Title: Why aren't people of Indian descent referred to as Middle Eastern? - Quora
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Why aren't people of Indian descent referred to as Middle Eastern?
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Why aren't people of Indian descent referred to as Middle Eastern?

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Giridharan Velamore
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Because Middle East is not the correct geographical term for India. Middle east is Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq etc, because that is an appropriate relative term from the prime meridian. We belong to what is termed the South Asian region. And on a broader term we are part of the Asian continent and hence also called Asians. People in Japan, China, Taiwan etc are called the people from Far East, once again a reference to the distance from the prime meridian. We are called so, not based on our looks and appearance but based on the geographical position of our countries from the prime
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Because Middle East is not the correct geographical term for India. Middle east is Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq etc, because that is an appropriate relative term from the prime meridian. We belong to