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...Arabic equivalent of "No way, Jose" is "Mish mumkin." "No problem" is "Mafeesh mushkilah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Spots: BAGHDAD WITHOUT A MAP by Tony Horwitz | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

...Mafeesh mushkilah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Spots: BAGHDAD WITHOUT A MAP by Tony Horwitz | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

Thirteen years ago, Hansen and four friends in a sailboat were shipwrecked on an uninhabited island 20 miles off the Yemenite coast. Mafeesh mushkilah. They had food, water and no appointments to keep. Hansen's emergency flares were undoubtedly seen by local fisherman and passing ships, but help came later rather than sooner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Spots: BAGHDAD WITHOUT A MAP by Tony Horwitz | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

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