Palestine holds a significant place in history, culture, and geopolitics, and its distinct cultural identity deserves representation within the game. Just as you have recognized the unique cultural and historical significance of other regions by including cores for Lebanon (which had an identity just as distinct like the palestinian one during the time). Therefore i believe it is equally important to acknowledge the presence of Palestinian culture and heritage.
I understand that the update is around the corner right now. However, I believe that the addition of Palestinian cores to Palestine wouldn't hurt the gameplay experience just like the inclusion of Lebanese cores doesn't alter the gameplay experience significantly.
In conclusion, I urge the development team to seriously consider this idea and explore the possibility of adding Palestinian cores to Palestine to the game.
Here is also an exert about the Palestinian culture, extending to before the start date of EU4:
The Palestinian identity
Was not new
They did not find a new identity illan
It was there way before
Israeli historian Haim Gerber, a professor of Islamic History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, traces Arab nationalism back to a 17th-century religious leader, Mufti Khayr al-Din al-Ramli (1585–1671) who was born and lived in Al-Ramla in Ottoman Palestine. He claims that Khayr al-Din al-Ramli’s religious edicts (fatwa, plural fatawa), collected into final form in 1670 under the name al-Fatawa al-Khayriyah, attest to territorial awareness:
“These fatawa are a contemporary record of the time, and also give a complex view of agrarian relations.”
The 1670 collection mentions the concepts Filastin, biladuna (our country), al-Sham (Syria), Misr (Egypt), and diyar (country), in senses that appear to go beyond objective geography.
Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani, alternatively spelled Daher al-Omar or Dahir al-Umar (Arabic: ظاهر العمر الزيداني, romanized: Ẓāhir al-ʿUmar az-Zaydānī, 1689/90 – 21 or 22 August 1775) was the autonomous Arab ruler of northern Palestine in the mid-18th century.
Zahir’s founding of a virtually autonomous state in Palestine has made him a national hero among Palestinians today
Zahir was the de facto ruler over Palestine
10th century geographer al-Maqdisī, clearly saw himself as Palestinian:
One day I sat next to some builders in Shiraz; they were chiselling with poor picks and their stones were the thickness of clay. If the stone is even, they would draw a line with the pick and perhaps this would cause it to break. But if the line was straight, they would set it in place. I told them: ‘If you use a wedge, you can make a hole in the stone.’ And I told them of the construction in Palestine and I engaged them in matters of construction.
“The master stone-cutter asked me: Are you Egyptian?”
“I said: No, I am Palestinian.”
Sincerely, Adam
I understand that the update is around the corner right now. However, I believe that the addition of Palestinian cores to Palestine wouldn't hurt the gameplay experience just like the inclusion of Lebanese cores doesn't alter the gameplay experience significantly.
In conclusion, I urge the development team to seriously consider this idea and explore the possibility of adding Palestinian cores to Palestine to the game.
Here is also an exert about the Palestinian culture, extending to before the start date of EU4:
The Palestinian identity
Was not new
They did not find a new identity illan
It was there way before
Israeli historian Haim Gerber, a professor of Islamic History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, traces Arab nationalism back to a 17th-century religious leader, Mufti Khayr al-Din al-Ramli (1585–1671) who was born and lived in Al-Ramla in Ottoman Palestine. He claims that Khayr al-Din al-Ramli’s religious edicts (fatwa, plural fatawa), collected into final form in 1670 under the name al-Fatawa al-Khayriyah, attest to territorial awareness:
“These fatawa are a contemporary record of the time, and also give a complex view of agrarian relations.”
The 1670 collection mentions the concepts Filastin, biladuna (our country), al-Sham (Syria), Misr (Egypt), and diyar (country), in senses that appear to go beyond objective geography.
Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani, alternatively spelled Daher al-Omar or Dahir al-Umar (Arabic: ظاهر العمر الزيداني, romanized: Ẓāhir al-ʿUmar az-Zaydānī, 1689/90 – 21 or 22 August 1775) was the autonomous Arab ruler of northern Palestine in the mid-18th century.
Zahir’s founding of a virtually autonomous state in Palestine has made him a national hero among Palestinians today
Zahir was the de facto ruler over Palestine
10th century geographer al-Maqdisī, clearly saw himself as Palestinian:
One day I sat next to some builders in Shiraz; they were chiselling with poor picks and their stones were the thickness of clay. If the stone is even, they would draw a line with the pick and perhaps this would cause it to break. But if the line was straight, they would set it in place. I told them: ‘If you use a wedge, you can make a hole in the stone.’ And I told them of the construction in Palestine and I engaged them in matters of construction.
“The master stone-cutter asked me: Are you Egyptian?”
“I said: No, I am Palestinian.”
Sincerely, Adam
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