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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 05:21:04 JST Evan Prodromou

   Just found out that all Arabs in Argentina and most of Latin America are called turcos ("Turks") and finding it hard to process.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Argentines?wprov=sfla1

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     Osteopenia Powers (osteopenia_powers@newsie.social)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 07:04:07 JST Osteopenia Powers

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     @evan
     Have you ever read Gabriela Clove and Cinnamon? Set in 1920's Brazil, one of the main characters is "Nacib the Turk" who is Syrian.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 07:04:07 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Osteopenia Powers

     @Osteopenia_Powers I have not, and: booo

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 08:02:03 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Dave Neary

     @dneary TIL!

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     Dave Neary (dneary@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 08:02:05 JST Dave Neary

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     @evan Did you know that there's a significant Irish legacy in Buenos Aires? One of the largest Rugby teams in Buenos Aires is called Hurling Club - one of their former scrum halves was the great-great-great-grandson of Galway born Patrick Lynch, although he was better known later as Che Guevara. A Mayoman called William "Guillermo" Brown founded the Argentine Navy. And there are around 650,000 Argentinians of Irish descent!