<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17926869</id><updated>2009-03-01T13:04:36.786-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Proud Black Arabs</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>baby paulo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17926869.post-114651222722760547</id><published>2006-05-01T12:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-01T12:37:07.240-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Inspired by "Al-Gebra"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/1600/jobsdontwant.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/320/jobsdontwant.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Brother. &lt;a href="http://richarabs.blogspot.com/2006/04/dear-rich-arab-market-math_114503894669948836.html"&gt;Your post on the RA got me thinkin&lt;/a&gt;. Aint not because you got game, but 'cause you respectin the market. Damn market WILL fuck you up (sorry kids, but money is bitch, learn to pimp it).&lt;br /&gt;So Mr. Gebra, here is a little market analysis for ya.&lt;br /&gt;learn it.&lt;br /&gt;live it.&lt;br /&gt;pimp it.&lt;br /&gt;peace.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17926869-114651222722760547?l=proudblackarabs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/feeds/114651222722760547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17926869&amp;postID=114651222722760547' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default/114651222722760547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default/114651222722760547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/2006/05/inspired-by-al-gebra_114651222722760547.html' title='Inspired by &quot;Al-Gebra&quot;'/><author><name>baby paulo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09296136290514284414'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17926869.post-114079394574072548</id><published>2006-02-24T07:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-24T07:12:25.750-08:00</updated><title type='text'>AX Suggests: Spoken Word @ Habibi's</title><content type='html'>Yo. Team Palestine is back in town (check calendar at www.chicagomuslims.com).  And you know what that means - they be back with their own brand damn slam of G.W. - &lt;blockquote&gt;Bush!  You dumb mutha...&lt;br /&gt;How the hell did you mess it up so much&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/1600/jersey.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/200/jersey.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;evil is as evil does&lt;br /&gt;yu got so much dirt&lt;br /&gt;it won't fit under a rug&lt;br /&gt;and what? do I sound too harsh&lt;br /&gt;well your whole record stinks&lt;br /&gt;like my worst fart&lt;br /&gt;guess what buddy, the buck stops with YOU&lt;br /&gt;if you don't like that rule&lt;br /&gt;you can blame the dudes&lt;br /&gt;who wrote the Constitution&lt;br /&gt;that's what you should do...&lt;br /&gt;- from &lt;i&gt;Da BushWHACKER&lt;/i&gt; by Team Palestine&lt;/blockquote&gt; Check'em @ Habibi's, located on the backside of the Lakeside Hotel, 5440 N Sheridan.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17926869-114079394574072548?l=proudblackarabs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/feeds/114079394574072548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17926869&amp;postID=114079394574072548' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default/114079394574072548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default/114079394574072548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/2006/02/ax-suggests-spoken-word-habibis.html' title='AX Suggests: Spoken Word @ Habibi&apos;s'/><author><name>baby paulo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09296136290514284414'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17926869.post-113223269907017157</id><published>2005-11-17T04:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T05:15:42.900-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Introducin...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/1600/Show%20Me%20Da%20Money%20copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/200/Show%20Me%20Da%20Money%20copy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ladies,&lt;br /&gt;In bedroom, I bring just 3 things; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;imagination&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;technique&lt;/span&gt;, and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;a whole lot of cocoa butter&lt;/span&gt;. Get ready to be octagonned my nubian princesses.&lt;br /&gt;I hereby introduce you to a real man, Abdullah X.&lt;br /&gt;See you, tonight, 8 sharp,  at the KFC (get off the L Train at Centerstage).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://richarabs.blogspot.com/2005/11/dear-rich-arab-3-f-i-n-e-sistas.html"&gt;Props to The Rich Arab, a.k.a Hitch, who got this party started. Respect.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17926869-113223269907017157?l=proudblackarabs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/feeds/113223269907017157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17926869&amp;postID=113223269907017157' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default/113223269907017157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default/113223269907017157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/2005/11/introducin.html' title='Introducin...'/><author><name>baby paulo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09296136290514284414'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17926869.post-113070242597124709</id><published>2005-10-30T11:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-10-30T12:01:22.753-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Things that go 'CRuNk' in the Night...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/1600/horse.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/320/horse.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Things that go 'CRuNk' is my re-match makin factory. Here I take the liberty of re-juxtapositioning like-minded individuals, who, if they met, would undoubtedly go 'CRuNk'!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As this my first 'CRuNk' posting, it is best I  practice. So before I post two people I'll start with these two horses. 'CRuNk'!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17926869-113070242597124709?l=proudblackarabs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/feeds/113070242597124709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17926869&amp;postID=113070242597124709' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default/113070242597124709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default/113070242597124709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/2005/10/things-that-go-crunk-in-night.html' title='Things that go &apos;CRuNk&apos; in the Night...'/><author><name>baby paulo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09296136290514284414'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17926869.post-113034981948376143</id><published>2005-10-26T10:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-26T11:48:47.296-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Property of Abdullah X</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/1600/12-cattle-branding2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/400/12-cattle-branding2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/1600/12-cattle-branding1.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17926869-113034981948376143?l=proudblackarabs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/feeds/113034981948376143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17926869&amp;postID=113034981948376143' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default/113034981948376143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default/113034981948376143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/2005/10/property-of-abdullah-x.html' title='Property of Abdullah X'/><author><name>baby paulo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09296136290514284414'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17926869.post-113001295415300913</id><published>2005-10-22T13:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-22T14:07:48.420-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Elvis was a Proud, Black, Arab...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/1600/arab-israeli-portrait.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/320/arab-israeli-portrait.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="200px" height="301px"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have I got your attention? Good. Now let me break this down for ya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q: Was Elvis a Proud, Black, Arab?&lt;br /&gt;A: No.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q: Did Elvis want to be a Proud, Black, Arab.&lt;br /&gt;A: Hell Yes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man sang blues songs,  had bellydancer hips, wore gaudy clothing, and lived in kind of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;opudecadence &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;that would make Arab royalty blush.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Respect.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17926869-113001295415300913?l=proudblackarabs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/feeds/113001295415300913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17926869&amp;postID=113001295415300913' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default/113001295415300913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default/113001295415300913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/2005/10/elvis-was-proud-black-arab.html' title='Elvis was a Proud, Black, Arab...'/><author><name>baby paulo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09296136290514284414'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17926869.post-112958516006745467</id><published>2005-10-17T14:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-20T02:56:51.980-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Historical Look at Oil: from the perspective  of a Proud Black Arab</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;While the Arab world is reaping rewards from the recent Oil Boom, similar to that positive wealth influx of the 1980s, from the perspective of a Proud Black Arab there exists some major flaws in our current "age of prosperity" as compared to our most proud 1980's. I have put together the graph below in order to give some historical pointers to what exactly these flaws are.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/1600/power.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6524/1740/400/power.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Notice the power shift deviations. In the age of oil discovery and through the World Wars it was the white man exploiting the nice oil inflationary returns. But in the 1980's there is a postive shift as we re-affirmed, re-positioned, and positively re-declarated the power over oil inflationary rise. But today that bull is being ridden once more by the white man. We must Stand up, re-posess, and thereby re-constitute ourselves atop that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;very black bull&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17926869-112958516006745467?l=proudblackarabs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/feeds/112958516006745467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17926869&amp;postID=112958516006745467' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default/112958516006745467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17926869/posts/default/112958516006745467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://proudblackarabs.blogspot.com/2005/10/historical-look-at-oil-from.html' title='Historical Look at Oil: from the perspective  of a Proud Black Arab'/><author><name>baby paulo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09296136290514284414'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry></feed>