كلب صديق و لا صديق كلب If its one thing I love about the Arabic language, its that it possesses the power of expression. It may seem difficult, complicated and really hard to grasp, but in fact the Arabic language has a beauty that English, for example, cannot exert. 

When in engaging in a dialogue, throwing in one of these typical expressions spices up the context as it adds humour, meaning, and relevance. And not only are these expressions carefully created, but they rhyme too!

These sayings, or الأمثل العربية, are part of our Lebanese identity. And the best part? These sayings cannot be translated to English. Foreigners will only think us Arabs are weird for wanting the “ass of our kid to burry us” (to2borno tizo).

I personally like the sarcastic ones, that aren’t blunt with the meaning and rather need some witty explanation (such as the first few ones).

English translation: he likes the molasses off of the tahini. (meaning he’s a greedy one, he even wants to lick the molasses that has become homogenous with the tahini)

English translation: he cant tell the difference between his ass and the walls of the pool. (both his ass and the walls of the pool are soft and this saying is used when you cannot tell the difference between two things)

English translation: we taught them how to beg and now they have raced us to the doors.

English translation: The mother gathers

English translation: oh bald head, we are confused where to kiss you from (this expression is used when someone is facing a dilemma)

English translation: distance is dry; closeness is loyalty

English translation: one hand cannot clap on its own 

English translation: water and fire at home instead of a mother-in-law

English translation: the departure is in our control, but the return isn’t

English translation: who’s house is made of glass should not throw things at people (metaphorical meaning)

English translation: a dog who is a friend rather than a friend who is a dog

This spring/summer, culottes are taking over. Yay! These mid-calf trousers are perfectly on trend and super practical for hiding curves and insecurities. 

I don't usually cover men's fashion week but Rick Owens has given me the urge to ask one question, rather than criticize his fashion show. I bet you saw/heard about the flaunting penises at Rick Owens's FW15 menswear fashion show. And obviously that attracted the media's attention and served as a great marketing tac tic. But, back to my sole question, are flaunting penises the new nip slips?

23 days into the new year and still I haven’t blogged a single word in 2015. 

I guess I’ll start by giving my 2015 a title - which is more of a mission actually - Adventure. 

I’d like to consider every next step I take this year to be an adventure in itself, weather it were a new job, a vacation, a new friend even. My aim is to do things from a different perspective this year were the words “typical”, “usual”, “routine”, “traditional” and “safe” do not exist. Yeah sure, I have a lot of things on my bucket list, such as learning french, trekking in Malaysia, seeing the Northern Lights in Finland, committing to weekly yoga, but this year isn't about how many things I can check of my list, its about how I’m going to check them off.

This year didn’t necessarily start off on the right track, and for that, I’ve chosen to take it as a sign and pick out the positiveness out of every scenario. No more stressing, no more dwelling.. just like the arabic quote says “عمول منيح و كب بل بحر” which translates into “do good and throw it in the sea”. 

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