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hookah

[hook-uh] / ˈhʊk ə /


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But a good bet is Zikrayat, which will be showing the games on five big-screen TVs and offering food and hookah specials for the duration.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

From coastal Jableh, her paternal family’s home, she recalls the aromas of “flavored hookah smoke, nuts toasting on carts, and boiled sweet corn.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2026

Local media said it happened as patrons queued to enter a hookah and cigar lounge.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2024

“Qatar is like another country now,” he said, taking a short puff from the wooden pipe of his hookah.

From New York Times Nov. 3, 2022

They sat on low-seated woven stools, a brass hookah between them.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed

Their waiter Amir, who preferred not to share his last name, ferried packed peach-and-pineapple hookahs and tall glasses of pressed watermelon juice from the cafe’s kitchen to the table.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2026

In an open-air, bustling café in Nasr City in Cairo, dozens of newly arrived refugees huddle in small groups, puffing on hookahs, sharing stories about their homeland.

From BBC Oct. 26, 2024

The popular pipes, also known as hookahs and narghiles, are often passed between friends, potentially transmitting the virus.

From Washington Post Dec. 31, 2021

Membership of a Facebook group called Lebanon Barters has swelled, its members offering everything from poker chips to hookahs in exchange for food.

From New York Times Jul. 12, 2020

“Maybe,” I say, clicking through my camera, looking at some awful pictures of hookahs and plastic swords, thinking, What’s wrong with being weak?

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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