Comments on: Familiar features: I know your last name

By: Guevara

Guevara — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 14:18:22 +0000

L0o0olz..

Yesterday I was soaking in the Ahli Club pool when I was approached by a lady who asked : IS folan al folanei related to you ?i said yes ..am his daughter ..do I know you mam?

She smiled and said : Tell him that Om flan says hi and kiss your mom for me

My mom called her today and told her that : how did you know that TOTO was our daughter ?!!

She said : weel , she has your branch of the family eyes and her father upturned nose and smile I could see Khalil Saleh in her laughter ..i had to talk to her and know if she was whom I thought ..

Funny .

By: Devil's Mind

Devil's Mind — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 09:58:13 +0000

ohh, collectivism rocks!! (sarcastic)
Anyhow, in the end, genes do exist!

By: Vas

Vas — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:35:26 +0000

I think u must be finding it at times funny, but on other occasions heavy: the sense of belonging on the one hand but, on the other, to be a signifier of an entity beyond (or, even, instead of) yourself. For a westerner it could be a reason for changing his/her family name, or wearing a venetian mask :)

By: Tololy

Tololy — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 07:14:31 +0000

Salam, it is just you (so far) and I think you really should use your talent more liberally, maybe think of a project or something of the sort :)

By: salam

salam — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:50:54 +0000

So Tololy,it’s not just me?

By: ????? Qwaider

????? Qwaider — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:18:55 +0000

That’s such a good observation. You’re right, it’s exactly like that. One big family turned country. Everyone knows pretty much everyone else. Which means that it is the source of great power at a huge price

By: kinzi

kinzi — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:31:57 +0000

This is so true! I can almost pick out Hejazeens and Batarsis.

I met a very distant relative in Jordan, she was Welsh, I’m American . We are both Jones’, a very common name, and we had the same great-great-grandfather in a remote corner of Wales who was a famous poet. And we looked the same!

By: RebelliousArabGirl

RebelliousArabGirl — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:44:59 +0000

Hi Tololy.. I so agree with you! It’s funny that someone out of no where and asks you that you are from this family. I got people asking me that I don’t know if so and so is my brother.. and I am like yeah.. So there is similarities there.. but just in general an entire family all looking alike.. it is amazing just guessing the right last name.