Hilarious Histories of Arab Countries in Six Words
I was looking at the Telegraph’s Olympic special, and I couldn’t help but go through all of the countries to go through their “History in Six Words” section.
Brilliant. Unfortunately, not all countries have these histories, but here are the ones that do:
Lebanon:
Ancient. Made famous by Terry Waite.
Algeria:
Saint Augustine,Camus, Zizou; easily-remembered capital.
Kuwait:
Pearl farmers find oil – chaos ensues.
Bahrain:
Separation with Iran; meeting with money.
Iraq:
Babylon, Saddam, Bush, Blair, imaginary WMDs.
Libya:
Sold oil, bought arms. Gaddafi out.
Morocco:
Crippling identity crisis softened by couscous.
Qatar:
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. Oil! World Cup.
UAE:
Bedouins, Brits, Burjes, Beckhams, bling, boiling.
Egypt:
Pyramids; Mubarak sent down the river.
Jordan:
Middle East peacemaker; not glamour model.
Hassan
July 29, 2012 @ 1:50 pm
Israel:
“You have got to be kidding!”
Roba Al-Assi
July 29, 2012 @ 1:54 pm
I know, I was so disappointed they didn’t have the “heavy” Arab countries too like Tunisia, Syria, KSA, and Palestine.
Layla
July 31, 2012 @ 1:33 pm
The quip for Jordan was my mantra during my PhD. Hairdressers were particularly enthralled by my ‘work on Katie Price.’ >.<
Mohammad
June 15, 2013 @ 12:33 am
they didn’t mention Palestine!
will i will do my own six words describing her.
The most beautiful lady ever saw