hookah
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“I like Americans, they are so beautiful,” said Aman Gautam, a 23-year-old hookah parlor owner who patiently queued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
Local media said it happened as patrons queued to enter a hookah and cigar lounge.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024
“Trust in the police is below zero here,” said Sofiane, 19, who was smoking a hookah with several friends in an alleyway.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2023
Officers entered the front door of the hookah bar, and Nelson fled out the back, where several other officers and a police dog were waiting.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023
They sat on low-seated woven stools, a brass hookah between them.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
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
The West Hollywood City Council voted to prohibit sales of all flavored tobacco products except shisha, which is used in hookahs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2021
In lonely-looking and half-finished towns along the way, the only businesses seem to be coffee shops filled with men smoking hookahs and playing cards.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 23, 2018
“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
