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[twinkle]

First inhabitants were traced back to Chirokitia, near Larnaca/Limassol dating back 7000BC and they were from Assyria, Egypt and Persia . The Greeks conquered Cyprus in 333BC under Alexander. Original ancestors were Assyrian, Egyptians and Persians.

[unique_earthling]

sounds pretty arabic to me...

[Piratis]

First inhabitants were traced back to Chirokitia, near Larnaca/Limassol dating back 7000BC and they were from Assyria, Egypt and Persia .

Your source? The first settlements were indeed about that time, but there is nothing that links the people of that time with the Egyptians, Persians etc.

Greeks first came to Cyprus and founded their cities on uninhabited land (at that time the population of Cyprus was a few thousands and the concept of "country" did not exist - what they had were city kingdoms) at around 1400BC. Soon the other natives of the island adopted the Greek civilization. Since that time the great majority of the population has always been Greek, they always spoke Greek they followed Greek tradition, arts, religion etc.

The fact that Cyprus was later on occupied by each big empire in the region didn't change this fact. In fact Greece itself was under occupation for most of this time as well. (The Ottomans for example had Greece as part of their empire for longer time than they had Cyprus)

sounds pretty arabic to me...

What exactly sounds Arabic to you? Do you think that the Persians and the ancient Egyptians were Arabs? If thats how it sounds to you then maybe you need a couple of good history books.

[unique_earthling]

just ask the Greeks what they think Cypriots are then?

[miltiades]

Piratis , the lady has expressed her views based on her vast experience with the locals in Paphos , which happens to be my birth place. Only wished that she would make the effort to get to know some of the locals , but being a vegan and a teetotaler doesn't open up many opportunities to mingle with what she describes offensively as Arabs.

[unique_earthling]

why is it offensive? whats wrong with Arabs?

[unique_earthling]

Ok i must admit seeing as you Miltiades has humbled yourself to nigel.. that my experiences here have been less than good, but i do not advocate all Cypriots are bad, i do however say, that those that i have been unfortunate to come across have not treated me well.... But that is not to say, that i have not found english, australian, south african and those that have lived outside the box at sometime in their lives.. pretty ok. And i apologise to any local cypriot i have offended.

[G.Man]

why is it offensive? whats wrong with Arabs?

Nothing unless you are xenophobic and racist

[unique_earthling]

And i am not, just trying to get some reality into all this. Infact my last relationship was jordanian...

[Piratis]

why is it offensive? whats wrong with Arabs?

Nothing is wrong with Arabs. What is wrong is your "understanding".

If I start referring to G.Man as a "she" and to you as a "he" (in person not in a forum) then you wouldn't wonder why the hell I refer to you in that wrong way?

Or maybe you would be called "sexist" if you dared to question such an obvious mistake?

Cypriots are not Arabs. Thats a plain fact. Nothing more and nothing less. I simply corrected your mistake, and you better start learning a think or two instead of just trying to offend others with your wrong assumptions.