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The case Being blonde, tall, slim, buxom, leggy and beautiful with her trendy, swinging, independently wealthy lifestyle, Barbie is admired by hundreds of thousands of girls in different countries. To appeal to customers with different cultural background in different countries, nowadays Mattel Company designs Barbie with cosmetic changes and variable subjects according to local tastes. However, in the Middle-East countries, Barbie is seriously in trouble. In Iran the Iranian Ministry of Education marketed the twin dolls Sara and Dara as the national dolls. Unlike the Barbie Doll, Sara and her twin brother Dara are on a mission to help others, and when the need rises, they consult their parents for guidance. But Fulla is the most popular doll in the Middle East because she has a character that parents and children will want to relate to. The advertising is full of positive messages about Fullas character. She’s honest, loving and caring, and she respects her father and mother. Fulla also has two respected careers for women, a doctor and a teacher, that small girls can be encouraged to follow in the Middle East. On the children’s satellite channels popular in the Arab world, Fulla advertising is incessant. Culture shock Obviously , parents who live in middle-east countries hate the Barbie which dress sexy clothes .Because Barbie’s dressing go against the middle-east person’s traditional opinion. In their opinion ,Barbie is not only the joy , but also represents the personal American culture . So the Barbie conflict with the traditional culture of middle-east countries .On the one hand ,their religion is different. On the other hand, Christianism and Muslem also has a long historical shock. compare Fulla is a very successful joy .It can be adapted to middle-east countries’ culture. It wears the traditional clothing. So it is popular with located people . Compared with Fulla , Barbie dont adapt to the local culture, it still retains the wester