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Cell Phones Open New Vistas in Middle East

   Aida F. Akl | Washington 07 May 2010
   An  Arab  boy takes snap on a mobile phone covered by jewelries at the
   Yas Marina racetrack in Abu Dhabi, UAE (File)

Photo: AP

   An Arab boy takes a picture on a mobile phone covered by jewels at the
   Yas Marina racetrack in Abu Dhabi, UAE (File)

   The  rapid  [1]spread  of cell phones in the Middle East over the past
   decade has created a new space for young people in closed societies to
   interact  and  express  themselves while providing activists with more