If Arabs ever see a fellow friend in the mall, they would walk over to them like normal civilised people. Oh. Who am I kidding? The children would run to their fellow friends with the parents right on their tail.
They would exchange greetings as if they've never seen each other for years even though they just spoke over the phone yesterday. They would most probably talk to each other for ages and continue their shopping together too.
This just shows how much they love each other. Like family.
How to recognise an Arab
You can usually recognise an arab if they're:
A) Wearing a shibshib* in the mall.
B) Speaking a tad loud.
C) Speaking arabic ofcourse.
This goes out to all those arab shopaholic mom's. I'm pretty sure this happened at some point:
P.S. This is from the daughters point of view
You entered the store, and looked around before your eyes wandered to a beautiful maxi dress. You dragged your mother to the beautiful maxi dress and showed it to her. She scrutinised it, looking at it from each angle before she saw the price tag," This is too expensive bint. Why did you even drag me here of you knew I would say no."
You said nothing not wanting to be round to your mother. The two of you wandered around the store before your mum saw a Dolce and Gabana bag. She dragged you there before saying," This will be a very nice gift for your Khalto Sumaya don't you think?"
You mimicked your mum's actions -looking at it from every angle- then saying, "It's nice but look at the price tag. It's too expensive mama."
"It's your Khalto we're talking about here. Have a bit of respect! I think she will like it very much," your mum stated before grabbing the bag.
You groaned before following your mum to the cashier.
"Mum, it's more expensive than the maxi dress I showed you."
"Shhh... No one said you must say anything about it. Lak what has society become today?"
Typical arab mom's. But they'd probably buy the maxi dress for you anyway. Or the Fifa16 that you've been wanting.
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Assalamualaykum.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Comment anything if this is what happens when you're in the mall
And P.S. Their sense of Haya* is still there..
I hate writing in second person. *groans* the things I do for you.
This chapter is dedicated to @StepUpSpeakUp who inspired me to write a book about Arabs
Glossary
Shibshib= a slipper
Haya= modesty
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