Arab: What's your name?It's nice to have some constancy in my life, you know?
Me: Hannah.
Arab: That's an Arabic name!
Me: Yes.
Pause.
Arab: Are you Arab?
Me: Do I look Arab?
Arab: Oh.
Pause.
Arab: But you have an Arabic name! Is your mother Arab?
Me: Do I look like my mother is Arab?
Arab: Oh.
Pause.
Arab: But you have an Arabic name!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Getting To Know You
I have this conversation every day:
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But your mother did study Arabic and knew it had Arab derivatives along with the Biblical one so you could move the conversation forward with that .
oh.
nice. i love it when other people have name issues. it makes me feel like i'm not alone =) i'm so glad you're liking it out there, but, oh, how we miss you. oh.
what does it mean in arabic?
Yay! I like this conversation...
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