However, you cannot find any reason for that it is. The larger theme of the perils associated with Islam absorbing the world is pushed to one side, and ultimately left behind. The whole area is known as Sfakia and the inhabitants, the Sfakians, are fierce, proud mountain dwellers. Its cities, Kowloon and Victoria have a fame of their own, as do the sights and sounds of one of your world's busiest city-states.