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PHOTOS Yes, Palestine has bodybuilders too

Just in case you thought dudes getting ridiculously pumped up, slathering themselves in oil, putting on a tiny pair of jockey shorts and flexing in front of other guys that look the same was uniquely American, I offer these eye-opening photos from a bodybuilding competition in Gaza City October 29, 2010.


^ Above photos: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Can you say Yasser Aralean?

The full caption from Reuters reads: “Palestinian contestants prepare for a bodybuilding competition in Gaza City October 29, 2010. A total of 25 men from 20 to 40 years-old took part in the competition.”

And here’s a photo from a competition in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 9, 2010:


^ Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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