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Monday 28 July 2008

Dilemmas of a Part Time Arab

Mondays questions...

Should I try to learn to read Arabic via night school or Salamdal comics?

Did Beirut/Bahrain/Dubai get smaller or did I get bigger?

What’s the difference that will make the difference when it comes to motivating fellow young Arabs to take responsibility for there lives and step into there compelling futures?

Will my extended family ever stop worrying if I will re-marry?

Will I ever stop giving monkeys about my extended family worrying if I re-marry?

How is it that P = B in Arabic?

If I did learn to write in fluent Arabic, would I still be dyslexic in how I write when its in another language?

When will I want to spend my holiday breaks somewhere other then the Middle East?

Is tabouleh without bulghar wheat ; still tabouleh ?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

LOVE YOUR QUESTIONS AND HAD SOME REAL FUN TALKING ABOUT YOUR BLOG WITH MY MUM AND DAD.THANKS

Ali Mroue said...

Due to the "hechrye" of the extended family and I guess for just being a Lebanese here's some Answers:

1- their never harm in learning anything new but why bother everything is in Chinese or English anyway.
2-We see them big until we travel and see other cities to discover how small they are
3-though question but it is a big problem with this generation....
4-NEVER, you are going to be asked about it by everyone for the rest of your life and when and if you do the next question will be about the child and so on...(Oh and by the way when will you??? hehehehe)
5- you have no other choice..
6-because it is
7-probably
8-when all your family and friends move somewhere else
9-hmmm, it will be pico de gallo, (hehehe)

part time arab said...

Manny Thanks for your enlightening ancwers Alim. I feel very reasured and laughed alot... esp at ancwer number 4! Think you must be Part Time Arab.


big up the Banksy

well did you know...

well did you know...
No pressure then!

list of all the things a part time arab my worry about

  • to que or not que ... that is the question
  • how do I say....
  • how manny cousins do I have?
  • should one say Bleease or Please when in the motherland?
  • not being Arabic enough
  • being too Arabic