I looked and looked, hoping I could find someone blogging on this so that I wouldn’t have to. Oh well, you can’t win them all. So, here it is:
Racy Cell Phone Clips, Longing and Waiting, for Men of Ramallah Seeking Love
By MATT GUTMAN
RAMALLAH, West Bank, July 12, 2007 —
The four men are huddled over a cell phone screen. Its faint color splashes over the stairwell of a dingy shopping center in Ramallah, the de facto Palestinian capital.
In the 30-second video, a man pressures a young woman to perform a sex act. She appears to be a conservative, veiled Muslim, but grudgingly complies. The men watching shift their feet anxiously, being caught watching the clip would bring immediate disgrace.
The men, all in their late 20s, all considered middle-class professionals, watch with eyes sprung open, and with apparent self-disgust. It’s the closest thing to sex they’ve ever had.
I’m sorry, but they must not be counting livestock?
In a place where tradition prohibits premarital sex, young, frustrated men are increasingly turning to outlets like cell phone pornography. Some unmarried men seek out Ramallah’s few prostitutes, but the vast majority remain virgins, bursting with pent-up sexual energy, until their wedding night.
Cell phones are selling at a blistering rate. Ramallah is packed with cell phone shops, offering not only the newest Nokia models but accessories like leather holsters and shiny, new touch pads. And the Palestinian Telecommunications Co., the primary cell provider in the West Bank and Gaza, has grown to become the largest stock traded on the Palestinian Securities Exchange, according to the PSE Web site.
Suhaib, 28, is a researcher for the Palestinian Authority. “When I first watched it,” he said after leading this reporter back into a cafe, “it made me desire more and more and more. I felt ashamed by it, and I only watched each video once.”
Marriage Prospects
Some of the porn comes from Ramallah and East Jerusalem, typically forwarded from acquaintance to acquaintance. Some of the clips come from as far away as Kuwait.
Unlike his friends, Suhaib is getting married in January. He’s lucky. He’ll marry his cousin, who is 14 years old. The family connection, he says, worked to his benefit.
“Because she’s my cousin, they gave us a good price of $4,000 for the dowry. That’s considered an average dowry these days,” he said.
Okay, that’s all I’m posting. You’ll have to go here to read the rest of this crap concerning the sex lives of your every day terrorist.
6 responses so far ↓
theobromophile // July 13, 2007 at 9:26 am
Thanks, Tammi. I got out of the shower an hour ago and feel like I need another one. :p
Suhaib, 28, is a researcher for the Palestinian Authority. “When I first watched it,” he said after leading this reporter back into a cafe, “it made me desire more and more and more.
Finally. Someone acknowledges that all of this which is not discussed in polite company only makes people want it more.
wytammic // July 13, 2007 at 10:07 am
Hey Bridget,
Sorry. I just thought this article, which to me, portrays the palestinians (aka terrorists) as the hypocritical animals that they truly are, needed to be posted
Congrats to the muslim getting ready to marry his 14 year old cousin! Apparently, the idea of a little incestuous rape does not bother these freaks in the least.
theobromophile // July 13, 2007 at 10:52 am
I was teasing. (Well, serious about the shower, but that’s not your fault!)
The thing about the 14-year-old was so sad.
wytammic // July 13, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Hi Bridget,
Very sad indeed. I think multiculturalism is a joke when it comes to such disgusting cultural acts as this. Welcome to the religion of peace.
theobromophile // July 13, 2007 at 1:19 pm
As someone said (”What the West Needs to Know,”
“Multiculturalism is not worth dying for.”
Misplaced preposition aside, it’s wonderful.
If you would like to help outl I’m working on a misguided young man who thinks that democracy - whoops, cultural superiourity - is inherently tied to white superiourity.
mommyzabs // July 13, 2007 at 10:56 pm
okay that made me feel all icky. Like I entered some foreign world where none of it made sense to me. I’m very thankful for where I am at right now.
Me too MZ. I think this helps answer why the muslims disrespect women at the level the do. Granted, muslims aren’t the only ones to view porn, but it does appear to be a major part of their young male culture. They grow up objectifying women, and then we wonder why honor killings don’t bother them? I use that word honor very loosely.
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