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Bestseller in Mideast: Barbie With a Prayer Mat
NY Times ^ | September 22, 2005 | KATHERINE ZOEPF

Posted on 09/22/2005 10:46:16 AM PDT by Millee

In the last year or so, Barbie dolls have all but disappeared from the shelves of many toy stores in the Middle East. In their place, there is Fulla, a dark-eyed doll with, as her creator puts it, "Muslim values.Fulla roughly shares Barbie's size and proportions, but steps out of her shiny pink box wearing a black abaya and matching head scarf. She is named after a type of jasmine that grows in the Levant, and although she has an extensive and beautiful wardrobe (sold separately, of course), Fulla is usually displayed wearing her modest "outdoor fashion."

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To: RexBeach

One of the male family members must honor kill the doll to protect the families name.


21 posted on 09/22/2005 11:03:29 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican
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To: Millee

Fulla


Sara


Razanne

22 posted on 09/22/2005 11:04:53 AM PDT by csvset
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To: bonfire

"Hey there fellow Clevelander."

Actually I'm in Akron, but close enough. :)

Go Tribe.


23 posted on 09/22/2005 11:05:38 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's not a war on terror... it's a war with islam.)
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To: Millee

Well, it's a start. At least her face is showing. Secondly, she's a pretty female with a good body--a real graven image which is against the rules in Islam. Lastly, she's a product of the infidel marketing--at its best! Maybe some Muslim girl is finally going to get to play with something other than the family's pet goat.


24 posted on 09/22/2005 11:06:08 AM PDT by MHT
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To: Millee

Bestseller OUTSIDE Mideast: Fulla's brother Abdul full of 5.56mm holes.


25 posted on 09/22/2005 11:06:33 AM PDT by billnaz (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand?)
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To: Phantom Lord

Where did you find Redneck Barbie? Does she come with her own trailer?


26 posted on 09/22/2005 11:06:57 AM PDT by MHT
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To: Gator101

Beaten up, rusty, european car with bomb in back sold seperately.


27 posted on 09/22/2005 11:07:07 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican
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To: csvset

Cover your face, you brazen man-hungry whore.

28 posted on 09/22/2005 11:08:19 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: csvset

Wonder if Fulla has Chanel shoes and suit underneath that basic black?


29 posted on 09/22/2005 11:08:54 AM PDT by MHT
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To: bonfire; brownsfan
This doll isn't made by Mattel. "Fulla's creator, NewBoy Design Studio, based in Syria, introduced her in November 2003"
30 posted on 09/22/2005 11:09:04 AM PDT by LexBaird (tyrannosaurus Lex, unapologetic carnivore)
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To: Millee

Some poor little muzzie girl is gonna get killed by uncle Achmed for messing around with a "graven image", just you watch.


31 posted on 09/22/2005 11:09:53 AM PDT by Kenton ("Life is tough, and it's really tough when you're stupid" - Damon Runyon)
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To: Millee
NONE of them will ever be as good as Prozac Barbie.
32 posted on 09/22/2005 11:10:17 AM PDT by najida (Once upon a a very long time ago, in a land far, far away.....It was still all Bush's fault.)
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To: LexBaird

This doll isn't made by Mattel

Another illegal knock-off!


33 posted on 09/22/2005 11:11:44 AM PDT by aShepard
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To: najida

**ROFL**


34 posted on 09/22/2005 11:12:51 AM PDT by PaulaB (The left 'respects' only that which truly frightens them)
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To: najida

OMG!! It was like reading my diary! ROFL!!


35 posted on 09/22/2005 11:15:32 AM PDT by Millee
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To: PaulaB

It's a classic, ain't it?


36 posted on 09/22/2005 11:15:51 AM PDT by najida (Once upon a a very long time ago, in a land far, far away.....It was still all Bush's fault.)
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To: najida

Great stuff! LOL


37 posted on 09/22/2005 11:17:54 AM PDT by mlc9852
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To: AppyPappy

Raz----anne, you don't have to wear that dress tonight

38 posted on 09/22/2005 11:18:12 AM PDT by csvset
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To: najida

The "Hasn't been Seen In Years"

was my fav ;)


39 posted on 09/22/2005 11:20:56 AM PDT by PaulaB (The left 'respects' only that which truly frightens them)
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To: csvset

**LOL**


40 posted on 09/22/2005 11:21:29 AM PDT by PaulaB (The left 'respects' only that which truly frightens them)
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