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…or so she thought

Under: Chicago, Memories, Uncategorized, hahaha @ 11:25 pm on Tuesday, 09.4.07

snippets of a recent light hearted - and somewhat silly - conversation inspired by a group of Arab men hanging out in the parking lot of a strip mall in a Chicago Suburb one evening, greeting us with whistles as we passed by …
She: I remember when I first moved to Ramallah…walking down its streets felt very flattering… each time I passed by a guy he would say “aish ya lamoona” … “aish ya bateekha” … It felt so good…I felt special…no one has ever called me a lamoona* or a bateekha** … then seconds later, I hear the same guy say the same thing to another girl passing by. She continued with an obvious sarcastic tone, I didn’t feel so flattered or special anymore… I wanted to be the only lamoona…the only bateekha!

*lamoona: Lemon
**bateekha: Watermelon

9 Comments »

Qwaider قويدر

09.5.07 @ 12:09 am

:)
That guy cheated on her while she was listening. Poor thing she must’ve been devastated :)

Remember when I said once that women that don’t get any compliments in the streets tend to get frustrated and depressed. We just love flattery

Great to read for you again.

Summer

09.5.07 @ 6:21 am

:)

Shaden

09.5.07 @ 9:17 am

hahahaha, well, at least she found out before she got “squeezed” or “cut into pieces”

Maha

09.7.07 @ 11:05 am

Aish ya lamooneh ….ya 7amed ya 7ilo inti

Hala

09.7.07 @ 1:38 pm

LOL Shaden :)

foulla

09.8.07 @ 9:58 pm

looool;))

mo

09.10.07 @ 2:18 pm

bateekha???
does that actually work on women o_O

asma

09.11.07 @ 3:45 am

UMmmmm I think I’d get pretty upset if I someone called me a bateekha

Iman

10.20.07 @ 9:41 am

Qwaider, she was being sarcastic!

Summer, I know :)

Shaden, :P

foulla, isn’t it ridiculously funny :D

Mo, maybe on some..lol…but I wouldn’t try it if I were you.

Asma, :D tell me about it

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