Miss Hezbollah, the American-Lebanese nuclear weapon

Yes, I do appreciate and admire beauty and I admit that feminine beauty can increase the levels of testosterone in a male’s body and not to mention the fact that female beauties are indeed breathtaking ladies. When news agencies announced the news that Rima Faqih, a 24-year-old, American of Lebanese origin and a Michigan university college graduate had won the prestigious title of Miss. USA., I indeed felt proud deep inside that Miss USA was of Lebanese descent.


However I am proud of her the same way that I am proud of the Lebanese army and the Lebanese resistance who liberated Lebanon partly May 25, 2000, combined with the Lebanese victory over Israel in 2006. A question however always skims to the surface while watching such pageants. Should we call a beautiful woman beautiful just because she has a curvy and sexy figure? Or should we keep disclaiming her victory through bursting into the American mindset in changing their views of Arab women - thus eliminating the fact of questioning her chastity?


It didn’t come as a surprise that Rima won. She has a strong personality, she looked confident on stage, answered her questions smartly and with poise and captured the hearts of the panel of judges with her intelligence and comfortable adaptability in ‘blending with the atmosphere’ that is usually prevalent in such beauty competitions. However, a particular synonym used by the panel of judges during the competition looked like they were either blind or preferred to ignore her biological structure. We should also consider that fact that she held previous experience in similar competitions and therefore she rightfully deserved the crown.


In 2007, she won the ‘Stripper 101’ pole dancing competition that was held by ‘Mojo In The Morning’ at the Coliseum Gentleman’s Club in Detroit. Mojo In The Morning also claims it has pictures of her to prove it - as was also claimed by some Web sites on the Internet. I am not going to talk about the stripping competition that Rima participated in, or discuss the features of all the adult toys that she won. I also do not wish to talk about her performance on the stripper’s pole since she has absolute freedom to do what she considers right. Fairly speaking, we shouldn’t condone her for her participation in this competition and create all this fuss regarding her participation as it could prove to be a hassle for her victory.


On one hand, she had to go through a lot of frantic and rejecting voices of protests over her appearance in a bikini suit in the beauty pageant since she is a Muslim. They made it look like she was participating in a lecture for a theology class that was presided over by the clergy. On the other hand, a lot of viewers were extremely happy over her win - making it look like as if the Lebanese citizen incurred no debts, and that the Lebanese community in the US had formed a stronger lobby than the Zionist one.


Some critics consider Rima as a major factor in changing the West’s image of Muslim women - the image of Muslim women is typically portrayed as women shrouded in veils or niqabs and burqas. We should however ask ourselves this question: Should we change our image by nudism or by intercultural communication, supporting women rights, and showing the pride of those Arab women who are professors, pharmacists and doctors in the State. Or should we portray Lebanese women as those women who send their kids to fight for the sake of their homeland or work abroad to improve their living standards?
A feminine body is equipped with weapons that help her to play an active role in influencing men - put in simpler words, she is adequately equipped - both biologically and psychologically to coax a man to be a man - who is also equally equipped to respond to this attraction.


A beautiful woman should be able to attract a man to deal with her state of mind and spirit in heart and in intellect - that is, her humanity. By covering her feminine side that is exposed through her body language, her movements and the way she pronounces words, she can show her humanitarian side and I’m not saying this for the sake of suppression or vulnerability. Rima, by virtue of exposing her outstanding beauty can be called - as according to some of my friends - “a secret Lebanese weapon.”

Soon after her victory was announced, a lot of people from among the viewers were seen grudging her win because of her Islamic Lebanese roots - especially through the words of some loud-mouthed commentators who used Fakih’s Shiite Lebanese background to brand her a terrorist ‘Miss Hezbollah.’
They accused Rima of being a member of Hezbollah without providing any details except that some of her family members are linked to the organization. The only proof which was presented to the media is through some unnamed ‘intelligence sources’ provided by information received from Israel and the US as well as those super geniuses who apparently confirmed that some of her family members are linked to it. But, given the fact that, in addition to its armed wing, Hezbollah is a large political party, social service provider and the de facto government of the predominantly Shiite south, the vast majority of Lebanese Shiite and even many Sunnis and Christians are inextricably tied with the party.


I would like to salute all those who supported her - simply because they consider her as a nuclear weapon that is planted on American soil. I also nurse a major concern that during the next couple of days the US might impose some pressure on the Security Council to impose sanctions against Lebanon on the grounds that the Lebanese intelligence or Hezbollah recruited Rima to smuggle some missiles across the Lebanese-Syrian borders according to an Israeli analysis. I am not trying to be sarcastic but this kind of analysis definitely deserves an equally absurd comment
First, Rima was practicing her freedom of expression that was not based on the Islamic values which called for chastity. Second, no one in this world has the right to judge Rima’s behavioral preferences including My Excellency. If I want to conclude, based on these outstanding American and Israeli analysis, Hezbollah carries two nuclear weapons across the Lebanese borders - one is Haifa Wehbe who is married to an Egyptian and the current is Miss USA.


On one hand, I pity those Americans and Israelis who were affected by their own conspiracy theories, which show that the ‘Dilemma of Conspiracy’ has not yet affected anyone- it has only passed the Arabic borders and still remains to be put into effect. On the other hand, Rima is just another girl-next-door who has for long lived the American dream and I hope that she can improve the American- Lebanese bilateral relationship, and participate in the process of liberating Lebanon as well. Viva Lebanon!
Jameel W. Karaki