Match.Baghdad.Com
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
When I was in Iraq three years ago, I was lucky enough to find an Internet cafe in every single one of the half dozen towns I visited. Now comes word that the Internet has truly penetrated the place: Internet dating has come to Iraq! The LAT has a piece about love-clicking in a war zone:
Via Boing Boing.Young Iraqis, trapped in their homes in the mean streets of this bloodstained capital, are increasingly turning to the Internet to chat with relatives, hang out with friends and search for love.
Such virtual relationships offer a refuge of sorts from numbing isolation and fear during a time of staggering violence. But all too often they are mirages — a seductive reminder of a life now tantalizingly out of reach for most.
"They are like birds in a cage," says Anas Attar, 22, one of a growing number of businessmen cashing in on the demand by selling access to their satellite-based Internet connections.
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