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Monday, March 24, 2014

A Salafi Selfie

Someone has noticed that in Arabic, which doesn't normally write vowels, "Salafi" and "Selfie" are spelled exactly the same way: a Salafi selfie:
A hat tip to Bill Lawrence.

1 comment:

S. Qutb said...

Shouldn't he be holding the camera with his other hand?