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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Our King is kind of like a Barbie doll

As part of my collection of fabulous Jordanian royal art, I had to share this comment from reader Neal:

Loved the post. My fiancee and I spent two years in Jordan as Peace Corps volunteers and we too were treated to a number of great posters of the King. They always reminded me of a Barbie doll collection: there was Soldier Abdullah, Family Man Abdullah, Traditional Arab Dress Abdullah, Sports Fan Abdullah, etc. My fiancee once saw (on the approach to Amman's southern bus station, coming from Karak) a poster which juxtaposed the king on one side and a hawk on the other. The best part was, the same beret the king was wearing in the image had been photoshopped to sit atop the hawk's head as well. Ahh, Jordan. Good times.

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