By Ilias Michail and Elias Antonius
Aramean supremacists have long perpetuated two enduring
myths, which strike at the very heart of any rational understanding of
Levantine history. The first is that they are the rightful heirs to the title
of ‘indigenous’ throughout the region. The second is their relentless portrayal
of the Levant as a purely Semitic land. Both of which have made them as
adamantly opposed to the concept of a Rûm ethnic identity as Arabists.
