The name itself is a conscious reworking of 'Arabia' and 'Iraq', isn't it?

…uve made what must have been a deliberate decision in his Dune movie to replace Jihad with Crusade. But it’s still inescapable that Arrakis is Arabia, and the Fremen are a representation of the Arab tribes. Arab literally means “desert people”.
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The name itself is a conscious reworking of 'Arabia' and 'Iraq', isn't it? The references to the Middle East are quite explicit.
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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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