“Paris Hilton gets more coverage than Congo, Darfur, Palestine, and Nahr Al-Barid combined.”

—  As'ad AbuKhalil

The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2007/06/paris-hilton-gets-more-coverage-than.html

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