Thanks for the feedback!
I agree, I think a lot if the stereotypical Middle Eastern has really buried itself deep within our subconscious. It makes me wants to compose and arrange in a certain way that "sounded correct" as you put it but may not be objectively correct. I guess our biases will always drag us into a certain stereotype when composing a music that we don't have a lot of real experience in haha, and the only way forward is to expose ourself more to the real things.
With the amount of submissions in this jam, I think you will be writing essays for the rest of the week haha. Godspeed brother!