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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rasol: [QB] ^ There are a few things wrong with the general premise of this thread, which places anthropology [scientific objective] and ethnicity [subjective identity constructs] under the same grab bag and then imagines to objectively assess them both. This is a mistake for a number of reasons. But for now, I will just answer a question.... [QUOTE]Why isn't there an Arab Asia?[/QUOTE]Because most of Asia isn't Arab and the Arabs could never get away with such a transgressive claim. The closest relation to this claim *in Asia* is the "Jewish" state, of Israel. Jew is no more or less a valid -identity- than African, Black or any combination of the above, and it's a mistake to try to tell anyone else what *their* identity ought to be, or to imagine that one's own identity is somehow objectively superior in conception. But back to the Arabs. They can't claim and Arab Asia..... but that does not stop them from claiming and "Arab world", most of which happens to be in Africa and much of it, *non* Arab. [i][URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Arab_world.png][b]The Arab World[/b][/URL] (Arabic: العالم العربي; Transliteration: al-`alam al-`arabi) stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian/Persian Gulf in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to Central Africa and the Indian Ocean in the south. It consists of 23 countries with a combined population of some 325 million people spanning two continents.[/i] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Arab_world.png[/IMG] How come there is and Arab world, and a Jewish state? My rule of thumb is -> Never try to tell anyone else what their identity 'should' be. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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