Geography quiz!

[dreamer_easy]

I received this JPG in email:



Eighteen nations are named on the map. How many are "Arab lands"?

Only nine of the eighteen countries named are Arab nations: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan, and Yemen. None of the others identify themselves as Arab nations, belong to the Arab League, or have a majority Arab population.

Comments

[laputain.livejournal.com]

The most repulsive attitude of the Zionist regime is that Arab=Arab=Arab, and if they occupy Gaza that's okay because the native people can go live in Egypt or Jordan or wherever. (Until the Likudniks decide that Eretz Israel needs to be even larger, but never mind that.)

It's like if China occupied Sydney, and sarcastically said to 4 million refugees "OH BOO HOO HOO! THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF AUSTRALIA, YA CRYBABIES!" Never mind that the various forms of Arabic are near-to mutually unintelligble.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Without necessarily disagreeing - 'cos the map backs up what you're saying, at least for some folks' attitudes, as does marlowe1's "kick them out" posting - I have a terribly hard time taking anything seriously that uses phrases like "the Zionist regime". :)

[laputain.livejournal.com]

*shrug* Israel is a Zionist regime, just as Cuba is a Communist regime. I know anti-semites use "Zionist" as codeword for "Jew", but that's the correct name of the political movement which founded Israel and to which all Israeli political parties subscribe.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

It's technically correct, of course - it just gives me the giggles. :)