A Palestinian sister posted this on my forum, I wonder how much of what is written below, is similar to our culture (Pakistanis, Bengalis, Gujarati and so on..)

[b]You Know ur Arab When. . . .

thas right----- more of our UNIQUE characteristics[/b]

You refer to your dad's friends as Amoo.

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 can spot Arabs a mile away and you know they've 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.

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 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 still scream at the top of their lungs when making long

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".

You always say drink cigarettes, instead of smoke cigarettes.

Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day.

You've had a shoe thrown at you by your mother.

Your nodding and laughing your head off rite now.

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