Assassin as in the book that talks about the "hashashin"? this is more like an art of stabbing and killing, isnt it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashashin this is an art of the Ismaili's and Nizari's against the arabs, it's not an arabic martial art. the only thing i'd consider an MA of arabs is sword fighting which was around 1600 years ago, where they used to start an army battle with 3 pairs fighting from each army first, and the armies would join!