The middle east was known as North Africa until the 1940's, I believe. And btw, Black people existed out of continental Africa too. You may also want to look into the first "Arab" invasion into Egypt so you can stop assuming that people who lived in the "middle east" during that time were "arab" looking. Using your logic I would say a native American 300 years ago looked like Brad Pitt.
I consider myself schooled lol