Finding things in Cairo can be at times tedious. I still have the line in my mind from one of the books for foreigners living in Egypt: "You will find virtually everything in Cairo, EVENTUALLY". And so the story goes, I am looking for fertilizer, specifically for gras/lawn. Spending the complete Saturday running from one nursery to the next, asking left and right of the street and by the same token, immensely increasing my Arabic vocabulary for everything around the garden, I come across a funny revelation: Hashish is an Arabic word. And simply, innocently means gras....
So now, I am just wondering, what is the word for the 'real' thing? Or in case it is the same, how big was the risk of getting arrested while looking for more greenery in my garden?
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2 comments:
Insh'Allah! Doon't forget !
cute story...and the real meaning?
Alex
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