http://clipmarks.com/clipper/boozich/date/2008/5/3/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/boozich/date/2008/5/3/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/D5056AA6-D3C8-45EE-A10C-4B98597C4447/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/boozich/">boozich</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.islamfortoday.com/iran02.htm" title="http://www.islamfortoday.com/iran02.htm">www.islamfortoday.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/boozich/512/68D40B41-182F-4607-B419-50F8EEA06CCF.gif" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/boozich/512/DAC8C92F-03E5-4CA6-8A52-D0A4C5749D17.gif" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana">Meet Dara and Sara, Iran's answer to Ken and Barbie.</FONT></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana">The Muslim dolls have been developed by a government agency to promote traditional values, with their modest clothing and pro-family backgrounds.</FONT></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">an effort to counter the American dolls and accessories that have flooded the Iranian market</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Barbie was "foreign to Iran's culture" because some of the buxom, blonde dolls have revealing clothing</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">young girls who play with Barbie, a doll she sees as wanton, could grow into women who reject Iranian values</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana">"I think every Barbie doll is more harmful than an American missile," Ms Rahimi said.</FONT></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/boozich/512/6E5F621F-A1F0-4B97-A93C-FBD009C8A05C.jpg" alt="An Iranian woman looks at the Sara (L) and Dara dolls" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SMALL>Toy sellers are welcoming the new characters</SMALL></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P align="center"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.daraandsara.com/"><IMG width="147" height="108" border="0" src="http://www.islamfortoday.com/logo.gif" /><BR /> http://www.daraandsara.com/ </A></FONT></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">each of the four models of Sara comes with a white scarf to cover her brown or black hair</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">supposed to be eight years old, young enough under Islamic law for Sara to appear in public without a headscarf</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana">The siblings help each other solve problems and turn to their loving parents for guidance.</FONT></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://www.islamfortoday.com/iran02.htmSun, 04 May 2008 01:34:18 GMT