Saudi envoy opens new mosque in Pakistan

[war&peace]

Are you doing jasoosi on me?

Oye kiddo, you told me yesterday

 

[PakSword]

You speak Urdu so how are you Arab m8? Wallahi I know no Arab that speaks Urdu.

Really? You know no Arab who speaks Urdu?

 

[Philip the Arab]

Really? You know no Arab who speaks Urdu?

Nope I don't. I mostly know Egyptians and Sham Arabs here so maybe it's just the demographics of the Arabs in this area.

 

[Zee-shaun]

Bhai, I heard it first time after IK+MBS meeting + friendship. BTW, MBS is really a nice person. Rest assured, it will be built much earlier in Pakistan than anywhere else. because it is Pak + China which is much bigger and important market than India.

Bhai aapke muh me ghee shakar. I too have faith in MBS as our Ambassador. Problem lies in our bureaucracy. I remember reading about Kuwait and Abu Dhabi building refineries. Then there was news about Qatar willing to build a LNG terminal. Then again UAE investing about $50 billion in Karachi Water Front incuding an industrial park. And now again KSA is in the news. So far it's all gas.

Have to ever been to UAE airports? They speak quite good Urdu and some even speak Punjabi.

I have seen that many times. Custom and immigration officers often speak Urdu with Pakistani passengers.

 

[Khafee]

I know a UAE young person. He says everyone there speaks English even though he is Lebanese in origin.

English is one of the languages spoken. Nonetheless a Lebanese is going to know jack. More than 50% of our population is South Asian.

Here is a test: Ask him, what nationality were the first four Air Chiefs of the UAE Air Force. See what he says.

 

[PakSword]

I know a UAE young person. He says everyone there speaks English even though he is Lebanese in origin.

Side story: I told him what if UAE gets too hot what are you going to do? He said he'll leave and leave his stuff behind.

Emiratis are educated, so they speak good English. But they haven't left their language. English is mostly used in offices alongside Arabic.

People who are a little older speak Urdu. The other day I met an Emirati CMO in my organization, he was speaking Urdu fluently that even I was surprised. He told me he completed his MBBS from King Edward Lahore. There are a lot of people like him.

 

[Philip the Arab]

Bhai aapke muh me ghee shakar. I too have faith in MBS as our Ambassador. Problem lies in our bureaucracy. I remember reading about Kuwait and Abu Dhabi building refineries. Then there was news about Qatar willing to build a LNG terminal. Then again UAE investing about $50 billion in Karachi Water Front incuding an industrial park. And now again KSA is in the news. So far it's all gas.


I have seen that many times. Custom and immigration officers often speak Urdu with Pakistani passengers.

Why? Pakistani passengers don't speak English?

 

[Khafee]

Nope I don't. I mostly know Egyptians and Sham Arabs here so maybe it's just the demographics of the Arabs in this area.

Come to the UAE, you will see them speaking urdu as well

 

[Dubious]

Wallahi I know no Arab that speaks Urdu.

Befriend more Arabs

We had a family friend Omani married a BD - she spoke Urdu (broken but yea...her kids half Arab understood that broken Urdu)

 

[Philip the Arab]

Emiratis are educated, so they speak good English. But they haven't left their language. English is mostly used in offices alongside Arabic.

People who are a little older speak Urdu. The other day I met an Emirati CMO in my organization, he was speaking Urdu fluently that even I was surprised. He told me he completed his MBBS from King Edward Lahore. There are a lot of people like him.

Yeah, I believe you except he isn't a Gulf Arab by birth he is Lebanese. He told me he only uses Arabic with his parents and very rarely at other times.

 

[Zee-shaun]

Oye kiddo, you told me yesterday

Oops, sorry I forgot.

 

[Philip the Arab]

Befriend more Arabs

We had a family friend Omani married a BD - she spoke Urdu (broken but yea...her kids half Arab understood that broken Urdu)

Omanis are Gulf Arabs. In my area (DC suburbs) there is Egyptians, Palestinians, Syrians, and many other Arabs but Khalijis are rare. I know one Saudi Arab currently who interestingly enough served in the Gulf war.

 

[Khafee]

Emiratis are educated, so they speak good English. But they haven't left their language. English is mostly used in offices alongside Arabic.

People who are a little older speak Urdu. The other day I met an Emirati CMO in my organization, he was speaking Urdu fluently that even I was surprised. He told me he completed his MBBS from King Edward Lahore. There are a lot of people like him.

My father and his cousins, all went to KU, we were under British rule then.

 

[PakSword]

Omanis are Gulf Arabs. In my area (DC suburbs) there is Egyptians, Palestinians, Syrians, and many other Arabs but Khalijis are rare. I know one Saudi Arab currently who interestingly enough served in the Gulf war.

Why a khaleeji will migrate to West when they have higher income in their own dear Homeland?

 

[Dubious]

In my area (DC suburbs)

Arabs in USA wont show you their "skills"

Yea, prob Gulf Arabs are different...