Gordon_S opened this issue on May 10, 2006 · 4 posts
Gordon_S posted Wed, 10 May 2006 at 7:15 PM
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I've posted the Wednesday 'toon to my site. Very exciting. :-)
Hope you like it!
Gordon
dphoadley posted Wed, 10 May 2006 at 7:43 PM
Actually, in Arabic, the word for beauty, 'Gjamel'. is derived from the word for camel, 'Gjamal'. For them, the camel is an animal of great beauty and perfection. My wife, who was born in the Jewish community of Aleppo, Syria, and immigrated to Israel at the age of six, has always likened gorgeous eyelashes to those of a camel.
Desert Sheiks, pride themselves on the number, strength, stamina, and speed of their camels, much like we in the west do with sports cars.
David P. Hoadley
Gordon_S posted Wed, 10 May 2006 at 7:54 PM
Hmm... I don't think I've ever been in close proximity to a camel. My parents rode them in Morocco, though. They thought it was jolly fun. Took some good hump-back photos of their camel train riding into the sunset.
diolma posted Thu, 11 May 2006 at 3:30 PM
"Actually, in Arabic, the word for beauty, 'Gjamel'. is derived from the word for camel, 'Gjamal'. For them, the camel is an animal of great beauty and perfection. "
Just goes to to show that the old cliche "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" really does have meaning. I suspect that NCIATWAS (Naked Camel In A Tent With Awful Spit) wouldn't get very quickly into the top 20...
Cheers,
Diolma