Sign in with Facebook"Shisha Anyone!?" Cairo Local Custom Tip by sue_stone
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A very popular custom in Egypt is smoking a shisha.
A shisha is a small packet containing a rolled tobacco leaf, a small amount of molasses, and some apple flavour.
This is put in a type of 'water pipe' under a burning charcoal. You then inhale and the smoke passes through the water, cooling it.
The cooled smoke picks up the flavours of the shisha.
There are shisha parlours all over the place where people (mainly men) get together with friends for a quiet smoke and a Turkish coffee.
Alex visited one of the most popular parlours in Cairo, located in the Khan al-Khali markets.
I didn't try it, but wish I had.
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