You KNOW your Arab When..........

[truemuslim]

LOL this is hilarius! Really got me cracking up (mostly since most of them are true!)

The ones with ":D" are true. :p
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Your refer to your dad's friends as Uncle... :D

You have an endless supply of pistachios, dates, and pumpkinseeds... :/

You curse at your teachers or strangers in Arabic... :D:D:D

You can spot an Arab a mile away and they have spotted you because
they keep staring... :p

After a family meal, the women fight because they all want to
wash the dishes while the men sit on their behinds and
discuss politics, waiting for their tea... :D:-[ (its ok i just let them do em :p)

Your parents want you to become a doctor or engineer... :D

You use your forehead and eyebrows to point something out... :D

Your mother yells at the top of her lungs to call you to dinner even
if you're in the next room... :D:D

You have at least thirty cousins... :D:D

You arrive one or two hours late to a party and think it's normal. :p

You are standing next to the largest suitcases at the Airport. :D

You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house...:D

You say bye 17 times on the phone... :D

When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you
discover they know one of your uncles back home... :p

Your parents don't realize phone connections to foreign countries have
improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their
lungs. ;D (LOL they stil are mesed up tho!)

Your mother does everything for you if you are male... :D

You do all the housework and cooking if you are female... :D:D

You teach Westerners swearwords in your Arabic... :D:D:D:D

You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on". :D:D ;D

Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day... :D:D:D(and coffee)

You've had a shoe thrown at you by your mother... ;D LOL :D:D

AND

You say "bolice" and "bastor" for "police" and "pastor." :p

You inherited or will inherit land in your country.

You brag about your kids even if they are bad. :D

Your spouse is also your first cousin. :D

You're fat and blame it on the kids, or you're bald and blame it on thestress.

Your aunt asks you when she can dance at your wedding.

You smoke as if it were your last day on earth...and you only smoke Marlboro. :D

You think its cool to dance and smoke at the same time. :D

You wear more cologne than deodorant. :D:D

You fight over who pays the dinner bill. :D:D:D:p

You pronounce "comfortable" cun-fort-a-bull. :D (not me)

You say the letter "h" like "etch." :D (agan...not me)

You put olive oil in and on everything and brag about how healthy it is. :D

You gossip about your own family...with members of your own family. :D :p LOL

You have more then 4 kids.:D

You cook a meal that lasts 3 days. :D (wats wrong with that?)

You pity anyone who is not an Arab and think all other cultures are morally corrupt. :exhausted *sigh*

You have fruit trees in your backyard and when they are in season you live on them. :D sometimes...

You don't use the word "tease" in English cause you feel weird. :D:D(TRUE!)

Your father swears at you with words that effect himself (Ibnil Kalb). LOool :D ;D
You have 500,000,000 cousins. :-[ ... No!

Your relatives alone could populate a small city. :D :p

At weddings it takes the bride and groom 4 hoursto kiss all the guests. :D

You "get down" from the car instead of "getting out" of it. :?

You have a gold necklace of your name written in Arabic. :D no.

Your middle name is your father's first name. :D

If you are male, you're named after your grandfather or great-grandfather.:D

You play cards till the break of dawn. (only the old ppl)

You can't have a meal without bread. :statisfie

You never run out of bizzer. :?

You get offended when Americans call Arabic bread "Pita bread" :p :X

If you are an Arab woman, you dye your hair an obviously fake shade of blonde that is nonexistent in nature and swear that it's natural. :skeleton:

You feel proud when someone famous or a celebrity has any Arabic blood in them. :rollseyes

You teach your American friends Arabic word (mostly bad ones) and get happy when they use them in normal conversations. :D:D:D

Your Mom has a creative nickname for you like "Natoosheh," or "Tuntooneh." :D:D (only wen ur lil)

You have a difficult Arabic name so you come up with an Americanized version of it like "Sam" or "Mike." :rollseyes

You have someone tell you your fortune through your coffee cup. :blind: No.

You love Um Kalthoom and if you don't, your dad makes you listen to her and tries to translate the words into English so you can appreciate her as much as he does. :D :p

Three or more relatives live in your neighborhood. :( no

If you're a single Arab guy, you tell women you're a "successful businessman" or that you "own a successful business back home" even if you're an unemployed goat herder. :p Lol!

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 or PBS. :D Lool!

You use church as a social ground to meet potential wives/husbands :rollseyes

You have a uni-brow...and if you don't, you pluck it. :rollseyes

You bump Arabic music at all times :rollseyes (nasheeds?)

Your parents say you're becoming Americanized anytime you get into trouble. :D:D



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Lol these are hilarius...i feel so arab suddenly...:statisfie

[FatimaAsSideqah]

As Salaam Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu

Lol nice! :D

Jazaak'Allah Khair for cheering me up. :thumbs_up

[Nájlá]

these are soo funny and most of them apply to me or my family :X

[Lamees]

Brother!
I'm a proudly ARAB muslim girl..
sorry,but I didn't like what you've posted!!

Don't forget that our beloved prophet is ARAB..

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[truemuslim]

SISTER
I'm a proudly ARAB muslim girl..
sorry,but I didn't like what you've posted!!

Don't forget that our beloved prophet is ARAB..

Its just messin , im arab, why would i be hatin on myself? :p
chill yo, it aint pickin on nobody it jus funny take a joke, tank u
peace
i knew this would happen :p

[Nájlá]

lol am arab and am proud.
i dont think theres anything wrong with this thread cos some are actually true and i dont know why would any one get offened:hmm:

[Güven]

now thats funny! Im 80% Arab too then lol ! :D

:w:

[Danah]

LOool thanks you sister you make me laugh when I am in a bad mood today :bump:
Arabs are so cute.......I am really proud to be one of them

I have even my comments on some....:statisfie

Your refer to your dad's friends as Uncle..

*sure*

After a family meal, the women fight because they all want to
wash the dishes while the men sit on their behinds and
discuss politics, waiting for their tea...

*lol, soooo true, the kitchen looks more like a battle field*

Your mother yells at the top of her lungs to call you to dinner even
if you're in the next room

*soo true, I dont know why:D*

You have at least thirty cousins.

*Sorry, they are more :?*

Your parents don't realize phone connections to foreign countries have
improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their
lungs.

*yeah , so far I dont know why*

You inherited or will inherit land in your country.

*I guess*

You fight over who pays the dinner bill

*yeah, every one wanna be the most generous one ...lol*

You pronounce "comfortable" cun-fort-a-bull

*lol.....not me either*

You put olive oil in and on everything and brag about how healthy it is.

*its our magic medicine...lol*

You have fruit trees in your backyard and when they are in season you live on them

* *Ahem* it dates season :)*

Your father swears at you with words that effect himself (Ibnil Kalb)

*looooool....alhumdulilah we dont use that word...looool*

Your relatives alone could populate a small city

*may be mid size city :-[*

If you are male, you're named after your grandfather or great-grandfather

*suuuure :)*

You can't have a meal without bread

*no way*

You feel proud when someone famous or a celebrity has any Arabic blood in them.

* depend on what they are doing...*

Your Mom has a creative nickname for you like "Natoosheh," or "Tuntooneh.

*until now :-[*

You love Um Kalthoom and if you don't, your dad makes you listen to her and tries to translate the words into English so you can appreciate her as much as he does

*noooo, its not the case....lol*

Three or more relatives live in your neighborhood.

*no*

[Lamees]

why would any one get offened

Oh sis. It was just a opinion!!
Anyways..I hope that our different opinions would not affect our brotherhood:)

[Nájlá]

lol nah it wouldnt at all ^ :)

[truemuslim]

lol sis saya. and wa iyakkum (forgot in other post)

[Danah]

lol sis saya. and wa iyakkum (forgot in other post)

I wonder sis from where u brought those...:D
or is it u who write all of them?

[truemuslim]

Lol no i didnt write them, i couldve but it woulda taken me too long...

[Afifa]

lol

[Silver]

Your refer to your dad's friends as Uncle...

hehe anyone who is my dad's age is uncle :)

Your parents want you to become a doctor or engineer...

Haha...I'm a med student and my sister wants to be an engineer!!!!

You have a difficult Arabic name so you come up with an Americanized version of it like "Sam" or "Mike."

nah...my name is Lara :)

Three or more relatives live in your neighborhood. no

More!!!

Your parents don't realize phone connections to foreign countries have
improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their
lungs. (LOL they stil are mesed up tho!)

hahaha!!!! that reminds me of my grandparents!

You say the letter "h" like "etch.

Nope...not in the lebanese dialect

You have a uni-brow...and if you don't, you pluck it.

heyyyyy...that's not true!!!!!

You love Um Kalthoom and if you don't, your dad makes you listen to her and tries to translate the words into English so you can appreciate her as much as he does.

hahah...when i'm in the car with my dad he tries to convince me to listen to her and i keep refusing.

You have at least thirty cousins...

52...not because my uncles and aunts have a lot of kids, each has 2 or 3 but because i have 27 uncles and aunts :P

[truemuslim]

^ LOL
how were u able to count ur cousins!? lol
me when i think i kno how many they are, i remember i have another uncle, then later on i realize i have sum cousins i never knew bout.......lol

[Silver]

^ LOL
how were u able to count ur cousins!? lol
me when i think i kno how many they are, i remember i have another uncle, then later on i realize i have sum cousins i never knew bout.......lol

haha...same here...so I wrote the names down on a paper once to find out!

[chacha_jalebi]

had many many many of these threads :embarrass

:threadclo