And 'Levant' itself - the 'Land of the Rising Sun' - assumes a Western geographical perspective. If you're in Iran, for example, the sun sets over all the rest of the 'Middle East'. - Matthew Clapham

…aleb — the Lebanese-American bestselling philosopher — delivers a contrarian history of the Levant. If you’re in the U.S., you may know this region as “the Middle East,” though that term is a U.S. invention. Most people today misunderstand the region’s history, Taleb explains. “Religious differentiation, c…
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And 'Levant' itself - the 'Land of the Rising Sun' - assumes a Western geographical perspective. If you're in Iran, for example, the sun sets over all the rest of the 'Middle East'.
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Professional translator by day. Writer of silly and serious stuff by night. Also by day, when I get fed up of tedious translations. Founder of Iberospherical.
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