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Mideast Barbie dolls don Islamic veil
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| 1-11-06
| AFP
Posted on 01/11/2006 1:03:43 PM PST by ryan71
CAIRO (AFP) - Move over Barbie, veiled is beautiful. The physical ideal of Muslim girls increasingly includes the hijab, as evidenced by toy shops' best-selling doll "Fulla" and the string of showbiz stars opting to cover up.
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The dark-eyed and olive-skinned Fulla has replaced her American rival's skimpy skirts with more modest "outdoor fashion" and Barbie's luxuriant blonde mane with an Islamic veil.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: barbie; dolls; fulla; sick; sicksick; sicksicksick
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:03:44 PM PST
by
ryan71
To: ryan71
Does Ken beat her when she gets uppity?
To: ryan71
I feel really strange saying this, but that Barbie is hawter than ours.
And if they're marketing it in the Mideast, then it makes sense to make a doll resembling what most kids are more used to seeing. And hey, anything that encourages girls to not dress in a manner that would get them fired from a house of ill repute for "dressing too slutty" is fine by me.
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:06:44 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: ryan71
Isn't that special.
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:08:12 PM PST
by
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
(Is your problem ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
To: ryan71
Dynamite Accessories include IED actuating cell phone, stylish explosive packed parka, and rhinestone monogrammed AK-47 with matching RPG!
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:08:51 PM PST
by
ryan71
To: ryan71
Do they make the stuffed Camels wear veils?
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:09:08 PM PST
by
msnimje
(This space is currently undergoing maintenance.)
To: Gordongekko909
The hussy shows her entire face? I hope she comes with a bag of pebbles to stone her with < /sarcasm>
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:09:25 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(What is the most obscene gesture to a Democrat? An Iraqi voter showing him a stained finger.)
To: ryan71
Does she have an explosive vest to conceal under her burqa?
To: agere_contra
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:11:37 PM PST
by
George Smiley
(This tagline deliberately targeted journalists.)
To: George Smiley
has she been mutilated? Probably comes with detachable hands for wearing that purple lipstick.
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:12:58 PM PST
by
Freedom_no_exceptions
(No actual, intended, or imminent victim = no crime. No exceptions.)
To: Gordongekko909
The hip-hugging bomb belt is really cool. So are the bruise and welt stickers for when husband Muhammad "Ken" beats her for "disrespect". The "Honor-killing" kit (brother doll, handgun, pool-of-blood sticker) is sold separately.
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:13:15 PM PST
by
dagnabbit
(Vicente Fox's opening line at the Mexico-USA summit meeting: "Bring out the Gimp!")
To: ryan71
AND - they have detachable heads - just in case pretend "honor killings" are needed.
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:15:25 PM PST
by
azhenfud
(He who always is looking up seldom finds others' lost change.)
To: Freedom_no_exceptions
I'd like to see if she has a purple index finger, actually.
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:16:16 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: ryan71
This compares with all the commie Che t-shirts. Gotta love that evil western capitalism.
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:17:50 PM PST
by
vpintheak
(Liberal = The antithesis of Freedom and Patriotism)
Comment #15 Removed by Moderator
To: Pookyhead
They only offer them in six dozen lots.
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:22:34 PM PST
by
azhenfud
(He who always is looking up seldom finds others' lost change.)
To: Gordongekko909
I, personally, am waiting for the Lebanese Christian version
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:23:47 PM PST
by
oldleft
To: oldleft
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:25:42 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: ryan71
...best-selling doll "Fulla"...Fulla? Is her last name Schitt?
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:26:59 PM PST
by
Lekker 1
("Computers in the future may have only 1000 vacuum tubes..." - Popular Mechanics, March 1949)
To: oldleft
Ooh, and let us not forget Queen Rania of Jordan:
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posted on
01/11/2006 1:28:16 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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