E3younAlbak

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

made me laugh my ass off

this is how u know you're arab...

1) You have 500, 000, 000 cousins
2) Your father swears at you with words that effect himself
3) You refer to another Arab as "cuz" or "cousin"
4) You refer to an older Arab as "Ammo" or "Auntie"
5) Your family is over your house all the time
6) There is no such thing as quiet time
7) Going to church/masjid is a fashion show
8) And a free brunch
9) You've seen a belly dancer at least once in your life
10) You have at least 4 kids in your family
11) Three or more relatives live in your neighborhood
12) You gossip about your own family...with members of your own family
13) You use church as a social ground to meet potential wives/husbands
14) You get really happy and call the whole family to the room when there is a special or documentary on Arabs or anything Arabic related on CNN
15) You get pissed when an Arab is portrayed as a terrorist in a movie
16) You go to an Arabic restaurant, tell the owner you're an Arab, and expect to get free food
17) Your middle name is your father's first name
18) You have a difficult Arabic name to pronounce so you come up with an Americanized version of it like "Sam" or "Mike"
19) You own and/or play a tubleh
20) You play cards till the break of dawn
21) You know what happens when you eat too much Moujadra, Hummous, Tabuli, and Kibbeh 22) You act like you want to pay, but in reality you hate to pay
23) Your favorite food is wara 3anab
24) Your parents drink Turkish coffee like 20 million times a day
25) You can't have a meal without Arabic bread
26) All the grocery stores and gas stations in your city are owned by relatives
27) You have fruit trees in your backyard and when they are in season you live on them
28) You have someone tell you your fortune through your coffee cup
29) You would never call it Pita Bread
30) You use Arabic bread as a utensil
31) You've heard Amr Diab's "Ya nour el ein" 764363 times in your life
32) You know what the debki, a hafli, and a derrbakki is/are
33) Your aunt asks you if she can dance at your wedding
34) Your parents say "estob" instead of "stop"
35) You teach your American friends Arabic words (mostly bad ones) and get happy when they use them in normal conversations
36) You feel proud when someone famous or a celebrity has any Arabic blood in them
37) You can't help but laugh when you hear the word "TEASE"
38) At least 1 conversation a day is about being ARAB
39) You have at least 1 picture/object resembling a camel in your house
40) You think anybody who is not Arab is Harram
41) You know there is another meaning for ''kiss''
42) Wearing a leather jacket during the summer is cool
43) Your parents own or have owned a Lexus, BMW, or Mercedes
44) People just don't understand that carbonated yogurt is really, really good
45) You've been to at least one Arabic concert
46) ...and have danced so much there you must've lost more than five pounds
47) Your favorite sport is soccer
48) You have the Arabic satellite
49) Your "goodbyes" take an hour
50) You hug and kiss relatives you've never met


hahahahahahaha that is the funniest thing i have ever read....
i can relate to about 99% of those :)

3 Comments:

  • 40% only are related to the whole thing.

    Off topic: Long time no post! Is everything ok?

    By Blogger MBH, at 12:49 PM  

  • finals are next week, ive been busy with work and school, ill post more regularly soon... i threw up a couple of posts today to keep yall somewhat entertained.. more posts soon insha'Allah about work and life... bas take what you can get for now ;)

    By Blogger E3younAlbak, at 1:24 AM  

  • no i relate...i love it. this is more Levant (lebanese, palestinian, jordanian, syrian) than anything else!

    By Blogger La La, at 1:48 AM  

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