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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Emirati Seeks to Be First Arab Woman at North Pole

And now for something completely different . . .

Via BoingBoing, I learn of Elham al-Qasimi, who is determined to be the first Arab woman to reach the North Pole. She's from Dubai (where else?). She has an online blog of her journey, enough commercial sponsors to make NASCAR proud, and, of course, a Twitter feed.

Good for her.

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