Middle East Jokes / Recent Jokes

Javad Shamaqdari, the art and cinema adviser to Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Sunday demanded an apology from a visiting U.S. film-industry group for what he called insulting treatment of Iran in the movies "300" and "The Wrestler." He also demanded an apology for "Love Guru" because it was just plain bad.

That's a shame. French troops have a reputation for wanting to be on the front line--at mealtime.

A journalist had done a story on gender roles in Kuwait several years before the Gulf War, and she noted then that women customarily walked about 10 feet behind their husbands.

She returned to Kuwait recently and observed that the men now walked several yards behind their wives.

She approached one of the women for an explanation. "This is marvelous," said the journalist. "What enabled women here to achieve this reversal of roles?"

Replied the Kuwaiti woman: "Land mines"

Senator Arlen Spector said he wants to give Iran's President Ahmadinejad, "a piece of my mind."

He then mumbled, "you punk. Why I outta..." before walking away.

The new sanctions would include a ban on exports to Iran with the exception of Toyota vehicles.

A group of Middle Eastern immigrants has sued the federal government, claiming their citizenship applications were intentionally slowed by agents.
Don't they know that waiting in line for government services without cause is the surest sign that they're already Americans?

An investigation revealed that U.S. Special Operations personnel in Iraq held prisoners in 4 foot by 4 foot boxes for days at a time. This doesn't get a lot of sympathy in New York, where a 4 by 4 box is going for $2400 a month these days. I'd love to have a box that size, but I'd need roommates to swing it.