The جي at the end of Levantine Arabic words designating a job or trait is a funny Turkish feature بنشرجي mechanic شاورمجي shawarma maker كهربجي electrician دكنجي shop keeper سكرجي alcoholic فصحنجي yapper بوسطاجي mail man خضرجي vegetable seller مشكلجي problematic نسونجي womanizer

When I visited Madaba in August and went to the famous Greek Orthodox Church of St. George but unfortunately they were renovating so I only saw a small portion of the famous Madaba Mosaic map which dates to the 6th Century AD.

14 years living in North America and I literally have no idea what Casserole is

A Muslim Turk ethno-nationalist state ended up in control of basically the majority of the most important cities in Greek & Christian history. Ephesus to Tarsus to Antioch to Edessa to obviously Istanbul. It’s like if Israel ended up controlling Damascus, Baghdad, Mecca & Medina.

The Iron Sheikh was an absolute vibe

If I could back in time to witness 10 historic Battles: -Thermopylae -Gaugamela -Cape Ecnomus -Cannae -Siege of Syracuse -Alesia -Firaz -Yarmouk -Ain Jalut -Austerlitz

There’s a slang word I keep hearing South Asian Brits using. They’ll say what sounds like “it’s proper rami bro”. What does rami mean for them? If that’s what I’m hearing