as i handed the book to Anthony, him flipping through, noticing some Quran verses, and asks if this is in arabic. i said yes. can you read them. he says he’s learning, persian, so, a bit. i haven’t really the faintest idea about the persian language, except that it can *probably* be transribed to arabic with the addition of some letters, (which wouldn’t otherwise be founded in arabic, making pronunciation hard), which again is very similiar to bahasa melayu’s jawi. there are connections between both empires anyway, so it wouldn’t be a surprise. then he added it was easier and he could teach me some words.

haih. i said, someday, when i have any burning desire to go to there.