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Queen Rania: It begins!
13Aug08Seriously, BOYCOTT Dunkin Donuts
09Jun08
A cup of coffee isn’t worth it. Read the following for a quick summary:
Dunkin’ Donuts has capitulated and withdrawn an advertisement for its products following the allegation by a right-wing hack, Michelle Malkin, that the spokeswoman in the ad was pictured wearing a kaffiyeh, a scarf which is a staple of clothing traditionally worn by [...]
Bush Knocked Down the Towers
20May08I know it’s an old one but it’s never too late to share something so simple, so provoking, and…so true?
Best dress was no brainer even for me. It goes to Renee Zellweger without a question:
Now the most hideous dress was a bit difficult, see I’m torn between the black widow and vintage-gone-wrong:
Yesterday I was interviewed on Watan (Arabic for home country) FM’s Shabab (Arabic for youth). Watan is a new Jordanian radio station that started broadcasting in October, 2006; Watan FM broadcasts both political news and entertainment in Arabic.
The subject of the interview was blogging, the interesting phenomena which started in the Arab World only a [...]
Reality TV Hits a New Low
01Jun07In a new reality show, a woman who’s going to die very soon will have to decide who will receive her kidney when she dies. Three contestants will compete over her kidney fighting for their lives, literally!
A dying woman has to decide who will live and who will die
Three people will fight to live but [...]
I’m sick of detergents commercials, especially laundry detergents. Why? because they always involve a mother doing her family’s laundry, sometimes kids’ laundry and sometimes her successful husband’s white “dishdasha”. When is this gonna change? the stereotyping of women as housewives in commercials, who’s biggest dilemma is pleasing their husbands and making his clothes whiter than [...]
Beautiful
12Apr07“So You Think You Can Dance” is one of my favorite TV shows. Not that it matters but 8 months ago, TV didn’t even exist in my life, now I have favorite shows. This clip from Youtube is a contemporary dancing routine and the song playing is “Calling You” by Celine Dion. It’s by far [...]
Turns out I’m not the only one annoyed by Fair and Lovely’s commercials. Check out their latest commercial (in Arabic) or the Indian version of it. So much for real beauty no?
I didn’t know that Unilever, the producing company is the same producer of Dove products!
Why the Campaign for Real Beauty?
For too long, beauty has [...]
Captivity Banned from Billboards
27Mar07Billboards promoting the new movie Captivity were taken down in LA. The pictures were described as “shocking” and “disturbing” by people who caused the ban. Interesting, do you think these are shocking:
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perry, Shaden, Shaden, Roger, sillybahrainigirl [...]
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Mark B, UmmeAaiman, Hazel, Mayur, Savanah [...]
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