Talk:Salim Barakat

DYK's statement is correct in context. However, one might add that Salim Barakat writes in Arabic and academics in Europe, who make a sharp division between Arabic and Persian studies in the departments of their universities, do not concern themselves with Barakat's Islamic or Persian sources or take into account that Islamic poets may write on Islamic subjects in a language of their choice. This is because Islamic poetry is not defined by language, but rather by cultural movements. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aviva Butt (talk • contribs) 01:22, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * You seem to be opening your comments with double-brackets, which is normally reserved for invoking templates. This is not a useful convention to adopt and will result in confusion. Please follow the normal convention of signing your comments with . But you don't need to sign edit summaries.
 * As for the DYK post, that happened in 2011 and will not now be revisited.  — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 02:41, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

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