[Hildy]

Since this is an Arab "Facts" thread, I must say that although I dislike the French at the moment, it would be cruel and inhumane to say their hygiene is as bad as the Arabs. I lived in Israel for a time when I was young and travelled on many busses and cars with Arabs. Enough said. Plus, I talked about this once before and it cannot be said enough about what pigs the Arab men are in general. My Christmas Eve in Bethlehem in 1977 will go down as one of the worst and frightening nights of my life as I and most of the Western women I saw there were fondled and worse by the Arab residents. It was unbelievable then, and I'm sure it's worse there now.

[Mamzelle]

I taught Saudi and Iranian men in college classrooms for a couple years...though I was twenty at the time, and not unused to a little attention, I was continually uncomfortable with the odd way they looked at me. It wasn't your normal leer, which at least has a bit of wholesome good health about it--but this awful hatefulness mixed in. Like "I'll &^%$ you, then I'll kill you," kind of look. Shudder. And there were not a few gals taken with that kind of thing...