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Dune: Part 2 criticized for its failure to include Middle Eastern and North African influences that were so prevalent in Frank Herbert's book


Dune: Part Two is easily the biggest movie of the year thus far, and while it's a hit with an overwhelming majority of fans and critics, some are speaking out.

Earlier this month, Furvah Shah wrote a piece for Cosmopolitan UK mentions that the filmmakers specifically left out a word used frequently in the book - jihad - which literally translates in Arabic to 'struggle' but is now synonymous with acts of terror. Shah added, 'From the use of beads and prostration in prayers by the Fremen, to the almost-Arabic language, phrases pulled from religious texts and the wearing of veils, it felt like Dune takes a heavy amount of inspiration from Islam, Middle Eastern and North African cultures yet simultaneously erases us from screen.' Earlier this month, Furvah Shah wrote a piece for Cosmopolitan UK mentions that the filmmakers specifically left out a word used frequently in the book - jihad - which literally translates in Arabic to 'struggle' but is now synonymous with acts of terror

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