Originally Posted by
Tzigone
the Al Ghuls were white (or whiteish) looking from the start, despite their current locale, when originally created. Maybe they should have been otherwise (which is kinda iffy with Ra's and Talia, since we only knew where he was and the name he'd been given, not his real history or race and when readers wrote letters asking, the answer was avoided and of course, people don't all look the same in the region), but they weren't. Also, I wasn't fond of the casting (or, to be fair, story) for either of them in the movies.