V.V. Gibrail? Mountain of Faith

[David Morris]

>From: "Saioued Al-Zaioued" If  anyone has a baedakker, I am sure someone 
>will find some reference to the  difference between Fellah and Sa'idi 
>(plurals Fallahin and Sa'aida) and this is what pynchon is making a play 
>on,

Maybe so, but the "Sa'idi" are never mentioned.  Pynchon's ecological 
concerns would seem applicable here if the two types of farmers were to be 
contrasted.  But don't forget that the other desert-component in this story 
is the City.  The desert and the city are relentless inanimate forces.  Stll 
your insight only adds to the Life Vs. Death theme in this story.

>his impersonation is based on this distinction, and I think is a weaker one 
>because of his lack of understanding of issues and trying to attribute 
>Anarchistic traits to simple people who would have went towards God and the 
>mosque before going towards Anarachism. If  he wanted to see anarchists in 
>Egypt at that time, I would've suggested  him picking the many scholars the 
>colonizers hung or shot at that time, called the "Itihad Al- Ulama". I 
>guess this section was meant to be tacky, robotic arm and all....

Yes, you are right that anarchism is not Jihadism.  But from the perspective 
of the dominant invading power the difference is made smaller.

>Happy Turkey Day Americans

Thanks,
David Morris
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