I believe you refer to the word "ENSHALLA" in slang Arabic, which reads " EN SHA'A ALLAH." in proper Arabic.
Yes Islamicaly ( where a lot of Arabic culture is derived from and vice_versa) God has a big respect and presence ( in belief). The translation of that statment means : IF GOD WISHES, or wanted. However it was embeded in our slang language life, and was used as a sign of being lazy than respect. You may go to Egyptian - whom I dislike- carpenter and ask him when will you finish this work what ever it is, he will reply ( Tomorrow ENSHALLA) , and he may never finish it .. But that word is being used most of the time, in the same manner "YOU SEE" used in English. I mean a link word than having any background or expressing anything more. Regards ======= S1000+ ======= --- On Tue, 1/27/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Obama in AL ARABIA TV To: "World-thread" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 5:24 AM I think you have an Arab word that means more or less, "let ut hope so, if that is God´s will". Right? Peace and best wishes. Xi On Jan 27, 2:19 pm, "Sumerian.." <[email protected]> wrote: > This reminds me of a scene in a film, where someone in sona/ steam bath place kills another, then it wasn't whom he wanted to kill, then he says to him while dying "Sorry I didn't mean you". > The white protestant business gangsters who chose a black skinned man whose black father ignored him will not succeed in this cheap demonstration to get any sympathy or forgivness from the Islamic world, as well as from the good Catholic minority and other scattered good people in USA. > We in Arab world all know that AL ARABIA is an American / CIA paid channel, while AL JAZEERA is an evil English paid channel. Someone is betting that all the American and Muslim world are a collection of idiots and cowards and he is plotting accordingly. > > Obama chooses Arab network for first TV interview > > By PAUL SCHEMM, Associated Press Writer Paul Schemm, Associated Press Writer > > – > 59 mins ago > CAIRO, Egypt – President Barack Obama on Tuesday chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal television interview as president, delivering a message to the Muslim world that "Americans are not your enemy." > > The > interview underscored Obama's commitment to repair relations with the > Muslim world that have suffered under the previous administration. > > The president expressed an intention to engage the Middle East immediately and his new envoy to the region, former Sen. George J. Mitchell, was expected to arrived in Egypt on Tuesday for a visit that will also take him to Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. > > "My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy," Obama told the Saudi-owned, Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news channel. > > Obama > said the U.S. had made mistakes in the past but "that the same respect > and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as > 20 or 30 years ago, there's no reason why we can't restore that."http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090127/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_obama_mideast > > ======= > S1000+ > ======= --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
