When I was 14 years old, I encountered Dune in my school library. It blew my mind; it was one of the best books I had ever read. And when I read it, I could tell that the society of the Fremen, the native humans of Arrakis—the planet on which Dune is set—had names that recalled Arabic culture. It wasn’t until this year that I learned how deep that influence is. The occasion I have for thinking this is the release of the film adaptation of
The 14th Century Origins of Dune
The 14th Century Origins of Dune
The 14th Century Origins of Dune
When I was 14 years old, I encountered Dune in my school library. It blew my mind; it was one of the best books I had ever read. And when I read it, I could tell that the society of the Fremen, the native humans of Arrakis—the planet on which Dune is set—had names that recalled Arabic culture. It wasn’t until this year that I learned how deep that influence is. The occasion I have for thinking this is the release of the film adaptation of