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Jazira doesn't speak Arabic


Jesus Christ! She sounds like someone reading Arablish or something!

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odd to find someone named Muhammad exclaiming "Jesus Christ," complaining about someone's Arabic in a movie.
How's your Malaysian? I'd assume that's what she speaks, since that's where she's from... at any rate, I'd say it's probably better than yours...

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I'd like to do a little more research on this, but my husband and I thought that Jazira sounded just like the French princess in Braveheart, Sophie something. And it was obvious Jazira's lines were dubbed, but I haven't seen anything in the credits. Remember when Andie McDowell's voice was dubbed in the Tarzan movie, to disguise her Southern accent. Jazira's voice sounded just like Sophie's in Braveheart, iohi.

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"odd to find someone named Muhammad exclaiming "Jesus Christ," complaining about someone's Arabic in a movie."

To take your own Gods name in vain is sin; In many country's they use a foreign deity to express surprise. In Israel you will here "sha allah". Using that, they are not sinning.

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So she was speaking Arabic, then? I've been wondering for so long. It's a beautiful language. Though, apparently what I heard from her isn't how it's supposed to sound?

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Thank you! I thought I was the only person who thought that! Seriously, although the movie was excellent, the Arabic lacked a little something.

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