"Naming an Arabic programming language after a non-Arab ruler was something of a joke, my good friend and artist Haitham Ennasr let me know that it wasn’t that

"Naming an Arabic programming language after a non-Arab ruler was something of a joke, my good friend and artist Haitham Ennasr let me know that it wasn’t that funny." No suprise it didn't work if they let petty nationalism get in the way.