…or so she thought

September 4, 2007 | Category: Chicago, Memories, Uncategorized, hahaha

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

  1. Qwaider قويدر
    on September 5th, 2007
    1

    :)
    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.

  2. Summer
    on September 5th, 2007
    2

    :)

  3. Shaden
    on September 5th, 2007
    3

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

  4. Maha
    on September 7th, 2007
    4

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

  5. Hala
    on September 7th, 2007
    5

    LOL Shaden :)

  6. foulla
    on September 8th, 2007
    6

    looool;))

  7. mo
    on September 10th, 2007
    7

    bateekha???
    does that actually work on women o_O

  8. asma
    on September 11th, 2007
    8

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

  9. Iman
    on October 20th, 2007
    9

    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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