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In Doha, Beach Volleyball Bikinis Create Cultural Clash
Associated Press ^ | December 3, 2006

Posted on 12/04/2006 1:20:42 PM PST by Cecily

When Salim Al-Nabit and his friends went out to see beach volleyball for the first time, they left their wives at home.

Al-Nabit said he was willing to force himself to watch the skimpily clad women play, but that he certainly wouldn't want his wife watching. He was only there himself, he said, because it was a matter of national honor.

"We don't see this a lot in Qatar," Al-Nabit said. "I think most people think it is outrageous. But we accept it because it is important for our country. We want others to see us as a generous and hospitable people, willing to accept their ways, even if we don't agree."

Beach volleyball's penchant for bikinis has touched off a bit of a cultural clash in this conservative Muslim city, which by hosting the Asian Games, a regional sports extravaganza, is trying to bolster its bid to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to the Middle East.

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The Iraqi women need to work on their tans.
1 posted on 12/04/2006 1:20:44 PM PST by Cecily
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To: Cecily
Al-Nabit said he was willing to force himself to watch the skimpily clad women play . . . .

Chivalry's not dead!

2 posted on 12/04/2006 1:22:30 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Cecily

"He was only there himself, he said, because it was a matter of national honor."

Yeah. Honor. That's it.

That's what I usually tell my wife when I go to the beach to watch the babes play volleyball. It's for the 'honor' honey.


3 posted on 12/04/2006 1:23:37 PM PST by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: Cecily
Al-Nabit said he was willing to force himself to watch the skimpily clad women play,

Just like I'm willing to force myself to drink beer and eat chips while forcing myself to watch a football game on Sunday.

4 posted on 12/04/2006 1:23:38 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Hey Kerry, What part of showing heels and ass is a winning strategy in Iraq?)
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To: Cecily
I do believe that player #1 has been stealing player #2's rations.
5 posted on 12/04/2006 1:24:17 PM PST by SledgeCS (I say round up the Illegals, ship them back home and bill their country for the cost...)
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To: 1rudeboy

And they left their wives at home...


6 posted on 12/04/2006 1:24:45 PM PST by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: Cecily
Rules...


7 posted on 12/04/2006 1:26:15 PM PST by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: Cecily
Al-Nabit said he was willing to force himself to watch the skimpily clad women play

BZZZZZZ! What a bad liar!

8 posted on 12/04/2006 1:26:27 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Cecily
its bid to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to the Middle East

Yikes. That's one Olympics I won't be going to.

9 posted on 12/04/2006 1:26:50 PM PST by mjp
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To: Cecily
Al-Nabit said he was willing to force himself to watch the skimpily clad women play

Can be a bit hard on the eyes...


10 posted on 12/04/2006 1:27:34 PM PST by Sopater (Creatio Ex Nihilo)
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To: 1rudeboy

He only buys certain magazines for the articles too.


11 posted on 12/04/2006 1:28:20 PM PST by Cecily (`)
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To: Cecily

Must... look... for... my... country...

12 posted on 12/04/2006 1:30:37 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (A living insult to islam since 1959)
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To: Cecily
but that he certainly wouldn't want his wife watching

What? Would his wife have a preference for young women? Maybe she isn't allowed see women have a good time?

13 posted on 12/04/2006 1:31:51 PM PST by oyez (Why is it that egalitarians act like royalty?)
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To: Cecily
I am not prepared to comment at this time...
15 posted on 12/04/2006 1:36:00 PM PST by tubebender (Growing old is mandatory...Growing up is optional)
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To: Nascar Dad

Nice X's!


16 posted on 12/04/2006 1:36:45 PM PST by beltfed308 (Democrats :Tough on Taxpayers, Soft on Terrorism)
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To: Bigh4u2
Upholding national honor alert:
17 posted on 12/04/2006 1:38:38 PM PST by Cecily (`)
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To: Cecily

Muslim men are total hypocrites. They go for Western skin every chance they get.


18 posted on 12/04/2006 1:43:35 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: Cecily

USA! USA! USA!

our gold medalists, Kerri Walsh and Misty May...

19 posted on 12/04/2006 1:48:36 PM PST by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: Cecily

U.S. troops, poolside in Baghdad… God Bless America!


20 posted on 12/04/2006 1:54:08 PM PST by BullDog108
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