More Things In Heaven And Earth Dept.

[muckefuck]

Magyarabs. Nubians who claim descent from a Hungarian general fighting for the Ottomans.

ETA: But, of course, the WEIRDest population group in the world is all around me.

Comments

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

I don't know about you, but I find this fascinating!

[richardthinks.livejournal.com]

Fantastic. Better than the Black Jews of Ethiopia. So totally going in my Bollymecha game.

[gullinbursti.livejournal.com]

Interesting.. only one single hit in JSTOR (and that's just one passing mention in one article) and none in EBSCO Megafile. I can't believe there's that little research about them.

[princeofcairo.livejournal.com]

So we need the Last Son of the Elephantine Island Jews to marry the Magyarab Princess, so that their child can Open the Way to Zerzura.

Note the significant Almasy connection, too.

[wwidsith.livejournal.com]

That WEIRD article is absolutely fascinating.