[Oyibopeppeh]

Originally Posted by OleJanx You sure about that? I was always under the impression that Oman colonised Zanzibar, and became the only non-European colonialists in Africa.

And home to Britain's first asian rock star

[OriginalSunshine]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar_Revolution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboliti...avery_timeline

Mauritania - 1981. wow. And Sierra Leone was apparently founded as a colony for ex-slaves by Britain.

[OleJanx]

Originally Posted by OriginalSunshine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar_Revolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboliti...avery_timeline Mauritania - 1981. wow. And Sierra Leone was apparently founded as a colony for ex-slaves by Britain.

Hence Freetown.

[alfrombarking]

Originally Posted by OleJanx You sure about that? I was always under the impression that Oman colonised Zanzibar, and became the only non-European colonialists in Africa.

That's why I said 'technically'



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...ater_Arab_rule

[Meow]

Originally Posted by Boomhauer I don't mean because there are Emiratis/Khaleegis with African ancestry, but there is a certain phenotype present in the Emirates and the region that Hamilton mirrors. The average Western person with mixed Black White ancestry does not look like the specific Emirati phenotype I am thinking of. Throw a dishdash on Hamilton and he would fit perfectly in the UAE, not something I would say for other Westerners of mixed Black White ancestry.

How many people from a particular country look like the stereotypical national? Emiratis seem to come in numerous shapes, sizes and shades, just as other nationalities do.

For example, I am British (albeit with mongrel ancestry) and have been taken to be French, Italian, Spanish Greek and Turkish on a regular basis.

[Boomhauer]

Originally Posted by Meow How many people from a particular country look like the stereotypical national? Emiratis seem to come in numerous shapes, sizes and shades, just as other nationalities do. For example, I am British (albeit with mongrel ancestry) and have been taken to be French, Italian, Spanish Greek and Turkish on a regular basis.

They do have more than 1 phenotype but there is a 'certain look' with Emiratis. Hamilton just seemed to me to look like a certain type of Emirati when he got a hat on. Nicole Sherzinger (Pussy Cat dolls) , Hamilton's WAG looks South Asian in many pics even though she has no South Asian ancestry.

[Sandboy]

he'd win the championship every year if he was... in an Altima

[alfrombarking]

Originally Posted by Sandboy he'd win the championship every year if he was... in an Altima

I co sign this