diff --git a/recipes/bbc_arabic.recipe b/recipes/bbc_arabic.recipe
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--- a/recipes/bbc_arabic.recipe
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@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-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'