i just found out that i have some arab in me..i hope i'm spelling this correct,if not please correct me. i want to know more about the arab history. i can't speak it or understand it but i'm very interested in knowing more about this culture. i found myself loving their music but don't understand it. if u are arab please give me more info about our history that i don't know much about. what movies would u recomend for me to watch with english speaking (arab movies) or like to listen to some music, which is good for me to listen to, but no cursing on music please. thanks what books in english can i read about arab history and believes?
2006-12-17 13:19:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
well i guess it depends which region ur interested in...
there is iraq, saudi arabia oman yemen bahrain kuwait qatar and around there, alsham (lebanon syria palestine jordan), and egypt... they have different cultures... (kind of)...
-recommended music
*nancy ajram
*shereen
*rashid al majid
*abdulmajeed abdullah
*mohammed abdo
*nabeel shoail
*abdulhaleem hafez (hes a very old singer, amazing music.ilovehim)
*fairooz (also very old)
*omkilthoom (old.)
- recommended books
*something by nezar qabbani... hes pretty cool, i dont know if he has any english books though... he should
*im not much of a reader... sorry
- recommended movies
*alrisalah aka: the letter (never watched it, heard it was good though)
*Khalid Ibn Al Waleed
here is something i just copied from my myspace blog
- you know you're an arab when....
1. A visa is not a credit card
2. Your refer to your dad's friends as 3ammu
3. Your dad and his friends fight over whose going to pay for dinner
4. Your family always stops in the way of others to talk, or look at something; which pisses people off, and pretty much embarresses you.
5. Your mom tells you not to walk the floor barefoot or you'll catch a cold
6. You hide everything from your parents
7. Everyone is a family friend
8. You are going to a university that is as far away from home as possible
9. Your walking out of the custom with a trolley in the airport, and atleast 25 of your cousins are here to pick you up, including your grandparents
10. Weddings last 5 hours, and the reception? 15 hours
11. You have code words
12. Some relatives mention to your father that they have a child the same age as yours: "hint, hint"
13. You feel all proud when you see Americans wearing those black & white Arab scarves
14. Your grandfather was racist. Hey, it's normal!
15. You've considered getting a plate number "EDBTZ". Don't deny it
16. You insist that ba8lawa isn't Greek, it's Arabic!
17. While dancing the dabkah, you've lost track of the beat and ended up kicking the person next to you (LoOoOoL Sorry Danah)
18. Yahoodi is a sabba
19. You cant resist saying "6ayyeb" "ya3ni" "ezzebda" and "yallah" to non-Arabs
20. You can't sleep before 4 AM, and can't wake upbefore 4 PM
21. You have 4 cousins, 3 uncles, a (great)grandfather, AND a brother with the name Mohammed or Khalid
22. Your parents don't know the real you
23. You either tip 2% or 50%, never 15%
24. Your grandmother insists you eat something everytime you visit her. The thing is, she gives you a HUGE plate with a mountain of food
25. You listen to anything but country music and rock
26. Your parents have lived in America for 20 years, but still can't pronounce the P
27. Your parents swear at you with words that affect them! (bent kalb, Allah yel3an elli jabek)
28. Your family owns at LEAST 3 cars
29. Westerns often ask you "do you have a camel?"
30. You have an endless supply of pistachios, dates, and pumpkin seeds
31. Your parents say you're becoming Americanized anytime you get into trouble
32. You curse at your teachers or strangers in Arabic
33. You use numbers when you talk in arabic on msn, and when you don't want your parents to understand
34. You can spot an Arab a mile away and they have spotted at you because they keep staring
35. After a family meal, the women fight to the death over who should wash the dishes while the men sit on their behinds and discuss politics, waiting for their tea
36. Your parents want you to become a doctor or engineer
37. You use your forehead and eyebrows to point something out
38. Your mother yells at the top of her lungs to call you to dinner even if you're in the next room
39. You have at least thirty cousins
40. You arrive one or two hours late to a party and think it's normal
41. You are standing next to the largest suitcases at the Airport
42. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house
43. You say bye 17 times on the phone
44. When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover they know one of your uncles back home
45. Your parents don't realize phone connections to foreign countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs when making long distance calls
46. Your mother does everything for you if you are male
47. You do all the housework and cooking if you are female
48. Your relatives alone could populate a small city
49. You still came back home to live with your parents after you graduate
50. You teach Westerners swearwords in Arabic
51. Correction, you teach them "ANA" instead of "INTA" so they would diss themselves
52. You have a difficult Arabic name, so you come up with an English name like "Sam" or "Mike"
53. You have a playlist on your iPod named "Arabic" or "3arabi", maybe even "e7m" ;)
54. When you refuse to try a new food, your dad tells you "yooh dont knoh wutt yooh arr missingg"
55. Your parents hate it when you correct their English, or make fun of their accent (even though it's HILLARIOUS)
56. You still have stored suitcases of clothes, that you used to wear when you were five
57. You ask your dad a simple question, and he answers by telling you his long *** story of how he used to walk miles just to get to school
58. You hug and kiss relatives you have never before seen in your life!
59. You constantly remind your American friends to remove their shoes when they enter your house
60. You wear more cologne than deodrant
61. You brag about your kids even if they're bad
62. You are always right
63. There is no such thing as a quiet time
64. You have a persian rug in atleast 3 rooms
65. You say 'H' as in "etch"
66. You talk crap about your own family... with your own family
67. Your parents hate "3abeed" but you love them, and get mad when they call them 3abeed!
68. You don't use the word "TEASE" in english, and you know why! :]]
69. Your family has creative nicknames for you, like Susu, Lulu, or Tantooneh?
70. You go crazy for soccer
71. No matter how fat you are, you are always too thin
72. People ask if you are 'yahoodi' ('3ayyart el kelmah 3shan el ajaneb ma ygooloon 3on9reyyeen :P), and you despise them after that
73. "Palestine belongs to Arabs, and if you don't agree, then koss 2BOOK"
74. You end up in a lousy place for college and still bump into the relative with the biggest mouth. You know what I mean?
75. You think you are liberated when you can't even talk to the opposite sex in public
76. For some reason, your aunt is always asking when she can dance at your wedding
77. You call your mom Mama78. You call you dad Baba
79. Your mom calls you Mama
80. Your dad calls you Baba
81. You're so pissed when an Arab is displayed as the terrorist in the movie, when the yahood are the good guys!!
82. You know there is an other meaning for kiss
83. Atleast one conversation a day is about being ARAB
84. You make fun of Indians
85. You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on"
86. Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day
87. Your parents would kill you if they found out you have a myspace
88.You've had a shoe thrown at you by your mother
2006-12-17 15:55:55 · answer #1 · answered by sofia 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Arabs are decedents of Shem son of Noah, who survived the fine flood. There are the old Arabs & later Arabs. Ancient Arabs lived in Yemen, which used to be a fertile land. After the cave in of the Marib dam, Ancient Arabic tribes migrated. Some settled in Mesopotamia, others in Syria, & a few settled in specific elements of Arabia. The later Arabs are the descendents of Ishmael son of Abraham. Ishmael lived & died in western Arabia. His faith had unfold & remained on this side of the arena till the 2d or third century. At that point, one chieftain of an Arabic tribe announced paganism to Arabia. Arabs remained pagans till the seventh century, whilst Muhammad preached Islam. Movies I suggest: one million- Robin Hood prince of thieves: In this film, Morgan Freeman performs an Arabic buddy to Robin Hood. He’s extra expert than normal Englishmen two- 10 commandment: Of direction this film tells the tale of Moses, however it suggests that Moses’ father in regulation is an Arab. They are specific decedents of Abraham, who stored the religion in their fathers. three- Empire of Faith: it’s a documentary. It has plenty of expertise approximately Arabs after Islam, & their fine civilization within the core a while.
2016-09-03 12:59:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋