{"id":58,"date":"2006-10-07T12:56:17","date_gmt":"2006-10-07T19:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cairochronicles.com\/jack\/?p=58"},"modified":"2006-10-07T12:56:17","modified_gmt":"2006-10-07T19:56:17","slug":"no-no-i-didnt-mean-it-that-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cairochronicles.com\/jack\/2006\/10\/07\/no-no-i-didnt-mean-it-that-way\/","title":{"rendered":"No no! I didn’t mean it that way."},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a comic that while talking about men and women said something to the effect:<\/p>\n

If there is more than one way you can take something I said, I meant the way that would make you happiest.<\/p>\n

Yesterday we went to the Ibn Tulun Mosque. It is not required, but is considered polite for women to cover their heads with a scarf or something like that.<\/p>\n

The term hijab is often interchanged with veil, even though it does not cover the face.<\/p>\n

“Taking the veil” does not always mean wearing a veil, it sometimes means wearing a headscarf (or hijab in arabic or hagib in colloquial egyptian arabic)<\/p>\n

Anyway, I see many many women wearing headscarves. IMNSHO, a round face can look chubby in a headscarf. A longer, narrower face looks better in a head scarf.<\/p>\n

So, back to the mosque.<\/p>\n

Kaddee donned a purple headscarf and turned to look at me.<\/p>\n

Her beauty in the scarf<\/a> took my breath away.<\/p>\n

I said, without thinking, “You have a perfect face for a veil!”<\/p>\n

As SOON as I said it, I realized what I had said.<\/p>\n

“NO NO! I mean you have a beautiful face for a head scarf. Look around you, a lot of these women look chubby in them, you look beautiful”<\/p>\n

She patted my head and went into the mosque.<\/p>\n

I am such an idiot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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