The residents of the Shaat al Arab, a small bit of land at the Persian Gulf end of Iraq, have been in contended territory almost longer than there's been Muslims.
One year, they are Persian, the next, Ottoman. It's hard enough to remember which language the government is in, let alone which flavor of religion to adhere to (or whether it Turkey and Iran or Ottomans and Persians).
Scientists have christened the particular type of schizophrenia that results, "Multiple Persianality Disorder".
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