Man I wish we could take the beautiful things from our culture, the warmth, guest hospitality, the food, the women, the family gatherings, sleep-overs etc and take out all the bad shit :( I would have married me an arab girl instantaneously.
Yeah I totally know what you mean. There are parts of Iraqi culture and way of life that I really miss. I miss the nature of familial and community relationships for one. I miss driving around Baghdad with my friends until the early hours of the morning. All the restaurants, coffee shops and sheesha joints, youth centers, billiard joints would remain open until 3 or 4 am.
I miss the 6 or 7 of us sleeping over at my friend's house smoking sheesha and playing Playstation all night. Good times.
I also miss this place:
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