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Israel's Naked Solidarity with Arabs: Stripping Borders

Published November 20th, 2011 - 13:26 GMT

Israelis strip for Egypt: When it takes nudity & 'humor' to bring Israel to the same side of the fence as Arabs; Egypt & Israel's cross-'border' tensions are forgotten for one candid moment of females freeing themselves from clothes & politics; Lebanon press is displeased with their leader rendition of Benetton's 'Love' or unhate campaign; Syria's future; And interfaith marriage.
Israelis stoked up by the dare-devil Egyptian girl Aliaa Megdah AlMahdi are used to 'free love' with their 'Love Parade' spin off tradition. This scandalous show comes as less a surprise in Israel than it would in an Arab population as Egypt. Photo credit to Anat Cohen, courtesy of YnetNews.
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Israeli News [2]
Israeli women strip in support of Egypt blogger
Not quite Gaza solidarity, but solidarity with bare flesh, sexuality, love and freedom, somehow. What of freeing the oppressed Palestinians from their shackles, one might ask? Make sure to click on the link or else do check out the following post.
YNet News [3]
Israelis strip in support of Egypt blogger
Dozens of women pose for nearly nude group shot in show of solidarity for young activist who posted naked photo in protest of limited freedom of expression in her country. Israelis identified with her because she is ''young, ambitious, full of dreams and evidently has a developed sense of humor."
Beirut Spring [4]
Now Lebanon Kills Blog Post Showing Lebanese Leaders Kissing
"This morning while browsing Now Lebanon’s blog I saw a post (now removed, but you can see a screenshot I took here) featuring a Lebanese version of the now-infamous Benetton unhate campaign, with a couple of posters that pair together Lebanese politicians in a similar kind of steamy embrace."
Latitude, NY Times Blog [5]
From Nablus to Jerusalem
"Last Saturday, I arrived at the Nablus train station, a low, thick-walled stone structure, in time to board the 3:20 pm to Jerusalem. Some 20 passengers were waiting at the entrance, mostly young men and women, with a few people old enough to remember the days of train travel during the British Mandate over Palestine."
360 Dewan [6]
Android features Steve Jobs… Literally! [Irony]
Well it is a popular hit seller book, so they'd be hard-pressed to simply omit it from their 'market': "While goofing around in android.com to check google’s latest music store, I’ve stumbled across the featured books section and eventually found Steve Jobs’ biography by Walter Isaacson."
Maysaloon [7]
Prolonging the Inevitable
"Almost everybody who I have spoken with, and who has been to Syria recently, tells me that the general mood in Damascus is overwhelmingly against Assad. This is at odds with the state media that shows crowds of thousands of pro-regime demonstrators gathering in the central squares of the city."
Z-District [8]
Software Triage – What Do You Do When Things Go Wrong!
[Click the image for a larger version] "We all go through this, sometimes things just go wrong on the computer, the program you were using just freezes and this illustration TOTALLY defines the process I go through to fix it."
7iber (Ink) [9]
A Letter: Interfaith Marriage and Crime
"Where do I get my inspiration? Different places and times: Sometimes it’s from personal experiences and events, sometimes it’s from stories I hear or read, with a bit of pepper and salt. Sometimes it comes from nature, dreams, and news reports. Sometimes inspiration just comes, from a place unknown to me. Usually, it’s a combination of all those things."
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[1] http://www.albawaba.com
[2] http://www.yadisrael.org/index.php/2011/israeli-women-strip-in-support-of-egypt-blogger/
[3] http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4150344,00.html
[4] http://beirutspring.com/blog/2011/11/18/now-lebanon-kills-blog-post-showing-lebanese-leaders-kissing/
[5] http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/from-nablus-to-jerusalem/?ref=global
[6] http://www.360dewan.com/?p=11295&
[7] http://www.maysaloon.org/2011/11/prolonging-inevitable.html
[8] http://www.zdistrict.com/2011/11/19/software-triage-what-do-you-do-when-things-go-wrong/
[9] http://www.7iber.com/2011/11/a-letter-interfaith-marriage-and-crime/