i am new and this is the first time i writec somthing here i live in america and i missed nablus alot
and here my new thing
YOU KNOW YOU ARE ARAB WHEN...
A visa is not a credit card. ...
Your refer to your dads friends as Amoo. ..
You have an endless supply of pistachios, dates, and
pumpkin seeds...
Your parents say youre becoming Americanized anytime
you get into trouble.
You curse at your teachers or strangers in Arabic. (in
ur head)
You can spot an Arab a mile away and they have spotted
at you because they keep staring. ..
After a family meal, the women fight to the death over
who should wash the dishes while the men sit on their
behinds and discuss politics, waiting for their tea...
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 youre in the next room....
You have at least thirty cousins. ...
You arrive one or two hours late to a party and think
its normal.
You are standing next to the largest suitcases at the
Airport.
You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving
someones 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 dont realize phone connections to
foreign countries have improved in the last two
decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs
when making long distance calls. ..
Your mother does everything for you if you are male
You do all the housework and ********************ing if you are
female...
Your relatives alone could populate a small city.....
You still came back home to live with your parents
after you graduate...
You teach Westerners swearwords in your Arabic
You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the
light on".
Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day...
Your embarressed to tell americans that u eat grape
leaves for dinner...
Youve had a shoe thrown at you by your mother. .... haha
