This is the time of year when the date palms are full of dates. Last week was the date festival in Al Ain complete with a date beauty contest and the Guiness Book of World Records for the largest plate of dates. The trees around town have bags attached to them to keep the dates from dropping or getting eaten by birds. These are fresh dates and need to be dried before they are what we are used to.
Judges at the date beauty contest...I think they just found Miss Congeniality...
Guiness Book of World Records for world's largest plate of dates....
Okay, enough of that...back here in Abu Dhabi I've got bigger things to worry about. I called to make a hair appointment and I was told that my usual hairdresser, Ede, has gone back to Lebanon. "No problem" they tell me because they can book me in with his replacement, Jihad. Thats right, his name is Jihad. I asked the receptionist to spell it....JIHAD. I was hoping that it was spelled with a G or with two DD's or something. Who would name their child Jihad. Maybe it is a nickname...but then that is worse isn't it? Usually nick names are indicative of something you are good at. I'm having enough bad hair days, so do I really want Holy War on top of my head? What do you think dear readers? Should I keep my appointment with Jihad?
ps. Note to Hollywood...next time you need a name for an evil villan bent on world domination...take some inspiration from the Lady of the Desert Salon in Abu Dhabi ...name him Jihad...and give him a really bad hair-do
1 comment:
There are many different kinds of jihad in Islam: very few cases call for battle. It literally means to "struggle for Allah" or simply, "to struggle for God" so it is really not a bad name. LOL at your post though. How did the hair cut go?
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