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+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class BBCArabic(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title          = u'BBC Arabic Middle East'
+    oldest_article = 7
+    max_articles_per_feed = 100
+    extra_css = 'body { text-align: right;  direction:rtl; } '
+    auto_cleanup = True
+    language = 'ar'
+    __author__ = 'logophile777'
+    remove_tags = [
+    {'class':['emp-alt-handheld', 'emp-noflash', 'emp-flashlink', 'emp-alt-screen']}
+    ]
+
+    feeds          = [(u'BBC Arabic Middle East', u'http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/middleeast/index.xml')]
+
+    def print_version(self, url):
+        return url + '?print=1'