I just got back from my barbershop, a typical barbershop in a typical jam3iya, run by a family of friendly Pakistanis.

I went there after work, around 2:30, hoping they would be open, and to my surprise, not only were they open, but the whole staff was there! Usually its just 2 or 3 ppl at a time working there, and during the daytime its even 1 or 2 ppl if ur lucky! Today, there were 7 of them!!

They were glued to the TV, while I was going in, I figured they must be watching something about the latest earthquake, or their usual cricket game….to my surprise when I went it, they were watching اللقيطة (AlLaqee6a) a Kuwaiti drama show on DubaiTV. I couldnt believe it! Everyone was at the shop at 2:30 to watch a tv show, laaa o Kuwaiti ba3ad!! I had to laugh about it, and I asked him what else they watch, and he said “Jabroot Maraa” (جبروت امرأة) with an accent, and “Mal Nafeesi and 4 girls o bluetotth” (عديل الروح)! LOL!

Laa o the worst part was that the guy cutting my hair was predicting the right sentences! For example, when one girl was talking to herself about her mother, he said “Alheen bigool yummaaa”, and he was right! Also, when a man and women were arguing, he said “Alheen bigool inta mino”, and again he was right! The women said to the guy “inta mino itkooon 3ashan…”! Sij mawatny thi7ik!

Also, I had to translate some phrases for him, for example, he had trouble with words like “shdarraaha”, I had to cut it down to words, “shloon ihya tadry”, had to take him back to “yadry”, “shloon”, and “haa” for a female, ilmuhim in the end he got it! He also loved the word “itkhassy!” when some actress screamed it out loud!

Wallaaa 3awlama o ga3deeen insaddir 7atharaaat ;P