Wednesday, April 4, 2007

[Chaptzem Blog!] 4/04/2007 10:20:00 PM

Williamsburg or Afghanistan?

An excerpt from an article in the Forbes Magazine 4/16/07 where a situation in Afghanistan sounds strikingly similar to a situation in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

"...Because Afghanistan had no access to printing plants, Roshan had to rely on promotional services in Dubai, a two-and-a-half-hour flight away. An early billboard showing a man and a woman with a cell phone drew outrage when it went up in the northeast province of Kunduz; residents threw black paint all over it. Lesson: no women on billboards..."

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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 4/04/2007 10:20:00 PM