arabic food
11 Types of People You Meet in Hookah Lounges
1. The Kid From DearbornIf we label him as obnoxious, he may sue us for defamation, since suing people his full-time job. Then, he’ll sue the shisha place for not doing it like they do in balad al-Dearborn, or Dearbornistan as the right-wingers call it. The trouble with the kid from Dearborn is that he/she [...]
13 Arab Girls Not to Date
I wrote this post because it sounded like a good idea at the time. God bless Arab girls! I love them, I’m attracted to them, I’ve never been attracted to anyone other than them (the Croatian babe in my Book of Mormon class doesn’t count) and there are plenty of smart, accomplished and purpose-driven Arab [...]
Gaza Bound Goats Busted In Rafah
Egyptian security forces reported Monday they busted 560 goats, half a ton of explosives, and five tons of cement. According to the Egyptian security forces those confiscated items were about to be smuggled into Gaza through the countless tunnels that links Egypt and Gaza. The Egyptian Security forces further commented that those items were going [...]
Foggy Bottom Fights Soggy Bottoms in Gaza
American officials at the State Department are inquiring about the Israeli government’s inexplicable ban on toilet paper in Gaza. Reports confirm that Israel has not allowed trucks of toilet paper and soap into the Gaza Strip. American officials are playing dumb. They are pretending that Israeli might have a reasonable explanation for their ban on [...]
Is Your Pizza Delivery Person This Hot?
People familiar with the workings of ordering a pizza can tell you that a hot pizza is about the only thing they care to receive from their local pizzeria. This new Arabic music video shows that some pizzerias can compensate for the lack in hot pizza with a smoking hot babe deliverywoman. I’m just saying. [...]
Move Over Mr. Burger, You have Been Deposed by a New King
Although the name of this blog is KABOBfest, we rarely discuss food in other than political terms. In that tradition, I will have to come out as a monarchist in my review of Washington D.C.’s newest addition to the growing list of Middle Eastern fast food spots. Shawarma King in Columbia Heights offers the best [...]
Free Food Poisoning and Other Gifts from the International Community
It’s not like Gaza hasn’t seen enough damage. In a place where most the population is impoverished and dispossessed, when it rains it indeed pours New sources confirm that nearly 80 female students have been transferred to the local Nassir hospital in Khan Younis (South of Gaza City), as a result of food poisoning. The [...]
Finger-Sniffing Good
Yummy, Yummy! A recent Al Jazeera English news piece on Palestinians with American citizenship in Palestine brought back some memories of the American franchise knock-offs in Ramallah. The piece showed both the famous Stars and Bucks cafe and the Kentucky Fried Chicken, which sells great “Hamporgers” and “Checken.” The piece also panned over the sign [...]
Chocolate Lovers, Watch @ Your Own Risk
As a chocoholic I thought I would have to live with my addiction to chocolate for eternity. I have tried many times to quit my passion to this tasty and mysterious treat, but I have failed. I am delighted to report that I have found an alternative to chocolate rehab—which is really a business by [...]
Mmm. Two Headlines Got Me Very Hungry.
French Foreign Minister Kouchner was incorrectly quoted in a Haaretz headline as saying Israel will “eat” Iran before it gets nuclear weapons. He said “hit.” That French tendency to drop the “h” in English and elongate the “i” caused this, I guess. Sadly, this little mistake indirectly affirms Israel’s right to preemptively strike another country. [...]
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