Q8 in the Lone Star State
Posted by adiamondinsunlight on February 17, 2007
As soon as I tell people here what I do, and where I live, the stories come out:
… my child’s friend at school is a Haddad.
… the best restaurant in town is owned by two Kuwaitis.
… my landlord is Lebanese, but really Syrian, from Mexico.
… our neighbors are originally Lebanese: the Azzars, the Abbouds, the Salims.
And this morning I found the Q8 Cafe – very near my hotel! I love the idea that Texans come here to drink nargilehs while surfing the web 
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Intlxpatr said
I love it!
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jewaira said
So the Haddads, the Azzar’s and the Abbouds all went to Texas?
Thanks for sharing the info
skunk said
” my landlord is Lebanese, but really Syrian, from Mexico.”
hahaha!
i’m glad that i’ve found someone with a life just as complicated as mine
adiamondinsunlight said
Ya Khalti I knew I had you to thank for the sudden jump in Kuwaiti traffic to my blog
– thank you!
Dear Jewaira, *laughing* yes, they are all there. shall I tell them that you send your regards?
Honestly, this is the first time that I have ever been in a place where so many non-Arab residents (Anglo & Hispanic) recognize “Arab” names. I’ve been in situations where Arab-American friends have pointed out Americanized Arab names (Corrie for Khoury, for example), and where people have stated _generally_ that “we have a lot of Lebanese/Syrian/Palestinian/etc. Americans in our community”. But this listing of specific names is totally new to me.
dear Skunk, the position I interviewed for is an academic assistant professorship with the very wide mandate of “Asia or Middle East”. So perhaps the “Asia” candidates have experienced the same thing, but with Chinese/Japanese standing in for Syrian/Lebanese
. I know that there is also a long-standing Chinese, at least, population in the area.
Thanks to you both (and to all the other Intlxpatr friends!) for visiting!
intlxpatr said
Wooo Hooo, Little Diamond, I had 58 hits going to look at your post alone! If I couldn’t post the photo myself, sending them to you was the next best thing.
adiamondinsunlight said
ya khalti something about the wordpress stats is a mystery to me. I have 45 coming from your site – maybe our clocks are set to different times (mine is on Beirut time, GMT +2), which could make our days begin/end at different times?