of Deputies', 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 Majlis al-Shura (lit.
'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: