Who are Middle Easterners? What is the Middle East? Who are we? Why do we exist? These are the type of questions explored by those who identify as Middle Eastern and others who define them as such. The answers to these questions vary depending on who is exploring and who is exploiting them. Group identities are often compounded by individual and societal definitions that are shaped through historical events, political dynamics, and cultural factors. Nevertheless, depictions of the Middle East and its people, either self-defined or constructed globally, often generate a story that develops and reinforces identities and behaviors present in the region. Titles such as The New Middle East and The Young and the Restless have been recently blasted on magazine covers and news broadcasts to characterize the events of the Arab Spring and define the demographics within. Could it be that these somewhat true characterizations of the region have guided and reinforced identities and behaviors within? The term “Self-fulfilling prophesy” is used to explain behaviors governed by predictions of the mind and the underlying energy that drives the outcome of human beliefs. Similarly, behavioral confirmation refers to the process of which people’s perceptions and definitions of others are transformed to behaviors by those being perceived. This paper will explore these phenomena and reference social behavioral theories to demonstrate how constructed identities of the Middle East and its people have molded existing behaviors, experiences and self-expressions. The author will explore how regional analyses and narratives as described throughout various media outlets have been internalized and used to rationalize manifested behaviors within the region. Trends and patterns of behaviors as associated with these characterizations will be illustrated and discussed.