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LOL this is hilarius! Really got me cracking up (mostly since most of them are true!)
The ones with "
" are true. 
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Your refer to your dad's friends as Uncle...
You have an endless supply of pistachios, dates, and pumpkinseeds... :/
You curse at your teachers or strangers in Arabic...
You can spot an Arab a mile away and they have spotted you because
they keep staring...
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...:-[ (its ok i just let them do em )
Your parents want you to become a doctor or engineer...
You use your forehead and eyebrows to point something out...
Your mother yells at the top of her lungs to call you to dinner even
if you're in the next room...
You have at least thirty cousins...
You arrive one or two hours late to a party and think it's normal.
You are standing next to the largest suitcases at the Airport.
You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house...
You say bye 17 times on the phone...
When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you
discover they know one of your uncles back home...
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...
You do all the housework and cooking if you are female...
You teach Westerners swearwords in your Arabic...
You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on". ;D
Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day...(and coffee)
You've had a shoe thrown at you by your mother... ;D LOL
AND
You say "bolice" and "bastor" for "police" and "pastor."
You inherited or will inherit land in your country.
You brag about your kids even if they are bad.
Your spouse is also your first cousin.
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.
You think its cool to dance and smoke at the same time.
You wear more cologne than deodorant.
You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
You pronounce "comfortable" cun-fort-a-bull. (not me)
You say the letter "h" like "etch." (agan...not me)
You put olive oil in and on everything and brag about how healthy it is.
You gossip about your own family...with members of your own family. LOL
You have more then 4 kids.
You cook a meal that lasts 3 days. (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. sometimes...
You don't use the word "tease" in English cause you feel weird.(TRUE!)
Your father swears at you with words that effect himself (Ibnil Kalb). LOool ;D
You have 500,000,000 cousins. :-[ ... No!
Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
At weddings it takes the bride and groom 4 hoursto kiss all the guests.
You "get down" from the car instead of "getting out" of it. :?
You have a gold necklace of your name written in Arabic. no.
Your middle name is your father's first name.
If you are male, you're named after your grandfather or great-grandfather.
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" :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.
Your Mom has a creative nickname for you like "Natoosheh," or "Tuntooneh." (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.
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. 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. 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.
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Lol these are hilarius...i feel so arab suddenly...:statisfie
The ones with "
" are true. ________________________-
Your refer to your dad's friends as Uncle...
You have an endless supply of pistachios, dates, and pumpkinseeds... :/
You curse at your teachers or strangers in Arabic...
You can spot an Arab a mile away and they have spotted you because
they keep staring...
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...
:-[ (its ok i just let them do em )Your parents want you to become a doctor or engineer...
You use your forehead and eyebrows to point something out...
Your mother yells at the top of her lungs to call you to dinner even
if you're in the next room...
You have at least thirty cousins...
You arrive one or two hours late to a party and think it's normal.
You are standing next to the largest suitcases at the Airport.
You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house...
You say bye 17 times on the phone...
When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you
discover they know one of your uncles back home...
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...
You do all the housework and cooking if you are female...
You teach Westerners swearwords in your Arabic...
You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on".
;D Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day...
(and coffee)You've had a shoe thrown at you by your mother... ;D LOL
AND
You say "bolice" and "bastor" for "police" and "pastor."
You inherited or will inherit land in your country.
You brag about your kids even if they are bad.
Your spouse is also your first cousin.
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.
You think its cool to dance and smoke at the same time.
You wear more cologne than deodorant.
You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
You pronounce "comfortable" cun-fort-a-bull.
(not me)You say the letter "h" like "etch."
(agan...not me)You put olive oil in and on everything and brag about how healthy it is.
You gossip about your own family...with members of your own family.
LOLYou have more then 4 kids.
You cook a meal that lasts 3 days.
(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.
sometimes...You don't use the word "tease" in English cause you feel weird.
(TRUE!)Your father swears at you with words that effect himself (Ibnil Kalb). LOool
;D You have 500,000,000 cousins. :-[ ... No!
Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
At weddings it takes the bride and groom 4 hoursto kiss all the guests.
You "get down" from the car instead of "getting out" of it. :?
You have a gold necklace of your name written in Arabic.
no.Your middle name is your father's first name.
If you are male, you're named after your grandfather or great-grandfather.
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"
:XIf 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.
Your Mom has a creative nickname for you like "Natoosheh," or "Tuntooneh."
(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.
Three or more relatives live in your neighborhood.
noIf 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.
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.
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.
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Lol these are hilarius...i feel so arab suddenly...:statisfie
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