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Arab World: Artificial Virginity Made in China

Sunday, September 27th, 2009 @ 05:25 UTC

by Hisham

Countries:: Egypt, Morocco, Syria
Topics:: Gender, Health
Languages:: French

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Français:	Monde arabe : Virginité artificielle made in China
bahasa Indonesia:	Dunia Arab: Keperawanan Artifisial Buatan Cina
Italiano:	Mondo arabo: verginità artificiale “made in China”

Moroccan blogger Mounir writes on Des maux à dire [Fr] about artificial hymens, made in China, apparently much appreciated by a growing base of Arab customers. “In the Arab region, Syrians have seen this revolutionary ‘product' invade the black market. In Egypt, investors are seriously considering its introduction,” alleges the blogger.

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[...] up on what should be a peaceful Sunday morning – but if anything’s gonna do it, its an article on virginity. But this isn’t any virginity…oh no…this is a new and easily [...]

# 2009-09-27 at 16:21 pm
Rachid

If this product is to be questioned, it might be from the medical side and see to what extent is healthy and not from the side of morals. http://inspirationwriting.blogspot.com/2009/10/virginity-for-15.html

# 2009-10-4 at 13:35 pm

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