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<br /> <br />Hookah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <br /> <br />. 1.1 Middle East <br />. 1.1.1 Arab world <br />. 1.1.2 Iran <br />. 1.1.3 Turkey <br />. 1.1.4 Israel <br />. 1.2 United States and Canada <br />. 1.3 Europe <br />. 1.4 Asia <br />. 1.5 South Africa <br />. 2 Style and health <br />. 2.1 Health Benefits and Risks <br />. 2.2 Longer Sessions <br />. 2.3 Gum Disease and Other Dangers <br />. 3 See also <br />. 4 References <br />. 5 Extemallinks <br /> <br />Culture <br /> <br />Middle East <br /> <br />Arab world <br /> <br />In the Arab world, social smoking is done with a single or double hose. <br />When the smoker is finished, either the hose is placed back on the <br />table signifying that it is free, or it is handed from one user to the next, <br />folded back on itself so that the mouthpiece does not point at the <br />person receiving it. Stories tell Nasser aI-Din Shah Qajar thought of it <br />as an insult but there are no official facts. Another tradition is that the <br />receiver taps or slaps the giver on the back of the hand while taking it <br />as a sign of respect or friendship. <br /> <br />However in cafes and restaurants it is rare for each smoker not to order <br />an individual hookah (as they are very affordable in the region often <br />ranging from $2 to $10). <br /> <br />Shisha cafes, normally called maqha (Arabic: ~, "coffeeshop"), are <br />rather widespread, and are amongst the main social gathering places in <br />the Arab world (similar to the status pubs have in the UK). <br /> <br />Iran <br /> <br />Page 2 of8 <br /> <br /> <br />Hookahs for sale in Jerusalem <br />at the bazaar. <br /> <br /> <br />Sheesha dealership in Cairo <br />marketplace <br /> <br />In Iran, the hookah is known as a ghalyan (Persian: (j4l9). It is similar <br />in many ways to the Arabic hookah but has its own unique attributes. <br />An example is the top part of the Hookah called 'sar' (Persian: .,;.=head) where the tobacco is placed and <br />is bigger than the ones we see in Turkey. Also the major part of the hose is flexible and covered with <br />soft silk or cloth while the Turkish make the wooden part as big as the flexible part. <br /> <br />http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah <br /> <br />6/4/2007 <br />