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		nrgc on Sept 8, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Al-Jazari Arab is not really generic. It is an ethnicity. An Arab does to have to be living in Arabia. Cizre at that time, was inhabited by Arabs. Al Jazari was an Arab, living in Cizre (Jazeera Ibn Amr in Arabic). It happens that this city today is a Turkish city.

yareally on Sept 8, 2014 [–]

> It is an ethnicity.

I'm aware that it is, but many people seem to like to use it for an (incorrect) generalization.

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