That implies that she's looking for a Muslim, not Arab issue. Especially considering the next sentence: It will show how Islam is as much a part of the human experience as any other faith or story system that writers of the fantastic draw from.
That's implying that all Arab culture leans from Islam. Much of it does. But not all of it does. And *that* is where I felt her wording and well-meaningness falls apart. I acknowledge that she meant to be inclusive, even if her wording was imprecise. That being said, while I've studied the Middle East I'm not from the Middle East[1], so it's not quite my place to be speaking for my Middle Eastern neighbors.
[1]I know that at one point my ancestors were from the Middle East, but I can't tell you if that was hundreds of years ago or thousands of years ago.
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Date: 2010-09-24 04:44 am (UTC)It will show how Islam is as much a part of the human experience as any other faith or story system that writers of the fantastic draw from.
That's implying that all Arab culture leans from Islam. Much of it does. But not all of it does. And *that* is where I felt her wording and well-meaningness falls apart. I acknowledge that she meant to be inclusive, even if her wording was imprecise. That being said, while I've studied the Middle East I'm not from the Middle East[1], so it's not quite my place to be speaking for my Middle Eastern neighbors.
[1]I know that at one point my ancestors were from the Middle East, but I can't tell you if that was hundreds of years ago or thousands of years ago.