Now This is a First Lady!!

[leftchick]

I was just clicking through yahoo news and this photo caught my eye. I didn't even know Syria had a "first lady". She is Gorgeous!





Syria's first lady Asma Bashar listens to her husband, President Bashar Assad at the Cankaya palace in the Turkish capital, Ankara on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004. Bashar Assad began the first-ever visit to Turkey by a Syrian head of state Tuesday. With the United States trying to put together a post-Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) government in Iraq (news - web sites), Turkey and Syria are worried Kurds in northern Iraq could aspire to independence, a move they fear would engulf Kurds on their soil. Both countries border Iraq. (AP Photo/BurhanOzbilici)

[XNASA]

1. Sure she's beautiful, but.......

Betcha she's never commited vehicular manslaughter like our First Lady.

[CatWoman]

2. *snarf*

:D

[BlueJazz]

4. Yeah... and her clothes.....

are way to "uppity"

[SlavesandBulldozers]

3. damn

she's Syriasly hot.

i couldn't resist.

[DarkPhenyx]

5. A note on Turkish pronounciation.

the "C" in Cankaya sounds like a "J" when spoken. The "a"'s are all in the some tone and are a long "a". So it comes out as Jahn-kah-yah.

Turkish is one of my four languages. I figure a little knowledge can't hurt.

[BurtWorm]

6. How do say "babe-alicious" in Turkish?

;)

[11 Bravo]

9. I'm not sure, but in Crawford, Texas ...

I believe it's pronounced "goat".

[stlsaxman]

27. Good thing I wasn't drinking milk just now-

I'm still laughing and it's 15 minutes later!

[DarkPhenyx]

12. Cok Guzel

in this case teh "C" actually has an accent on it that looks like a little tail on the bottom. Don't remember the name of the accent, and I have no clue how to type it on DU anyway. It's pronounced "Choke Goo-zell". Kinda like Gazell with an "oo" in it. Translates as "very beautiful". I'm a bit out of practice but I think the slang for Babe-licious in Turkish is "Babe-licious". I'm only partly joking. :)

[billyskank]

14. That accent: ç

is called a cedilla.

[DarkPhenyx]

15. Well thaaaank you Mr. English Major!

;-)

Now, please tell me how you typed that one in. I figured there had to be a way, but had no clue how.

[BurtWorm]

16. Cedillas to cut and paste

Çç

As thanks for the Turkish lesson. ;)

[DarkPhenyx]

17. You are welcome.

I'm sure I butcher other languages I don't know well but I get miffed when I hear "experts" slaughter place names on the news. We had someone who was curating a Turkish Art exhibit which came thought Raleigh last year. Supposedly he was an expert on Turkish art and history and he had a horrid grasp of the language. It was bad enough I was embarassed for him.

[radwriter0555]

7. Hasn't george declared her husband to be a terrorist yet?

hmmmm

[CatWoman]

8. and aren't we going to invade them next?

[K8-EEE]

10. Wow!! She's The Bomb(shell)

She's so pretty! I'll tell you another one....the Jordanian princess, what is her name? Rania? I'll have to dig up a pic of her, and her clothes are to d-i-e. She's a Palestinian...

[rumguy]

13. She's a cute on too...

I saw her on Charlie Rose. She's intelligent and well-spoken too.

[Ilsa]

I got here late....

I think Queen Rania is a real beauty with a wonderful presence.

[Ilsa]

23. I got here late....

I think Queen Rania is a real beauty with a wonderful presence.

[lovedems]

11. She has that Princess Diana, innocent beauty about her

I think.

[SheilaT]

18. Wow!

Where can I sign up for the plastic surgery that makes me look like her? Remember the Twilight Zone Episode where people at age 21 or so got a full body makeover and could choose from about twelve choices? I'd choose this one, I'm sure.

[Gin]

19. another pretty one is the Queen of Jordan...shes Palestinian...and

gorgeous.

[K8-EEE]

26. Hola Magazine "Mas Elegante" 2nd Place...

Is for Jordan's Rania...I thought she was a princess, is she a queen? OMG! I'm used to queens looking like the UK queen, woof....

It is unbelievable to me that she is the richest woman in the world and the best she can muster is the Grandpa From The Munsters look. Man! And the horrid purse/handbag/shoes combos -- she's hurtin' 4-certain!

[Cleita]

20. Well, I suppose men of status and wealth can

afford trophy wives in the Near East. She looks very high maintenance to me and I don't think a cheapskate like "W" would want to shell out the overhead.

For the record though, I think Tipper is cute and I am sure she would have made a far more charming First Lady than the frump presently in residence.

[Indiana Democrat]

21. She's HOT!

[Catherine Vincent]

22. The important question is that is she his only wife? ;-)

She is cute though. But she looks uppity. I hate uppity people.

[Cato1]

24. If you look at...

...the wives of arab leaders most of them have strikingly European features unlike the majority of the arab population. The light-skinned and European-looking wives are a status symbol for the male arab leaders.

[leftchick]

28. Here is a pic of her hubby the President...

He looks as "lightskinned" to me as his wife.....

[ThomWV]

25. Have you seen their daughter?

She has a daughter in her early 20's if I've got the right one in mind. Very pretty.

Thom