Word: inshallah
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...point of delirium. They carry on ancient forms of politeness and hospitality, which, Princeton Scholar Morroe Berger suggests, help to control the most violent impulses of aggression. Yet they are also patient to the point of crippling fatalism, a trait reflected in the constant phrases, inshallah (if God wills it), malesh (it does not matter), and bukra (tomorrow). Above all, what they have in common is a language. "An Arab is anyone whose mother tongue is Arabic," says Gamal Abdel Nasser. It is not only the chief bond, but a chief source of trouble. Its whole stress is on rhetoric...
...when the Russians abandoned the Azerbaijani Democrats, the election finally "started" with much fanfare. Distribution of registration forms began-by plane, truck and camel back. A TIME correspondent asked Gavam when it would be completed. Fingering his jade conversation beads,* Gavam chuckled, said: "Perhaps in two or three months, Inshallah [if Allah wills...
...following remarks were made:-'Is the Western Front composed of husns [castles]? Do the sentries stay on the roof? They must not sleep at night because the enemy might attack. If the Inkriz [English] win the war-inshallah! -they must take hostages from the Sultans and agils [wise men] of the Alaman. Were the earthquakes in Turkey caused by the Alaman? The Turks must retaliate and make earthquakes in Germany...
...people cannot help our Government by gifts of money. But we can send millet, if the soldiers eat it on the Western Front. We can also send them indigo to paint their skins with if it is cold on the front. Inshallah!-at the end of this war the Alaman will be Finish wa Dismiss...