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Originally Posted by Dusty
Well, it is in the middle part of the country east of the Med.
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Opportunities for snark aside
--my pink fonted contribution had me laughing before I erased it--I meant the question seriously.
Bernard Nietschmann often wondered if it helps or hinders (or both) our ability to interact with the world when we define countries by geographical region?
Somewhat similarly, historians of Eastern Europe have long rankled at the notion that the pivot of Western civilization is considered by popular audiences to be west of Poland.
As SR is a student of the Middle East, I was wondering what kind of information he'd received that had led him to conclude Tunisia is a Middle Eastern country.
ETA-- SR, to be clear, my question reflects genuine intellectual curiosity.