secratea

10.31.07 @ 11:53 pm

When I was young, inexperienced, and unaware of the condition of the Arab world, hearing this word would make me wanna recite Fakhri Baruodi’s poem in ecstasy:
بلاد العرب أوطاني ………. من الشام لبغدان
و من نجد إلى يمن ……… إلى مصر فتطوان
فلا حد يباعدنا …….. و لا دين يقرفقنا
لسان الضاد يجمعنا ……… بغسان و عدنان

Now that I am aware of our recent condition, the word depresses me.

Hani Obaid

11.1.07 @ 12:22 am

An old dead dream.

Qwaider قويدر

11.1.07 @ 1:50 am

The first thing that goes through my mind, is to cry over the lost dream!
Secratea, isn’t the last part of poem…
بقحطانٍ و عدنانِ

bambam

11.1.07 @ 3:52 am

SHIE13E
thats german but i dont have the B sounding S here

Ola

11.1.07 @ 4:50 am

My friend when I was in the 3rd grade, her name was Aroub… Many pleasant memories although I only knew her for one year

Iman

11.1.07 @ 5:47 am

Thanks everyone…that was pretty interesting…the first thing that comes to my mind when I think 3oroobeh is a knight…representing courageousness, honor, strength, resilience, loyalty, power and fairness…

bambam, what’s the English or Arabic word for it?!

bambam

11.1.07 @ 8:09 am

let me politely say that i don’t think highly of it and thats the first word that comes to my mind when i hear that
its phonetically said as chysseh as am sure you heard it or tard is the english word for it

Luai

11.1.07 @ 10:00 am

What is the word in english? I don’t think I know what a tard is..nor do my British friends.

Qwaider قويدر

11.1.07 @ 10:08 am

Scheiße = sh!t
And ß is not B it’s S

7aki Fadi

11.1.07 @ 1:37 pm

Nothing really.

mo

11.1.07 @ 3:20 pm

joke .. soapbox .. hollow .. myth .. sham ..

shall i keep going

Rihab

11.1.07 @ 4:31 pm

Poop.

Iman

11.1.07 @ 8:27 pm

That’s really sad…