Arabic Entry: لأني بيضا و حلوة
كثيرة هي المواقف الغريبة التي أجد نفسي أتعامل معها, و قد زادت نسبتها و غرابتها في الاسابيع القليلة الماضية. و لعل أشهر هذه المفارقات محاولة البعض تتبع “أصولي” و معرفة أسرار هذا الشكل الذي يوحي و لا يبوح, و اللفظ الذي يحمل حروف ثقيلة و أخرى عادية
كلمات قليلة علقت في ذهني بعد حوار قصير مع احدى الزميلات, فقد سألتني من أي مدينة بالضبط أصولي, و عندما أجبتها كانت دهشتها لا تحتوى بكلمات و أخبرتني أنني أبدو كفتاة من أصول فلسطينية لست أبدو كأردنية من الكرك, فسألتها لم يتكرر على مسامعي هذا الوصف و هذا التحليل, فما كان منها الا أن قالت : ” لأنك بيضا و حلوة”! … لا زلت أحاول فهم هذا الحكم, و لا زال الفهم متمنعاً
هل يعني هذا أن كل الأشخاص الأردنيون غامقو البشرة و “بشعون”؟ علماً بأنني لست كما وصفتني زميلتي, و لست أتحدث بهذا كي أثير نزعات عصبية أو ما شابه فأنا ضد ذلك كله جملةً و تفصيلاً, قلباً و قالباً, لكن التحليل ذاته تكرر و تكرر حتى اشتهيت أن أفهم سببه و لكن الأمر أصعب مما تخيلت
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December 30th, 2005 at 7:13 pm
HE he hehe :-) I think she was trying to give you a compliment ;-)
Somehow her good intentions were lost amidst this racist local stereotype!
December 30th, 2005 at 8:16 pm
Well maybe yr friend didnt think that way , maybe its just like when u see a black person from russia it sounds weird but in case she ment that i would like to ask u a favour , tell her that Dar says ” Daaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuh “
December 30th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
Tololy, keeping in mind that “baida” is considered “7elwe” no matter what, I think she meant that Jordanians are dark skinned, unless she’s kind of racist and she really meant that Jordanians are not pretty.
Anyway, I hope you do not get upset because of her rude remarks.
December 30th, 2005 at 10:17 pm
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My friend probably meant that as a compliment. The interesting bit about it is associating dark skin and “ugliness” with people of Jordanian origins. She even went so far as to point out a random girl sitting afar and to tell me she thinks she is Jordanian because she is not dressed “trendy-style” and has dark skin.
December 30th, 2005 at 10:58 pm
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December 30th, 2005 at 11:38 pm
heh it happens, I’m from aqaba ’so enti shamalat! bel nesbeh eli’ but I have green eyes and bronze skin, and people never believed I’m Jordanian or from Aqaba.
Even if I ignore the fact that my mom is Caucasian, most people from aqaba I know doesn’t have dark skin
I’m not sure why black must always be Ghorani, and white has to be ‘abu sharkas’
December 31st, 2005 at 11:10 am
Tololy,I once got this from my art professor in university(he is shwai 5ale3):You(me,salam)are the first girl I see who is 7ilweh w samra w maseehieh!!like all cristains should be white..saleebiyeen ya3ni!hehe)and my friend went :and me doctor?don’t u want to say I am 7ilweh w sha’ra w mislemeh?
December 31st, 2005 at 5:46 pm
laqd zakrteny besadeqaty alsabeqa ,fa heya asloha min Karak wa lakenaha bayda’ albashara , wa mo3zam alashkhas yathonoon anaha laisat karakiah .
January 1st, 2006 at 6:33 pm
I’m an “arab-48″, ie, an arab/palestinian living within “israel” and the situation is quite the opposite here. Arabs here usually have a dark complexion with dark eyes and dark hair and I’ve had these kind of comments/”compliments”many times because I don’t have the typical arabic look. Just yesterday I was talking in arabic with my blonde blue-eyed sister and an israeli woman walks up to tell us that she’s shocked that we’re arabs.
I used to work in a clothes store at the mall and was helping this guy who was curious about my “argentinian” accent. I pointed that it was arabic and he called me a liar. Claiming that I couldn’t possibly be an arab who was “bedah and hilweh”. I wasn’t flattered by this comment, to say the least and he didn’t believe me until I showed him my ID with my very arabic name.