You know you’re an Arab when…
This is one of those few forwards that are actually good. Thanks to my wife who forwarded it to me after she got it from a friend.
You know you’re an Arab when:
- Your mother yells at the top of her lungs to call you to dinner even if you’re in the next room.
- 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.
- Your parents still scream at the top of their lungs when making long distance calls.
- Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
- You always say “open the light” instead of “turn the light on”.
- You’ve had a shoe thrown at you by your mother.
- When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover they know one of your uncles back home.
- Your mother does everything for you if you are male.
- You do all the housework and cooking if you are female
- You refer to your dad’s friends as Amoo.
- You still came back home to live with your parents after you graduate.
- You have an endless supply of pistachios, dates, and pumpkin seeds. . .
- Your parents say you’re becoming westernized anytime you get into trouble.
- You curse at your teachers or strangers in Arabic.
- You have at least thirty cousins.
- You teach Westerners swearwords in your Arabic.
- Your parents want you to become a doctor or engineer.
- You use your forehead and eyebrows to point something out. . .
- Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day.
- You can spot an Arab a mile away and they have spotted 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.
27 Responses to “You know you’re an Arab when…”
swifty on May 6, 2006 | Reply
lol :-))))))))))
Swobodin on May 6, 2006 | Reply
Proud to be Arab
lyamen on May 6, 2006 | Reply
Proud to be Arab, too except for these facts although I believe that this article is true
arab on May 6, 2006 | Reply
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Maha on May 6, 2006 | Reply
i really liked it :), its soo true even for us here in Bahrain
Manal on May 6, 2006 | Reply
Too funny
curieuse de tout on May 7, 2006 | Reply
So I’m arab! there is no doubt now! lol
Sleeplessjojo on May 8, 2006 | Reply
To be fair, the suitcases are known to be Nigerian
Very funny post 
heliodore on May 8, 2006 | Reply
Nigerian don’t have suitcases in the airports. They have a kind of huge boxes or sheet !
Nader on May 9, 2006 | Reply
FUNNY
lol
Ben on May 9, 2006 | Reply
“Amoo”??? That does not sound tunisian!
I guess tunisian are not arabs after all.
Cheers
hani on Jun 10, 2006 | Reply
wow thats so true im from egypt and haf of it oges on rite now
Sara on Nov 24, 2006 | Reply
LOL…it is ALL true. This is just hilarious!
I’m egyptian btw and all this does apply to egyptians!
sonya on Nov 25, 2006 | Reply
I love that… It is soooo true… I could so relate to that being a Tunisian myself..
Sara on Apr 7, 2007 | Reply
Omg this is so funny!!!!! ahhhhhhh haha lol i’ve read several and their all true! i love to curse at my teachers in arabic lol i’m egyptian and this is soooooo right lol
Tina on Jun 21, 2007 | Reply
omg my mom calls me tuntooneh! lmao
since i was like 3! i love this list haha
soooo relatable..
Muh'd M. Mansour on Jul 24, 2007 | Reply
I like it better than the other list.
Medusa on Jul 25, 2007 | Reply
Obviously, it wasn’t you who has written these.. lots of English grammar errors:-)
-LOL, my favorite: “you wear more cologne than deodorant”.. too funny!!!
chix on Oct 24, 2007 | Reply
funny!!!
“You address someone you dont know as habibi”
“You say bebsi instead of pepsi”
LOL
peace:)
maysa on May 7, 2008 | Reply
omg that is all so true! except i say turn the light on not open the light but there is NO such thing as peice and quite in our house so ya IM AN ARAB AND IM PROUD OF IT!
lebanese chick on Mar 7, 2009 | Reply
oh my god!! so TRUE!!! haha this was very funny. and the part about females doing all the work is sadly undeniable
bent-el-halal on Mar 8, 2009 | Reply
hahahhahahahhaa
wow its all so true
Maha on Mar 18, 2009 | Reply
HAHAHAHHAH OMG SOO TRUE!! Especially the egyptians!! (no offense to any other arabs we’re all one big arab family) except you forgot “GET DOWN FROM THE CAR!” instead of get out of the car
rheem on May 18, 2009 | Reply
omgosh thats so tru its crazy how funny it is lol
im palesinian
haha
still arab on Jun 22, 2009 | Reply
haha funny!
excuse me, my mom is calling me for dinner. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?!
tala on Jun 23, 2009 | Reply
hahahaha i showed this to my mom and she cracked up!! 97% of this is true!! and it makes me even more proud to be arabic!!!
allah-who-akbar!
amuna on Jul 3, 2009 | Reply
lol my mom doesnt just scream 4 dinner…shoes r involved 2