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2008-11-18 Arabia

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Posted by john frum 2008-11-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Also the following quote from an Arab author: the circulation of a mediocrely successful book in Israel is greater than the one of a very successful one in the entire Arab world.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-11-18 04:42|| 2008-11-18 04:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems like they really need the Cranial Roto Rooter followed by a Drano flush.

Posted by ed 2008-11-18 08:01|| 2008-11-18 08:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Illiterate warlike barbarians.
Nice.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-11-18 10:33|| 2008-11-18 10:33|| Front Page Top

#4 They can thank mo...

Posted by 3dc 2008-11-18 11:07|| 2008-11-18 11:07|| Front Page Top

#5 And that, my friends, is the difference between the Arab mind and the Western one. They say,"Someone must find out why this is so." We say, "We currently have 100 million illiterates, that is X% of the population. What must we do to reduce that to 20% of adults and 5% of school children?"

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-11-18 12:19|| 2008-11-18 12:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Indian literacy rates are 61% adult and 73% children.

Literacy rates in British India rose from 3.2 per cent in 1881 to 7.2 per cent in 1931 and 12.2 per cent in 1947.

The post independence period saw the literacy rate climb from 12% to the present levels.

Posted by john frum 2008-11-18 13:37|| 2008-11-18 13:37|| Front Page Top

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