النجم الساطع
2010-04-08, 04:01 PM
You know you're an Arab when
You have an endless supply of pistachios, dates, and pumpkin seeds
Your parents say you're becoming Americanized anytime you get into trouble
You curse at your teachers or strangers in Arabic
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
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 when making long distance calls
Your mother does everything for you if you are male
You do all the housework and cooking 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"
our parents drink 6 cups of tea a day
You've had a shoe thrown at you by your mother
You're proud to be an Arab friends!
You have an endless supply of pistachios, dates, and pumpkin seeds
Your parents say you're becoming Americanized anytime you get into trouble
You curse at your teachers or strangers in Arabic
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
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 when making long distance calls
Your mother does everything for you if you are male
You do all the housework and cooking 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"
our parents drink 6 cups of tea a day
You've had a shoe thrown at you by your mother
You're proud to be an Arab friends!