"One can only hope that copy-cat festivals will one day spring up in neighboring countries."

God, I hope not. Have you seen the Arab porn on YouPorn.com? It's usually a chubby, corpse-like woman (in dire need of a wax job) bent over with her face buried in a blanket, and a guy standing behind her sloppily thrusting away and looking like a deer caught in the headlights.

I think the rest of the region has a long way to go.

On a side note, I think porn serves an important role in the West (as you said). But in Arab countries, the men see this stuff online, then walk outside and have little chance of scoring a real piece of ass. I tend the to think that their sexual frustration is greatly amplified by porn, no?