Libre Magazine

Some people in the west think that we Arabs have no motor vehicles, that we ride camels and live in the desert. That is, of course, not true. If it were true, such would be the usual morning conversation in any Arab family.

Son: Hey dad, can I take the Camel, pleaaaaaaase??!!

Father: Nooooo, you took it yesterday and you broke his leg. It was my first racing camel YOU BLOODY IDIOT. No way you’ll lay hands on it again!

Son: Ok let me take the Donkey. I will feed him on the way.

Father: And how AM I SUPPOSED TO GO TO WORK??!!!

And then the father looks at the mother:
You spoiled the kid. He wants the donkey to show off in front of the girls.

They also think we live in tents. If that was true, we would have different kind of conversations.

“I went back tent and found it on fire, I bought new cloth and made a new tent”