Investigating visual cultures through large language models can reveal a lot about the nature of bias.
The tendency toward popular names (Ahmed, Mohamed), common shop names (Al-Nile), or iconic places (Al-Fishawy).
These are not facts. Yet, ironically, they exist because many people agree on the same thing. But does agreement make something a fact? Our daily, modern visual identity — emerging through years of uncontrolled evolution —is it tied to something more authoritative, yet claimed as unique? Is there even a need to?