Call me Ishmael

Now I know that Iran isn't part of "the Arab World" any more than India, Indonesia, or for that matter the United States are part of the Arab World. And Mona Eltahawy knows that Iran isn't part of the Arab World any more than Moldova, Azerbijan, Georgia, Tibet, Laos, Nicaragua, or French Guyana are part of the Arab World. But most of the readers of the Washington Post don't know this, which makes one wonder what agenda is served when Eltahawy so assiduously elides the distinction in the pages of the WaPo opinion section.