[Amelia]

I have a question here. In the picture at left:

are the children happy to see our guys, or are they giving them the Arab equivalent of the "the finger"?

I've always heard that the "thumbs up" sign is considered obscene over there.

[overtaxed_canadian]

See here regardings the thumbs-up sign:

http://www.balloon-juice.com/archives/002298.html

[Cboldt]

I've always heard that the "thumbs up" sign is considered obscene over there.

Beats me. I read the link provided in response to your question, and got an education myself!

I do know the "okay" sign in Brazil is hand-signal for eff-you.