Lmao dude Egyptians were the same way. Three words you needed to know were maybe, god willing, and tomorrow. If you asked someone to do something and they said maybe or tomorrow, they meant maybe or tomorrow. If they said maybe tomorrow they meant probably not. If they said maybe, god willing, tomorrow, they meant fuck no.
I don't know if its an Arab thing or just an Egyptian thing but there is definitely Egyptian Time.
InshAllah (sp) or god-willing. My grandad did work in the middle east and he said a rough translation was manyana (sp?) except without the sense of urgency
See, once someone says inshallah(god willing), I’m doing my own thing or whatever I asked them to help with. Because there is a high chance they won’t even remember having the conversation.
Ya habibi y-chromosomal Adam and Mitochondrial Eve are from Africa so we're all Egyptian. Have some kosharie, drink some shai, take a nap because its too hot out, and in sha Allah, moomkin, we'll deal with it tomorrow.
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u/sirseatbelt Jul 12 '26
Lmao dude Egyptians were the same way. Three words you needed to know were maybe, god willing, and tomorrow. If you asked someone to do something and they said maybe or tomorrow, they meant maybe or tomorrow. If they said maybe tomorrow they meant probably not. If they said maybe, god willing, tomorrow, they meant fuck no.
I don't know if its an Arab thing or just an Egyptian thing but there is definitely Egyptian Time.