For a while now I've recognized how JRR Tolkien borrowed from Arab culture for aspects of the dark side of the lord of the rings. Arab sounding names for things, Arab looking peoples, etc. I've never thought that Tolkien was as anti-Arab as CS Lewis clearly is, but I never thought that he had much admiration for Arabs either. Then I stumbled across this:

How does Elvish writing work? Elvish writing looks distinctive and compact partly because consonants are treated like letters and vowels are treated like punctuation marks.

[ How Elvish Writing Works ]

Clearly borrowing a tremendous amount from Arabic, though one could argue Hebrew or Amharic to some degree, I think Tolkien was fascinated with Arabs and their culture and worked it into his fantasy. Of course I'm sure some Tolkien scholar out there already knows this, and could talk for days on the subject, but I've just figured this out myself, thank you very much.