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From: Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com>
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:48:56 -0400
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necoandjeff wrote:

> "Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2qemgeFtp9kgU6@uni-berlin.de...
> 
>>necoandjeff wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Geographically it used to refer to what we now call
>>>the Middle East, plus Iran.
>>
>>When did Iran leave the Middle East?
> 
> 
> For some reason I was thinking that, because it is Persian rather than Arab,
> it might technically be separate, but I guess not.

I've always thought of "Middle East" as a geographic descriptor rather 
than a demographic one.

- Kevin