Word: hookah
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Smoking cigarettes and a hookah, eating humus and peaches, we argue our cases with passion. The real threat, we conclude, is Iran. But how and when should Israel confront Iran? There are many moral and tactical questions that come up during our debates, and easy answers are not to be found. But this much is certain: We all want “peace time?...
Pondering this resilience of the capitalist system, I encounter, inside the Selfridges department store, an Arab-themed café offering its customers a “Bedouin” experience: on colorful cushions in a tent-like structure, young women surrounded by their shopping bags smoke hookah pipes. At this most superficial of levels, the commercial complex is able to combine Islamic and Western elements without any of the problems which crease the brows of the country’s politicians. Appearing on the BBC, Tony Blair, the British prime minister, and Jack Straw, the foreign minister, anxiously stress that...
Where to find you on a Saturday night: pit concerts now that the weather is tolerable... or in my pseudo-room next door smoking hookah...
...service announcement against intolerance as well as a slice of life cinematographic exploration of character. While Osama El-Demerdash, eager and willing to leave Canada, visibly shakes with frustration at pending arrest charges for a political demonstration, fellow Egyptian Osama El-Naggar plays poker with friends in a local hookah bar and thinks of French as his first language...
After chatting for a while, Matt invited me up to his room. Actually, it’s possible I invited myself. Details are not important. After entering his surprisingly small common room, I saw two things: a hookah (his roommate’s) and a bunch of books (his). Upon closer inspection, I found a box of questionable health food containing an assortment of good-for-you delights—including dried prunes. He told me his mother often sends such packages. Far from being disgusted by this Grape Nuts-loving momma’s boy, I found Glazer?...