Japanese currency the writer removed from Arab country (3)
I believe the answer is:
yen
'japanese currency' is the definition.
(the currency of Japan is the yen)
'writer removed from arab country' is the wordplay.
'writer' becomes 'me' (the person who wrote the clues).
'removed from' is a deletion indicator.
'arab country' becomes 'yemen' (Yemen is a Middle Eastern country).
'yemen' with 'me' taken out is 'YEN'.
'the' is the link.
(Other definitions for yen that I've seen before include "Unit of money in Japan" , "Long for a coin" , "Japanese currency; yearning" , "Long for Japanese money?" , "Longing for a currency unit" .)