On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:39:44 +1100, "ant"
wrote:

Walt wrote:
AFAIK, the only Arab country with skiing is Morocco. Did you know
that Oukaimeden ski resort in Morocco has more lift served vertical
than Alta?

What about Iran and Lebanon?

For crying out loud, and you foreigners are always ragging on
americans for supposedly not knowing geography and demography.

Clue time. Iran is not an Arab country. It's not even part of
Arabia.

Iran is Persia. The people of Iran are primarily Persians, not Arabs.

And the national language of Iran is Persian (Farsi), not Standard
Arabic.

Funny thing, all the Arabs I have ever met refer to the Persian Gulf
as the "Arabian Gulf". But of course, to Iranians, it's the "Persian
Gulf".

BTW, skiing in Iran:

http://www.skifed.ir/ski.asp

-Astro