MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
By Kareem Khadder, Nick Thompson and Tim Hume, CNN, Dec. 12, 2012
[....] residents of Gaza can now buy a fragrance inspired by the rockets used in Hamas' recent conflict with Israel.
Gaza company Stay Stylish is behind the perfume, called M75.
"We have a marketing slogan which is 'Whoever loves victory, happiness and dignity, loves the M75 perfume,'" the company's marketing director, who wished to be identified only as Shadi, told CNN at the Stay Stylish store in Gaza City's Rimal neighborhood.
"M75 in Gaza means a period of happiness, or the feeling of victory, and the use of the perfume is an expression of happiness as well."
The M75 was one of the long-range missiles militants in Gaza fired at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem during the conflict last month, which ended after eight days with a cease-fire on November 21. [....]
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Gaza perfume sales soar with rocket name
By Nidal al-Mughrabi in Gaza, Reuters, Dec. 13, 2012
Sales of a citrus-scented perfume marketed in Gaza have soared since it was named in honour of the rockets that Palestinians shot at Israel during a war last month, the manufacturer said [....]