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Saudi king to face divorce case?

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If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for FREE email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A divorce case against King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, said to be worth �32bn and among the world’s richest men, is to be heard in a British court.

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Sabbah Fulminates

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Slate, a division of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, say that “Criticizing the U.S. media for ignoring this story, Sabbah’s Blog’s Haitham Sabbah, a Jordanian of Palestinian origin, fulminates…” while referring to my post: “Ask your (USA) media why they are silent on the AIPAC espionage story.“ Well, God Bless you, [...]

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Burj Al Arab Among Top 10 Most Expensive Hotels

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If money truly is no object, Forbes has released the 2005 edition of their Most Expensive Hotel Rooms list.
Burj Al Arab in Dubai offers breakfast for a paltry $41 per person, while Little Palm Island in the Florida Keys offers the option to rent out the entire island for only $1 million a weekend.
So if [...]

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Man pulls car with ears while standing on eggs

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A Chinese man pulled a car with his ears while walking on eggs without breaking them. He can also pick up a 25kg bicycle with his mouth while standing on eggs.

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British torture victims challenge Saudi authorities

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Lawyer of three British ‘torture victims’ moves to seize Saudi assets in Britain over legal case. Lawyer will “start the process” this week of seizing some Britain-based Saudi state assets, which include Saudi Arabian Airlines.

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Even in gays movies, Arab boys are fu***d

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The Arab nation is screwed in every aspect of life, we understand that, we live it, yes we try to resist it (and this blog is my way of resistance), but to find out that even our gays are the one’s who get screwed,o I just fell of the chair laughing.
I just happen to come [...]

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Qatar’s top art collector under house arrest

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He also set a world record at Sotheby’s a year earlier when he paid �507,500 (around Dh3.5 billion) for Gustave LeGray’s mid-19th-century seascape, Grande Vague de Sete. Where he got the money from? Public funds of course!
Sheikh Saud Al-Thani is a second cousin of Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the ruling Emir of Qatar. As chairman [...]

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Russians shoot down rain clouds for Bush

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…But as the 10 a.m. time for the military parade approached, with organisers nervously consulting their watches, black clouds drew over Red Square and rain grew heavier. Putin greeted a string of arriving dignitaries huddled under umbrellas.
All that, however, changed as Bush and his wife Laura walked the 50 metres (yards) from the Kremlin gates [...]

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Muta’a

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Pleasure marriages, outlawed under Saddam Hussein, have begun to flourish again. “Al-Zaidi hopes to soon finalize his third muta’a, or “pleasure marriage,” with a green-eyed neighbor. This time, he talks about it openly and with obvious relish. Even so, he says, he probably still won’t tell his wife.”
At least Saddam did one right thing!

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US visa policy scares off visitors

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Jordan’s ambassador to Washington Karim Tawfiq Kawar said there has been a drop of more than 30 percent of students from the Arab world coming to the United States to study. Why?

Imagine a teenage Asian girl with a valid student visa was handcuffed and deported for entering the United States five days earlier than stipulated, [...]

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Cocktail

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Even though there’s no blood, poop, or eels, this is still one of the most terrible things I’ve ever seen. For serious, you should just skip this link.

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Eyes for Sale

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Broke woman advertises one of her eyes for sale to raise cash.

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KFC

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In an effort to boost sales, KFC to change name back to Kentucky Fried Chicken, increase secret ingredient that causes you to crave the chicken fortnightly

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Mineralnye Vody Airport: Come fly with me… or not

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At Russia’s Mineralnye Vody airport, it snows indoors, the lounge sells swords and daggers and the VIP restaurant is a picture of a water bottle.

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Wafa: Bin Laden’s niece - A material girl, not Madonna

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Meet Wafa’a Bin Laden (or Wafah Binladin as she like to spell her name), niece of Osama bin Laden who wants to be an Arab version of Madonna. But a friend quoted in the New York Post said, “She wants to be a pop star but no record company will have her.”

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April Fools Day!

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History:
The origins of April Fool’s Day are unknown, although various theories have been proposed. It is considered to be related to the festival of the vernal equinox, which occurs on March 21. Prior to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1564, it was observed as New Year’s Day by cultures as far apart as [...]

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In the Gulf, Dissidence Goes Digital

The following article was published in Washington Post yesterday. The author made it sound as if the Gulf countries are the only people in the world using the sms’s for social, political, etc… reasons. He made it sound so strange that made me wonder after I read it, SO? What is strange? I just can’t [...]

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World Hot Spots

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© Copyright 2005 Sandy Huffaker

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Pet Birds

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A Chinese bird trainer feeds seeds to his pet at a bird market in Shanghai February 22, 2005. Pet ownership was once banned in China during the Communist heydays, but is fast becoming popular again as the country opens up and disposable income increases, though raising birds has been a popular pastime in China since [...]

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Valentine Wishes: Jordanian Style

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Dear Beloved’s
Wishing you a Happy Valentine with the one you love!
Cartoon: Abu Mahjoob

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