Only in New England does the sense of regional identity coincide with the geographical boundaries assigned to it. (religion-online.org)
Diversity within contemporary visual media from Iran and the Arab world is, in part, a product of the distinct regional identities in the Middle East. (blog.nmwa.org)
Fair enough: decades of Communist tyranny set atop centuries of other, far more invincible tyrannies have effectively shattered the Orthodox world into a contentious confederacy of national churches struggling to preserve their own regional identities against every «alien» influence, and under such conditions only the most obdurate stock survives. (firstthings.com)