Mideast Piece

The Middle East have been sexy longer than…
Well, this picture of fishermen at Eilat dates from 1951.

Today’s MEP Love Guide actually comes from a cute little book called The Gay Guy’s Guide to Love.

It suggests:

Don’t fall for these despicable, pernicious, malevolent, heinous, and generally wacko myths about gay love:

Myth: Gay love is wrong.
Reality: Love is love - gay, nongay, or in-between. Don’t let parents, priests, politicians, the press, or your psyche tell you differently.

Myth: Gay relationships threaten family values.
Reality: Gay couples ARE families who do or do not embody family values just like straight couples.

Myth: Gay relationships don’t last because homosexual men are constitutionally unable to coupel successfully.
Reality: One, plenty DO last. The world is filled with gay couples who have been together twenty, thirty, forty, or more years. Two, the only thing gay male couples are constitutionally unable to do the same as heterosexual couples is have babies.

Thanks to Simon in Bahrain for the tip!

Turns out that the video I posted yesterday features Oshri Cohen. (It’s written in the info with the clip but I wasn’t paying attention.) Oshri is an Israeli TV and movie star. I recently saw him in Beaufort. I’ll write more about that later…

Enough seriousness for a while. Here’s a cute boy break. Beach volleyball is popular in the Middle East.

Recently a media outlet in the Middle East had their readers vote for the best looking Middle Eastern men of the past. I’ll do a few posts and share the results with you.

According to the article, Mike Brant was born Moshe Brand and was the son of Holocaust survivors.

Mike was one of the chosen few who made it big in the international music scene. For the Israel of the mid-’70s, his look was considered impressive and glamorous. Brant introduced sex appeal to the puritan atmosphere of the kibbutz.

People still visit his grave despite the more than 30 years that have passed since he jumped to his death from the balcony of his Paris apartment in 1975.

And now for your French lesson of the day (Love the shirt!!!!):

According to reports, the Israeli Ml clothing chain will soon open a store in Dubai. This makes it the first Israeli fashion brand to have an outlet in the Arab emirate.

The article continues:

ml signed a distribution agreement with a French company which specializes in marketing large-size fashion lines. The French company signed a deal with the Albulug Company owned by one of Dubai’s wealthiest families to open an ml chain in Dubai. In the fist stage of the deal, ml will open four stores with an average area of 100 square meters in prestigious shopping centers and leading malls.

Ml will invest some $1.5 million in its Dubai stores.

Two young men meet by accident on a hot evening in Israel. One is Palestinian, ready to die for his beliefs in an attack planned for the next morning. The other is Israeli, lost in life after losing his whole family to terrorism and war.

Since you’re reading this plot description on Mideast Piece, you can assume these men are gay, and that they will either fall in love or fight a pitched battle for the duration of their lives. This is the story behind “Le Centiema Nom,” a film starring French-Arab actor Salim Kechiouche as the Palestinian ready to die for his beliefs.

Word on the street is that Salim is the hottest gay Arab actor around. Of course his gay-themed movies are French, because it’s not like the Arab world is hot on producing gay-themed films; however, Salim’s many films have made their way to the Middle East and - as Martha would say - it’s a good thing.

Here he is:

The other day I was hanging out at the beach and watching hot guys do their thing. Some were sunbathing; others playing volleyball. There were lots of folks out windsurfing too. This reminded me of Gal Fridman, Israel’s only gold medal winner. Gal (His name means “wave” in Hebrew, btw.), won a gold metal at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics for windsurfing. I think he’s hot stuff!