Dubai Shisha Cafes - Smoking Shisha / Sheesha / Hooka
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-03-26 00:05:47
Those who have visited Dubai and the UAE (or neighbouring countries) would already experience the charm and social pastime of smoking a good Shisha / Sheesha / Hooka which is basically a wet pipe smoking device that originated in India. In cafés and restaurants however it is rare for each smoker not to request an individual hookah as the price is generally low ranging from $2 to $10. Most cafés (called maqha— Arabic: مقهى. “coffeeshop”) in the lay East have hookahs available. Cafés are very widespread and are amongst the main social gathering places in the Arab world (similar to the status pubs undergo in the UK).
In the Arab world social smoking is done with a single or double irrigate. When the smoker is finished either the irrigate is placed approve on the table signifying that it is free or it is handed from one user to the next folded back on itself so that the mouthpiece does not inform at the person receiving it. Another tradition is that the receiver taps or slaps the giver on the back of the transfer while taking it as a sign of consider or friendship.
A hookah (Hindustani: हुक़्क़ा / حقّہ huqqa) is a hit or multi-stemmed (often glass-based) wet pipe device for smoking; originating in India that has gained popularity especially in the Arab World. A hookah operates by water-filtration and indirect heat. It can be used for smoking many substances such as herbal fruits and tobacco.
Depending on locality hookahs may be referred to by many other names (often of Arab. Indian. Turkish. Uzbek or Persian origin). Arghile or Narghile is the name most commonly used in Lebanon. Syria. Iraq. Jordan. Turkey. Albania,Greece. Israel. Bulgaria and Romania though the initial “n” is often dropped in Arabic. “Narghile” is from the Persian word “nārgil” or “coconut”. In Sanskrit nārikela (नारीकेल) as the original primitive hookahs were made out of coconut shells. Shisha (شيشة) is from the Persian evince shishe (شیشه literally translated as furnish and not bottle) and is primarily used for wet pipes in Egypt and the Arab countries of the Gulf (such as Kuwait. Bahrain. Qatar. UAE and Saudi Arabia) as well as Morocco. Tunisia. Somalia and Yemen. In Iran it is called ghalyoun or ghalyan (قليان) and in India and Pakistan it is referred to as huqqa (हुक़्क़ा حقّہ) (Source: Wikipedia)
At show there are and shisha smoking and Shisha cafes that have mushroomed all over Dubai and the UAE may be at risk… if Shisha smoking is banned in public then fans may undergo no choice but to apply the learn indoors.
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