I have come to a realisation that as a shageb-people-we are quite negative-and here I am talking about us Jordanians. And before all of you go into an uproar, I would like to stress that is theory is quite weak and up for improvement.
Bas I think that we are quite negative as a people, and I came to this conclusion after Cairo. I think that is why whenever we travel to Lebanon or Egypt, and we sit in the bars. restaurants or just walk around the streets we are amazed by how much these two people enjoy life. I think the reason behind that is that they are positive thinkers, they don't always look for the negative in everything...fa it seems like they are enjoying their lives more. I think it is good that we travel there, and look at them, interact with them, la2no we also loosen up a bit...I saw it on this trip, the Egyptians just know how to laugh and I think that is the trick, Lebanese people also do that, they have gone through wars and assassinations yet they are still able to laugh, to go out, to drink, dance and just enjoy their city and their lives. Look at the accent in both these countries, it is smooth and flowy...they both are excellent at giving complements, they are charming and extremely funny. While our accent is quite harsh, we are not very good at mujamalat, and we are not exactly reknowned for our humour.
I am not dissing Jordanians, hey I am one, bas I just realised inno we are quite a negative shageb...take for example this friend of mine, who I was talking to, and we were discussing if we had fun the other night or not...and what does he/she tell me? "anyways, its not important, sometimes you have fun and sometimes you don't" Could we be more negative...I mean instead of trying to see the positive in a situation what does this friend do...go straight for the negative...inno they didn't have fun...they were bored...uffaaaa...we as a people need to learn from the Lebanese and Egyptians how to chillax...how to enjoy whatever we are doing no matter how mundane or boring...as Mary Poppins said: "You have to find the element of fun, and SNAP the job's a game!"
I think we just take life more seriously. We grew up in a society that deems a man who "Smiles" as khafeef. Or carries no weight (despite his huge karsh). What I strongly believe is that socioeconomic factors force these specific traits on people not the other way around.
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Yeah, I know two lebaneses people who live here in Jordan, they both are quiet a character and take things "easy"... Lotta easier to deal with than the rest
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ReplyDeletei think youre totally right about jordanian seriousness and cities with water...i have been thinking about these things all the time...
ReplyDeleteWhat irritates me is that we are serious as if we are busy in something and we don't want anyone to disturb all the time but unfortunately we aren't busy nor successful in general but wasting time and being so serious and nekdeeen it could be genetically reasons or the lake of B12
ReplyDeletebelieve it or not, Ibn Khaldoun had to bring this issue up after he visited Egypt!! His explanation? it's the water.
ReplyDeleteHe believes that people who get hot humid air are more joyace (e.g. Egyptians) than those living inland on mountain tops (e.g. Fas people).
Notice that "inland" and "mountains" fits the description of Amman.
Here you go, a 1380AD explanation of why the Egyptians are a happy people.
Egypt Rockssssssss and egyptians are the best!!!!! AZZA
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