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SLATE has their "questions of the year" up. One of them is the following:
I have a little goatee. Why do people in Arab countries—I've not noticed this in Paris or L.A., for example—insist on touching my beard, then taking the same hand and kissing their fingers in a sort of "Italian, it's delicious!" gesture? When I ask, they just laugh. This has happened to me literally dozens of times.
Anybody?
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The Egyptian censors put their foot down:What makes this so interesting is the fact that Nancy Ajram..., the Lebanese pop singer and one of the most eligible girlfriends in the Arab world, plays the role of a Mossad agent! You know, we always have this...
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It Reminds Them of Their Girlfriends?
SLATE has their "questions of the year" up. One of them is the following:
I have a little goatee. Why do people in Arab countries—I've not noticed this in Paris or L.A., for example—insist on touching my beard, then taking the same hand and kissing their fingers in a sort of "Italian, it's delicious!" gesture? When I ask, they just laugh. This has happened to me literally dozens of times.
Anybody?
- Arab Countries Offer To Join Air Campaign On Is
From Reuters: PARIS (Reuters) - Several Arab countries have offered to join the United States in air strikes against Islamic State targets, U.S. officials said on Sunday, indicating a possible widening of the air campaign against militants who have seized...
- Italy's Olympic Team Shows The Solidarity Rest Of Ioc Doesn't
Some brightening news from the Olympic scene: The Italian Olympic team at the London Olympic Games made a noble gesture Sunday and stood in silence outside the quarters of the Israeli team, in memory of the 11 athletes slain in the Munich Olympics 40...
- Wouldn't You Like To Touch Mark Slavin?
He looks very touchable, doesn't he? Ace says: ... this was on Red Eye a few days ago and on HotAir. So I guess it's about time for us to cover it as well. Here reporter Dan Noyes tries to ask an administrator of San Francisco’s Laguna Honda...
- What If The Impossible Were To Occur?
I’ve been trying to make the point for a long time that our views about warfare seem to have shifted since World War II. Pluck a person from 100 years ago, transport him to 2003, show him what occurred in Iraq - U.S. Army invades, occupies the capital,...
- A Devilish Attraction
The Egyptian censors put their foot down:What makes this so interesting is the fact that Nancy Ajram..., the Lebanese pop singer and one of the most eligible girlfriends in the Arab world, plays the role of a Mossad agent! You know, we always have this...