saladin's ethnicity

apparently saladin was a kurd. not an arab.

if i had time, and thought anyone would be inclined to read me at length on the matter, i would go on and on about kingdom of heaven.

one more thing, though, i think it contains the most idiotic aphorisms i have ever seen in one place, e.g., when the princess of jerusalem pays a booty call on balian, she explains, "i have come to you because: in the east, between people, there is only light."