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Sounds like a movie thing to me. The Arabs don't practice and twin-sword fighting, as much of their fighting in the medieval/rennesance world was from horseback, where two of anything is a hinderance. Additionally, the Arabic world does not have the same tradition of formalized Martial Art such as one finds in Europe or Asia, where specific schools of Fence passed down concrete bodies of work. The Arabic martial tradition is more rooted in the use of bow, rifle, and sabre either from horseback or in raiding actions on foot: such techniques were almost always taught by family members, learned growing up. While it's possible that classical-pattern schools of fighting existed in places like Samarkand, Baghdad, or Jerusalem, no record of them exists.
The Phillipines and China have styles which use two sabres of equal length which are, in some cases, much as you describe. However, such forms are not only extremely difficult but are taught only to extremely advanced students as a rule: the chance of injuring onesself with two weapons is much greater than with one, especially given that one of the weapons will be in the user's off hand.
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