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I was surprised at the lack of critical content around the obvious Muslim / Arabic origins of the Fremen in Dune

They're both in the movies and the books, but whereas the latter makes no excuse for using terms like hajj and jihad, the movies are oddly sterilised

I was surprised at the lack of critical content around the obvious Muslim / Arabic origins of the Fremen in Dune

They're both in the movies and the books, but whereas the latter makes no excuse for using terms like hajj and jihad, the movies are oddly sterilised 

https://inkstickmedia.com/erasing-arabs-from-dune/