It’s a slightly difficult needle to thread, isn’t it? I wasn’t surprised that Amina and others called him a Frank, but that he called himself that, but it was probably the best available word in Arabic.In the author's note in my version, she said she was reflecting what the Yemenis would be calling Europeans.
Similarly, scimitar stuck out because I don’t parse it as “generic curved sword” but as the specific word in English.
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