I agree. The new Dune movies mostly shied away from using Arabic, of particular note it avoided the word “jihad” despite it being very prominent in the books. It’s very Arabic in influence, but so much of our culture is scared of the language still.
I feel this is probably changing as most of our society has realized our wars have been bullshit, but have exposed us to the culture. I could be wrong though. It could just be my bias, having gone to a university with quite a few Arabic people, and being close friends with and living with a Saudi.
I think the first step for most people is food, and Arabic food has become a lot more common (though sometimes calling itself Mediterranean instead of Arabic).
i watched a music reaction video by this devout christian couple, like real believers, not just political hacks. they would listen to heavy metal songs and talk about the themes especially if there are religious themes.
the dude had an interesting past and apparently met some muslims and got to know about their faith so he would pretty regularly use the phrases “inshallah” and “mashallah” iirc as he knew what they meant and didn’t think it went against his faith to say them.
exposure is the best antidote to prejudice, and just like you he was exposed to real people which didn’t prevented him from getting fooled by the distorted depictions in media.
I agree. The new Dune movies mostly shied away from using Arabic, of particular note it avoided the word “jihad” despite it being very prominent in the books. It’s very Arabic in influence, but so much of our culture is scared of the language still.
I feel this is probably changing as most of our society has realized our wars have been bullshit, but have exposed us to the culture. I could be wrong though. It could just be my bias, having gone to a university with quite a few Arabic people, and being close friends with and living with a Saudi.
I think the first step for most people is food, and Arabic food has become a lot more common (though sometimes calling itself Mediterranean instead of Arabic).
i watched a music reaction video by this devout christian couple, like real believers, not just political hacks. they would listen to heavy metal songs and talk about the themes especially if there are religious themes.
the dude had an interesting past and apparently met some muslims and got to know about their faith so he would pretty regularly use the phrases “inshallah” and “mashallah” iirc as he knew what they meant and didn’t think it went against his faith to say them.
exposure is the best antidote to prejudice, and just like you he was exposed to real people which didn’t prevented him from getting fooled by the distorted depictions in media.
Vin and Sori if anyone’s wondering.