Judith is correct. Abu whatever is an honor term, you (as a man) generally take the name of your first born son. Your wife, should you have one, becomes "Um". Soooo, my name is Marwan. My first born son is Khaled. As of June 16, I am Abu Khaled, in Arabic circles. My wife Kara is now Um Khaled.
Hope that helps. Marwan > Maybe Abu has to do with "Son of" or "Father of" or something like > that? > > In Hebrew, we do names like "Judith daughter of Alexander" (only we'd > use the Hebrew names there). The Hebrew name for son of is "Ben" and > daughter of is "Bas." So maybe it means "son of Mazen"? > > Am I right? Anyone here know? > > Judith > ----- Original Message ----- > > This has me confused. > > > > Why does everybody in Palestinian Authority have more than one > name? > > > > "Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen...." > > > > Is this a nickname? A complete other name? Does it mean the same > thing? Who chooses the other name? Is this social, cultural, > religious? > > > > Is this a nickname like My given name of Gerald and my common name > of Jerry? > > Is this a stage name like "Bono Vox"? > > Is this an alias like "Ted Smith" for Ted Bundy? > > > > Someone has got to know... > > > > Jerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136967 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
