They make fun of themselves. I am a strong believer in making fun of oneself. They have brilliantly combined the West and the East by making t-shirts and bumper stickers with funny Arabic slang and hilarious Arabeezie {Arabi (Arabic) and Engeleezi (English) put together} sayings/spoofs.
You can buy a t-shirt that says: Wanna get Freekah? {Freekah is the name of a popular meal.}
Or these:
{Jameed is the goat milk they use on their national dish - mansef.}
{Jameed is the goat milk they use on their national dish - mansef.}
Speaking of mansef...
Check out this one:
A spoof on this:
Well, look what I found!
In Arabic it says "Bil Mish Mish"
Translated: "In your dreams". It comes from this old Arabic proverb.
Apricot Lady is famous! {on a shirt}
**All the photos {except my new shirt!} were taken from the Jo Bedu Facebook page.**
Well, hate to burst your bubble, but there's also the Mishmish blog. http://wickmonk.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteOther Americans living in Jordan.
Funny! I'll have to check it out...
ReplyDeleteNow they can have an official shirt too!
Hope you all are doing well, was so sad to hear about your father-in-law.