Although I am not American but I have many American friends to share Halloween with. These friends always share Eid with us. For me, yesterday's Halloween was the first to share with them. Generally, Iraqis do not celebrate Halloween as it is not part of their tradition. So we did not have the ideal celebration. O.2, our colleague, bought an 18kg-Pumpkin which we put outside the office with a candle inside to frighten people outside.
We thought a lot about what to dress up. J suggested being Peter Pan, O suggested being the famous Oprah Winfrey and I suggested wearing the Arabic Agal and Kuffiya. Being busy the whole day, we were not able to get all what we wanted to be at night, so I suggested that all of us wear the Arabic dress except J who wore her head-to-toe black Abaya. When we finished dressing up, we became a traditional Arab family. "Alright, I'll be with the sheep in the back of the truck and both of u will be in the front," J said sarcastically criticizing the old-fashioned way of treating women in the countryside of most of the Arab countries where women are not allowed to be among men in the front of the truck. Instead, she should be with the cattle in the back.
That was the first time I ever wore Agal. "I like it," I said to my dudes. "What?! You like it?!," J. wondered. "It's scary," she said.
After we put the Pumpkin outside the office, we went inside, drinking tea and smoking Hookah. Don't laugh if I tell you that we watched the Simpsons Special Halloween. We all like it. We were also supposed to watch the Halloween of Friends but it wasn't downloaded by that time.
After that wonderful night, I returned back home at 9:30 p.m., took a shower, had some fruits, watched a TV program then my favorite Alhoor Alain, read part of Anthony Shadid's book and went to sleep at 2 a.m.
We thought a lot about what to dress up. J suggested being Peter Pan, O suggested being the famous Oprah Winfrey and I suggested wearing the Arabic Agal and Kuffiya. Being busy the whole day, we were not able to get all what we wanted to be at night, so I suggested that all of us wear the Arabic dress except J who wore her head-to-toe black Abaya. When we finished dressing up, we became a traditional Arab family. "Alright, I'll be with the sheep in the back of the truck and both of u will be in the front," J said sarcastically criticizing the old-fashioned way of treating women in the countryside of most of the Arab countries where women are not allowed to be among men in the front of the truck. Instead, she should be with the cattle in the back.
That was the first time I ever wore Agal. "I like it," I said to my dudes. "What?! You like it?!," J. wondered. "It's scary," she said.
After we put the Pumpkin outside the office, we went inside, drinking tea and smoking Hookah. Don't laugh if I tell you that we watched the Simpsons Special Halloween. We all like it. We were also supposed to watch the Halloween of Friends but it wasn't downloaded by that time.
After that wonderful night, I returned back home at 9:30 p.m., took a shower, had some fruits, watched a TV program then my favorite Alhoor Alain, read part of Anthony Shadid's book and went to sleep at 2 a.m.
