Month: May 2015

Assassin, another Arabic word

Hashasheen! The Assassins (from Persian: حشیشیان‎ Arabic: حشّاشين‎ Ḥashshāshīn[1]) is the name used to refer to the medieval Nizari Ismailis, particularly those of Persia and Syria, Read more [...]...
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Salamat

Watching YouTube videos with some Filipino film stars and kept hearing the word salamat. I thought it was something else at first but kept hearing it a few times more. Looked it up. Sure enough... Salamat Read more [...]...
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I’ve never drank before

[Man having a minor confrontation with a drunk younger man] [While coming in, I nod. He nod's back while having that discussion.] 1. There's lot's of drunk people here eh. 2. Oh yeah. 1. Got to be careful. 2. Read more [...]...
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Oh I didn’t know they spoke Punjabi in Pakistan

[Somewhere hot] 1. You from India? 2. Yeah, you? 1. Pakistan. 2. Oh yeah. Where? 1. Punjabi aan ussi 2. You're Punjabi? 1. Yeah. 2. How? 1. 60% of Pakistan is Punjabi. 2. Really? 1. Yeah man. 2. I didn't Read more [...]...
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Muslims are always the terrorists…

"The problem is the ‪#‎media‬ has a set ‪#‎narrative that they run with, and if anything deviates from that narrative, they just don't cover it. And the narrative is, #Muslims are ‪#‎terrorists Read more [...]...
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