The Illyrians were well known for the tall and muscular builds. It made them the most formidable warriors of antiquity, which is why some of Rome's greatest soldier emperors like Aurelian and Constantine were from that region.
Pan-Arabists in Egypt and the Mashriq: leftist, anti-imperialist, wishes for the liberation of the entire third world
Pan-Arabists in the Maghreb: Hitler
Brown people just get on this app every day and debate which of their shitholes is better than the other, call each other’s women whores, and argue about who’s whiter than who
Arabization was less succesfull than post-islamic Persianization that lead to the early and complete disappearance of Sogdian, Bactrian and Khwarezmian
@Jadouken10 Had the Ummayads allowed for greater Muwallad participation in governance and the military, Al andalus would've had a stronger chance of surviving. Truth was that the local people were at times quite apathetic about their states well-being.
Sometimes, I feel as if the Anglo-Saxon, particularly the Americans, are the only nation that looks forward to the future instead of trapping itself in past glories.