Taking the entire globe, if North America and Western Europe can be called the 'cities of the world', then Asia, Africa and Latin America constitute 'the rural areas of the world'.
Bio: Abū Bakr 'Abdallāh bin Abī Quḥāfah aṣ-Ṣiddīq, popularly known as Abu Bakr, was a senior companion and through his daughter Aisha the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
