Clearly, ignorant (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) ..

those pictures are of Afghan women and the third one is of a Palestinian/Iraqi woman mourning, most likely after an attack ..

Oh and by the way, the vail or Hijab, isn't what dictates the modern Arab women today, many of them dont wear it. It is something of freedom, they have a choice, it isn't like how the taliban oppressed their women out of education and freedom.

The problem isn't who is the prettiest of them all, but if you think mockery is a style you like to use, then consider several options .. Either you have a poor input on how a modern Arab women considers style essential .. or your just a lost cause.

p.s. If pictures are all you need to base your facts on, then your just a waste of time.

This post has been edited by Rossoneri7: Jan 12 2007, 11:45 PM

was just kidding sorry,
I do have a peculiar sense of humour.
or maybe you guys just live in another world.

There are many women nowadays, who don't wear the veil, but many are pressured in wearing it!! I know many Arab girls in my school!

I agree with you. But the point is, that we people in Europe only see the one part of Arabia and Muslim countries mchanna just showed us, because it's the only thing the TV let's us see. I'm sure that there's much more, but it is rarely shown on TV or in Newspapers etc. ...

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Hey Guys, I'm sorry for my terrible joke.
It's not like I'm a racist, considering I live in a different country, whereas my parents where born.
I'm sorry if I insulted anyone here.
I'll shut my mouth now, or if you want, you can just kick me out of here >.~
I don't know, what I thought when I was posting pictures like those.
I think I seriously need a break.
Well, I'm off then, and please accept my apologies

I honestly never thought that you're a racist.

The cash used to flow back then... our business was flourishing... now all of that is gone... (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Exactly.

I for one when I think of these countries, those pictures come to mind in an instant. It's not because we are ignorant and just think that that is all there is to it, but it's because that is what we are constantly being fed by the media.

You turn on the TV or open a newspaper, and it never says anything about the things you described, all they inform you about is the conflicts going on.

Of course there is the other side of things, but it just shows you how influenced one can become because of the media and what the person is contantly being fed.

Anyway back on topic. It's clear why Becks would chose LA, no matter how much money Al Itahhid (spelling?) offered him. What he wants is to be a celebrity and not just in England and Asia but in America, he wants to go to the oscars and rub elbows with the movie stars, and the LA Galixy football team, I'm sorry SOCCER team, is the right choice made by him. It's clear his head isn't where it's supposed to be

Well, right now, the majority of the girls that I know arent pressured to wear the Hijab, although they think highly of it since it's affiliated w/ our religion.




Look, it's not like I'm this religious person that is being offended. It's just that I wanted to make things clear. I dont mean to scare u off or give you the impression that I was offended by anything u might say, obviouslly you have a freedom of speech (I hear a lot of things (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) ) but I got pissed off when kept pulling my leg.

Come back .. Your not at all racist and you never insulted me; you were just pulling on my leg (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/king.gif)

The media hasn't shown the other side of the culture. Actually, at times they are pretaining to giving Arabs a negative image.

I lived in the states and was there during Sept.11. I mean the media was 110% biased. Who can blame them, the audiance that they were broadcasting too are convinced that it was terrorists, which is currently directly related to Arabs. Before then, we wouldnt hear anything biased.

I personally only came to know of 'terrorism' in movies and in september 11, during my childhood I didn't even recognize the term, cuz it was never a case.

In any case, it's not like u r missing out on anything, we live life exactly how you live yours.Whatever you could get, I could .. It's not nearly close to how the media wants you to precieve it.

Islam is a religion of peace. It is all I'v known all my life. When was Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, etc etc ever involved in any negative action ? When have we interfered with military on anyone ? In modern history (1899-to date), there is only a few wars that occured; Iraq - Iran war and the Gulf war. Which really when you compare it with WWI and WWII along with Vietnam and others, along with Iraq, is peenuts. Concluding that we have no means, but peaceful ppl.

i agree with u... i myself grew up in the middle east and know how it is and how the people are. it's always the media for i don't know what the hell reason is potraying the bad images of arabs and middle easterns.. and of course every country has it's bads and goods, but hey.. that's just the way it works.

that was a great year!! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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why is that? (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

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Hopefully I don't watch TV nor read newspaper (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)