Frank Herbert
Is there any reliable information available on what inspired Frank Herbert's terminology in "Dune"?
i.e. the Fremen terminology particularly, but any of his names or words which seem to have an arabic or hebraic derivation.
Frank Herbert had once said that CHOAM organization is supposed to represent OPEC. From this, a possible inspiration for Frank Herbert's terminology for Fremen could be taken from Arabic culture in general. I've asked people fluent in Arabic about certain Fremen terms, and they're actual terms used in the Arabic language: for example, "fedaykeen" means death commandos, and the phrase "bi-lal kaifa" is Arabic for "nothing further need be explained," which is a term of art in Islamic discourse.
Some people see "Dune" as an allegory for the entire Persian Gulf conflict, written years in advance, and I think Frank Herbert intended it to be so. Some interesting parallels could be how the West, in the form of House Atreides, comes to the aid of the indigenous population (the Fremen) to fight against Communist aggression (exemplified by House Harkonen).
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