tash ma tash
in the case of tash ma tash the woman wanted to please her new husband .
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i actually have a tash ma tash ring tone on my own mobile which shouts out “d’noud d’noud. ”
a few weeks ago i watched an older rerun of one of the tash ma tash television series episodes .
one of the primary actor’s in tash ma tash will also have occasional roles in other saudi comedies as well .
the show had other humorous twists but typical of tash ma tash, it takes real social issues and presents them with humor .
my husband was telling me that in the early days of tash ma tash there was another popular show aired featuring the saudi actor .
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jeddah, 27 october 2004 — actors of the popular saudi tv serial tash ma tash have come under death threat from terrorists after the highly popular episode “and life continues” was telecast .
ma ma
clearly wants to be tearjerker, but there' s no need to have tissues handy for this one .
al - qasabi and al - harbi are no strangers to controversy. they both worked on
tash ma tash,'' a long - running comedy that ruffled feathers for its handling of sensitive issues in saudi society .
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ma ma, at best minor medem, unfolds like an afternoon tv movie that' s been at the sherry, or placed on the heaviest of medication .
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@ coolred - i would think the difference is that with tash ma tash the saudis are making fun of themselves. it is always okay to make fun of oneself but not okay to make fun of others. having said that the threats and uproar over south park was ridiculous. freedom of speech should still reign. arianna, you are so right and polygamy certainly is practiced by many cultures and not restricted to muslims. chiara, i think that tash ma tash is so very healthy! ! !
though ma ma' s melodramatic dna is hampered by medem' s austere aesthetic, there' s still enough inherent emotional power to satisfy the casual arthouse crowd looking for alternative foreign fare this summer .
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the threat evoked mixed reactions among tv watchers. while some called it disgusting, others said they were not surprised that such a threat would come from terrorists. aminah salem, a female university student, said, “tash ma tash is a popular saudi serial. it has gained arab recognition and respect since it went on air ten years ago. i was very disturbed when i heard about the threat. the episode about terrorism was emotional and it was the best episode this year. it exposed terrorist groups and showed their ugly face. their mind is evil and they think only of destruction. the episode relates to the confessions of terrorists that were aired last month on saudi tv. i was happy that the actors were brave enough to discuss this problem because tash ma tash is the actual reflection of what is going on in our society. it identifies the problem and tries to find a solution, but in a comical way. ”
the episode, regarded by many saudi viewers as the best of tash ma tash this year, deals with terrorist groups and the horrible crimes they committed in the kingdom. the episode was also welcomed by many viewers from the gulf and arab countries. its popularity seems to have upset the terrorist group that issued a threat on the internet to kill the actors. naser al - qasabi, the star of the serial, along with some actors was put on a hit list .
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i think i read about the 4 wives episode on crossroads arabia - very funny! i hadn' t heard of tash ma tash before that, but i think it' s refreshing. as coolred said, being able to make fun of yourself is probably the best way to get positive change (both on an individual level and on a national level). i also agree with arianna that the reasons behind the legalisation of polygamy during the advent of islam, no longer apply and therefore should be banned. actually, i agree with every word of arianna' s post. regarding the south park death threat controversy - the whole thing looks really fishy. the organisation behind the threat is basically a ten man band led by a hardcore orthodox jewish zionist turned hardcore orthodox muslim islamist. talk about multiple personality disorder !
maria tash has been a designer and retailer of fine jewelry for over 19 years. her interest began at a young age after attending a jewelry design class with her mother. after graduating college, she decided to turn her passion into a business after realizing how hard it was to find a highly regarded place that specialized in fine body art. it was not before long when maria opened her first piercing and tattoo spa in new york city where she promptly began to design her own line of fine navel jewelry. maria tash now has two manhattan locations specializing in expert piercing, fine jewelry, and quality tattooing .
i had my septum pierced by rob yesterday - - it was an amazing experience. he was very clean and meticulous with his space and his work; which is something i value, highly. i strongly recommend him! the gals working at the jewelry counter were wonderful, and so helpful as well. definitely choose maria tash for all of your future piercings and jewelry .
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good stuff. i find arabs in general cant find the humor in things concerning themselves. when you can laugh at yourself your half way there to change. so say i. another thought. how come south park, a social satire cartoon, gets threats etc for daring to go where nonmuslims shouldnt go... but the creators of tash matash havent? at least not that i know of .
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the novel is at its provocative best towards the end, when meili and her family reach heaven township in the far south of the country, famed for its lax approach to family planning as well as for its concentration of factories that feed china' s economic boom. all of ma' s skill and playfulness are on display as the novel builds to a climax in which meili is forced to question her very right to exist in this fragile, ever - changing new world .
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first time at maria tash was last weekend when i was taken here as a surprise by my boyfriend for my birthday. it was a busy saturday but we were tended to quickly and one of the piercers helped me choose my jewelry - a big beautiful 6 point diamond star nose stud. i love my upgrade! as for the jewelry prices - these are precious metals and real diamonds made into unique designs that you won' t find elsewhere. this type of jewelry likely requires more labor to make. recommend !
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with an appreciation for body piercing and modification, maria recognized a demand for high quality navel jewelry and opened her first shop in 1992: venus modern body arts. a successful and thriving piercing & tattoo studio, venus modern continues to stand as one of the highest rated, most reputable and recommended shops in the city. in 2004, maria decided to include a new location that would not only offer navel jewelry but a variety of distinct nostril pieces, earrings, necklaces and rings fashioned after and inspired by her navel designs. that july, venus by maria tash opened its doors in the premiere hotspot on broadway in noho. since it' s opening, maria' s been busy designing new collections and pieces for her customers, including a high profile list of celebrity clientele. at venus, we hope to bring our exciting and beautiful designs to all of our customers with an air of simplicity, ease, and our distinct promise that your satisfaction is our guarantee .
so i didn' t want to bother to write the review but finally i came to a point that it is better to share my experience with others. there were several visits to store with various reasons. some times, it goes well and all things done. no problem. but other times... ... when i entered the store, everyone seemed busy so i was patiently waiting for next available sales person. then some people came and they got immediate attention and help (this happened twice in different dates). i really hope they are not racists. then when i placed my earring on the counter ,
ben
and the other sales man were yelling at me to stop and the other sales man was cleaning the counter with wipe vigorously without any explanation. i felt down that day. interesting enough, my other visit was when maria tash was there and everyone was suddenly super friendly and i got assist without problem. i will avoid this place from now on .
to start off, i have purchased more than just a few pieces of expensive jewelry from tash. their jewelry is dainty, high quality and very detailed. when it comes to pricing, it is definitely overpriced. however, i am okay with paying the price for good jewelry but the customer service is just poor! i think they need to train their staff to be more well mannered because from my standpoint, they are very snobby. there' s no other way to put it. for example, when choosing jewelry here, you need to choose items you truly like because they are expensive. you can tell the workers start to get impatient and snappy after you ask to see a second & third piece of jewelry. that' s honestly all it takes to get the workers short - tempered. there should always be impeccable customer service especially when you' re selling quality pieces. especially if you want returning customers. the customers are the ones funding the company business. remember that. i also had a bad piercing experience with them and it was to the piercer' s misjudgment. i had my double helix pierced with one of their guy' piercers. instead of using a long back post so that my two fresh piercings would have room to swell up and heal, it was pierced with two short back posts meant for
healed
piercings. i even clarified twice .
are you sure these posts would give my ears enough room to breathe ?
the answer was, yes. the consequences played out for the next week. my right ear swelled up and was throbbing so badly, i couldn' t sleep through the night. i had to go back to tash and their other piercer had to swap out the two short posts to two long posts! they even asked ,
who pierced this ?
the swap out of the posts was the most painful experience! as for the healing process, it is still healing. it has been approximately 4 months since i had pierced it. would i pierce my ears here again? no .
it' s not easy to endure the relentless stream of misfortune and suffering that afflicts meili and her family wherever they go. the desperate world of migrant workers, many of whom are also on the run from family planning officers, is filled with tragic encounters that cumulatively read like a catalogue of every scandal to afflict modern - day china. toxic industrial waste that has turned the famous yangtze as
red as oolong tea
; chemically produced fake milk powder; watermelons injected with growth hormones; mouldy rice milled with wax and resold as new; corrupt party officials; the ill treatment of the mentally ill – these horrors fill the pages of the novel, snuffing out any traces of optimism, such as kongzi' s furtive efforts to grow seasonal herbs and meili' s fleeting yet tender encounter with a man in search of his drowned mother' s corpse. it is as though ma is forcing the reader to experience the same harshness faced by migrant workers; but at the same time, meili' s unfading innocence and faith in humanity make us long for a conventional happy ending, even if we suspect there isn' t going to be one .
i had such a fun experience at maria tash! first of all i want to say how cool this place is! ! it' s a high end piercing parlor so you can literally get new piercings done with gold, diamonds and all the good stuff :) anyways - i came in spur of the moment for a conch piercing. i was immediately greeted by a friendly guy behind the counter who spent lots of time with me helping me make the perfect earring decision! i wish i could remember his name but he was super friendly and patient! ! the piercer was equally awesome - she put a dot on my ear where she suggested the piercing should go - i asked if she could do it a little higher - i asked her why she wanted to put it lower - she explained that the earring would sit better lower but that i could get it pierced whenever felt better for me - i went with her suggestion and i' m so happy that i did! what was even better was the fact that even though the needle hurt initially - i had zero pain after the piercing - it' s crazy !
i' ve been wanting to get another piercing for a few years now and finally got around to doing it only because i found maria tash. i' ve only ever had piercings with a gun and was afraid of getting one with a needle (afraid of them in general), so i felt intimidated to go to a tattoo place and get it done. i found more comfort in going to a piercing - only place and this was it. immediately got attended to once i walked in the door, but then the sales associate got distracted and started helping someone else. this happened twice before someone finally helped me and rang me up. knocked off the one star for this reason, and also just for the jewelry being ridiculously overpriced. my earring was thoroughly sterilized and the final sales associate was very helpful through the process. i then went upstairs to wait for my turn. the piercer sterilized the room from the next person before i came in, changed his gloves, and got me settled. we worked to get the right spot on my ear, and i was then given the marker to keep - even more reassurance re: how clean everything is. the needle wasn' t as scary as i expected and i loved the way my piercing looked. would highly recommend coming here for a very clean, instructive experience, but would recommend earring shopping elsewhere and bringing it with you instead .
two of the attackers were also killed and another injured, the saudi press agency reports .
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( no big deal) is such a staple of ramadan television fare that many of us who have never seen it on television are aware of it and have seen it on video. the serial uses humour to comment on social mores and laws in saudi arabia to great comedic effect. while some episodes and seasons have been rather staid, others have resulted in great controversy. this season, 17, episode 4 on
multiple husbands
or polyandry has been particularly stirring the ire of the religious scholars, and the counterarguments of the more progressive. what is more disconcerting is that this time it seems as if many men are not so amused .
*, is a role reversal whereby a saudi woman of independent means takes 4 husbands adding them sequentially, then determines to take a 5th requiring the 4 contemporaneous ones to draw lots to determine who shall be the divorcé. as soon as husband number one, the last to draw lots, is determined to be the unlucky fellow, she pronounces
taliq, taliq, taliq
and divorced he is .
the wife in this case is the domineering one, heartless about her pitiable husbands' jealousies and lamentations, or preferences to keep the numbers down. she insults them, pushes them, and roughly separates the ones who are getting pushy with each other. they in turn gossip about and play nasty tricks on the newbie. when really annoyed she deprives them of their
turn
.
of course, she drives, and they sit in the passenger seat. nonetheless, she wears her abaya cast loosely over her wedding gown each time she brings back a new husband. in the end the episode is revealed to be a film, and a film audience including the director, and with the actors present, discusses it. both the film within the episode, and the
filmmakers
get a standing ovation .
comedic critique functioned much like the carnivalesque does. the carnivalesque refers to the festivities during carnival in medieval and renaissance times, and still in certain celebrations, when the world is essentially inverted. masters became servants, men dress and play the roles of women, and vice versa, humans imitate the animal world an dressed costumed as such; feasting and libations replace normal work and austerity, and sexual inhibitions are loosened .
while the carnivalesque gives the participants a sense of role reversal and the potential for a new order, it ultimately functions as a social safety valve. it allows people to let off steam, have a bit of fun, dare to dream, before the status quo returns .
during the carnival while there were genuine role reversals for the day (s) the participants remained mindful of what boundaries were not to be breached. the reversals and demands on the master - servants were codified and sufficiently benign not to provoke reprisals on return to the real world order .
for all its courage remains sufficiently benign not to be completely censored or forced off the air. the use of humour is one protection, as is the device of a fiction within a fiction, in this episode on
multiple husbands
. furthermore showing polyandry is at one remove from addressing polygyny as a saudi problem, rather than tackling the problem head on. there is controversy but no direct hits so to speak .
others are welcome to comment as well, including sharing their experiences of carnivals or the role of satire in effecting social change, or stimulating critical thinking .
* a special thank you to saudi jawa for emailing me the link to the free download. downloading takes time (if you are using the free option, but it is worthwhile even if you don' t understand arabic - - the visuals are clear) .
i read about this previously and found it a brilliant idea! what a good way to see how the other side views what you do. i know the majority of men do not have multiple wives, but for the few that do and the fewer who treat their wives like cars that have lost their appeal and need to be traded in for newer models, this should be a slap in the face! and god forbid a muslim think a christian has a few good qualities! (and vice versa .): -) thanks for sharing !
marriage in islam is a leagally and socially binding contract between to a man and woman, generally in contracts it is very common and lawful even in the most (modern) communities that the stronger partner is allowed to dictate his terms and whether someone accept it or not man is and will always be the dectating element in any human society. unfortunately just like animals. as it is well known any contract can be terminated, simply when a partner is no more intersted or just feel that he want to walk out. yes in modern societies many women are able to support themselves so if they do not like to share their hasbands they can islamically get divorce (terminate the contract from their side) so not need to raise hell about it, there is always exit. and those who cannot support themself can survive it. but i would like to add that in islam even though polygamy is only (jaaiz) something like allowed not as a way of life and it is restricted to certain cases, unfortunately some people especially of tribal backgrouds practice it to compete with each other and to boast manhood and size of families. banning polygamy is out of question, what is permitted by allah should not be banned by man believe me it will soon come in handy after world iii, and they will say we should allow and left the ban. instead they should be progressive and allow plyandry and let us see what muslim women will call who pritice it .
majed, slavery was permitted by allah. i don' t think you' ll find many muslims who' ll say it was wrong to ban it .
shafiq, thank you for reading my comments, i know my english is weak but i hope people understand what i mean to say. but, what polygamy has to do with slavery after all that is said about marriage contract? and of course i am totally against slavery, unfortunately it is still practised in its original form in some places and in many different forms in many other palces and people are making fortunes out of it. so it cant acutally be banned, it is like stop possessing your own slave but you can always hire other people 's slaves. i hope you will go through this link i feel that it can talk for me. urltoken
finally watched it and even though i don' t understand arabic it was very easy to follow. this is why i like soaps in other languages btw. it was very good and i will have my husband watch it so he can translate the talk after the show for me .
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naser al - qasabi told okaz newspaper that he was surprised that his name was on the hit list. he described the death threat as shameful and an “indication that we have people with intellectual crises. these people with such black thoughts should be dealt with sternly” .
he said, “many people now believe that these terrorist groups came from a different planet. we have to study these groups psychologically to determine where the defect is in their minds. these people used the internet to threaten us and the institution that produces the program, claiming that by killing us they will end corruption. these people should know that islam is a religion of peace and they should realize that disagreement does not mean fighting those with a different opinion” .
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unrelentingly bleak
… a fisherman on the bank of the yangtze. photograph: carlos barria / reuters
is a writer of rare originality whose work effortlessly combines a sense of the avant garde with uncomfortable humour, underpinned at all times by rage at the social changes that have affected china over the past 30 years. the brilliance of his 2008 masterpiece ,
, his atmospheric travel memoir, which recounted the young intellectual' s spiritual and political escape from the capital to the west of china in the 1980s. subsequent fiction such as
developed a style that blended internal landscapes with flashes of magic realism and surreal comedy .
the dark road is an angrier, more openly confrontational novel than its predecessors. set in the river towns and vast waste sites that line the banks of the yangtze, it tackles the grim issue of forced abortions and sterilisations with a prolonged and unflinching gaze .
the novel' s ill - fated heroine, meili, is born into a simple peasant family and, typically of uneducated girls of her background, marries while still in her teens before giving birth to her one authorised child, a girl, nannan. but her schoolteacher husband, kongzi, is a direct descendant of confucius, whose nickname he shares, and he is desperate to produce a male heir to continue his family' s distinguished line. meili falls pregnant again, with spectacularly bad timing: family planning officers are roaming the countryside implementing a new wave of measures with almost gleeful savagery. the young family is forced to flee the village, eventually joining scattered groups of vagrants along the banks of the yangtze, drifting from one town to another as itinerant labourers while dodging family planning officers .
much of the wry yet affectionate humour that characterised the earlier novels, even one as obviously political as beijing coma, is absent here, replaced by an unrelentingly bleak atmosphere that is rendered all the more stark by flora drew' s precise yet agile translation. the novel opens with several scenes of shocking violence, in which the women of meili' s village are subjected to horrific cruelty by family planning officers. in one angry confrontation between peasants and officers, a scuffle breaks out and a recently aborted foetus is trampled upon in the ensuing melée. these opening passages could be intended to prepare the reader for what lies ahead, for at virtually every turn, women are brutalised in one way or another as bloody foetuses are carried around in plastic bags or boiled in cantonese restaurants to make male - tonic soups .
this review was amended on 9 may 2014 to remove a reference to guangdon province .
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staff here was super wonderful - i got upper lobe piercings here in march that have healed beautifully. the shop girls downstairs were super helpful and guided me in the right direction jewelry wise. in consequential visits, it can get a little tough as the store front is a tad on the smaller side and can be quite crowded. i think they put a sound effort in try and assist who they can while still providing service. my piercer was wonderful - so bummed i can' t find her card to give her a shoutout - and made me feel so comfortable and at ease. super personable and informative and having a really good twin peaks conversation made the process feel even easier. i will say one star off for prices for replacement backs - around $ 11 with tax. i know it' s high end jewelry but... ?
i called a few months back to ask about a dermal punch in a specific area. i was told that it was feasible. i came in today to see what type of jewelry they offered for dermal punches. i wanted to know what i could get before i committed to it with them. so i' m browsing in an area that i think would be suitable for my future piercing. i figured i' d browse since everyone was busy helping other customers. as i walked up and looked at the jewelry, the cashier with the bad makeup and shoulder length brunette hair grabbed the jewelry off the counter. meanwhile the customer that she was helping was still standing there. was it that serious? it wasn' t. unfortunately she ended up asking me if i needed help after she wrapped up with the last customer. she sent me upstairs to speak to a piercer even though i asked to see what jewelry would be an option for a dermal punch. i was told it would depend on the piercer and their tools. i walked upstairs and saw a crowd of people and walked out. i should be able to know what i' m going to pay for before i pay for it. then i would have to wait for the piercer twice. i' ll just go back to pure body arts or try out sacred .
the only reason i give this place 3 stars is for the price of the jewelry. for titanium basic jewelry it' s 45 for each bar? ?? wtf? ?? ? but i had my nipples pierced by rob hilerio and he was fantastic. i was very nervous and he guided me through the whole experience. he told me we would get through this together and that there wouldn' t be any surprises which rwally put me at ease. he pierced the first nipple and gave me as much time as i needed for the second nipple. best piercing experience (and i' ve had a lot). very professional, clean, and helpful. i will be coming back to see him for all future piercings! !! ! 5 stars for rob! !!!
tash ma tash ( 1992-2011 ) ( arabic : طاش ما طاش ) ( " no big deal " in english ) was a popular saudi arabian satirical comedy that had been run for 18 seasons so far . it aired on the saudi state-owned television channel saudi t.v. channel 1 for 13 seasons but in 2005 it was bought by mbc . new episodes ran exclusively during ramadan right after sunset . 
tash ma tash (1992-2011) (arabic: طاش ما طاش) (" no big deal " in english) was a popular saudi arabian satirical comedy that had been run for 18 seasons so far. it aired on the saudi state-owned television channel saudi t.v. channel 1 for 13 seasons but in 2005 it was bought by mbc. new episodes ran exclusively during ramadan right after sunset.
tash ma tash (1992-2011) (arabic: طاش ما طاش) (" no big deal " in english) was a popular saudi arabian satirical comedy that had been run for 18 seasons so far. it aired on the saudi state-owned television channel saudi t.v. channel 1 for 13 seasons but in 2005 it was bought by mbc. new episodes ran exclusively during ramadan right after sunset.