You made my day, thehandsome! Here are the French lyrics for the L'Aveugle sung by Mireille Mathieu and another beautiful video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ZFZbRu574

Il y avait au village il y avait au village un aveugle qui jouait sur son violon Le regard dans les nuages un sourire sur le visage il jouait tout son cœur nous reprenions La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la Tous les enfants du village tous les enfants du village étaient là autours de lui le regardant Sous ses doigts naissaient l'ivresse la chaleur d'une caresse sous ses doigts naissaient la pluie et le beau temps La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la Son violon avait une âme son violon avait une âme qui s'était levée tout droit jusque au ciel Dans nos yeux brillaient des larmes et dans nos cœurs une flemme qui riait de tous les feux de l'arc-en-ciel La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la Quand mon cœur est à l'orage quand ma vie est à la rage je revois le vieil aveugle et son violon Et les yeux dans les nuages un sourire sur le visage je m'en vais en fredonnant cette chanson La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la Je m'en vais en fredonnant cette chanson

the first part of its name (meaning 'heroic') was added by Ataturk in recognition of the town's successful expulsion of French and British troops in 1920.

Total foreign visitors to Turkey rose 18.67 percent year-on-year in March to 1.305 million, official data showed on Tuesday, pointing to continued strong growth in the tourism sector.

Tourism is an important source of foreign currency for Turkey, which has a large current account deficit.

The Tourism Ministry said German citizens accounted for 20.5 percent of foreign visitors during the month, followed by 8.6 percent from Iran and 6.4 percent from Bulgaria.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080422/tbs-turkey-tourism-955c2a1.html

Last night I was screening a number of films I am considering using in my upcoming class about filmmaking in the “non-Western” world. All of them dealt with the theme of education — in either Iran or Afghanistan. And each film showed me how far behind this part of the Muslim world — and MOST of the Muslim world — in in terms of development and the educational qualities required to become a knowledge or technology based society. In fact, these countries are not even able to sustain their own people through an agriculturally based society.

See my link before Daydreamer's link.

Who will educate the children:

http://peacefulmuslimah.wordpress.com/category/education/

The story and rape of the Qatif girl is heart-breaking!!

http://politicalmavens.com/index.php/2007/11/27/use-annapolis-to-save-saudi-rape-victim/

Saudi women treated like children, says human rights group.
Thanks for article, Daydreamer.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/21/saudiarabia.gender

Shocking!!!

Saudi women "treated like legal minors"
Saudi women are prevented by male guardians from enjoying their basic rights, including travelling, working and getting married, the Human Rights Watch group said Monday.

"Saudi women often must obtain permission from a guardian (a father, husband, or even a son) to work, travel, study, marry or even access health care," the New York-based group said.

A report, entitled Perpetual Minors: Human Rights Abuses Stemming from Male Guardianship and Sex Segregation in Saudi Arabia, draws on over 100 interviews with Saudi women to document the effect of discriminatory policies on women's basic rights.

"The authorities essentially treat adult women like legal minors who are not entitled to authority over their lives and well-being," the 50-page report said.

Saudi women are denied the right to access government agencies that have no female sections unless they have a male representative.

"The need to establish separate office spaces for women is a disincentive to hiring female employees, and female students are often relegated to unequal facilities with unequal academic opportunities," the human rights group said.

In cases where permission of a male guardian is not required, government officials often ask for it.

Airport officials, for example, ask women over 45 for written permission from their guardians allowing them to travel despite a recent government's exemption from this requirement.

A 40-year-old Saudi woman, whose name was given as Fatma A., told the group that she cannot board a plane without written permission from her son, who is her legal guardian.

"My son is 23 years old and has to come all the way from the Eastern Province to give me permission to leave the country," Fatma said.

Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that enforces a ban on women's driving.

Women in the conservative kingdom have severely restricted access to justice and have difficulty filing a court case or testifying in court without a legal guardian.

Paradoxically, Saudi women have only limited rights to make decision for themselves but are held criminally "responsible for their actions at puberty," the report said.

"For Saudi women, reaching adulthood brings no rights, only responsibilities," said Farida Deif, women's rights researcher for the Middle East at Human Rights Watch. (dpa)

Posted April 21st, 2008 by Sahil NagpalRiyadh Saudi Arab World News Riyadh

Thank you Marion for good tips. Forget ringlets and waves and curly ends. I will def. choose Hareketli fön. Funny, the German word for hair dryer is also fön.

Thank you DaveT and Marion!