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Zemmour is not an arabic name
Reader comment on item: What to Make of Éric Zemmour?
Submitted by HILOUT PASCAL (France), Dec 1, 2021 at 06:23
Dear M. Pipes,
Zemmour means olive tree in the north-african native language : amazigh.
Please do this simple correction
Best regards
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Daniel Pipes replies:
Well, زمور is an Arabic word and he comes from an Arabic-speaking country, so can you establish that in this case it's Berber (or Amazigh) rather than Arabic?
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