Fire in Hawalli
Mr. Bo9agr has pictures of a fire that happened in Hawalli. I can’t read the Arabic but the building looks like the one I park in front of when I go to get my computer stuff. Its near Walla’a Complex. [Link]
Jun 21, 2006
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25 Comments, add your own...
1. nibaq | June 21st, 2006 at 9:19 am
That is the building by Wala complex!
2. Mark | June 21st, 2006 at 9:20 am
cool, i recognized it from the curved balcony
3. Marzouq | June 21st, 2006 at 9:32 am
Holy crap!! I hope nothing happened to Wala’a complex!!!!
4. KtheKuwaiti | June 21st, 2006 at 9:50 am
Loose translation
“A fire broke out in one of the abandoned buildings in the area around behind Ibn Khaldoun Street. No one was injured but some minor damage to property. The building had been abandoned and will be demolished later as part of a expansion project. The inhabitants of the surrounding buildings were watching the fire and firefighters; and the building collapsing.”
5. Pearls | June 21st, 2006 at 10:35 am
Mashallah, that’s a good translation. How about you switch jobs with me?
6. Mark | June 21st, 2006 at 10:39 am
he probably cheated and used the google translator lol
7. unknown | June 21st, 2006 at 12:23 pm
thanks god not Walla’a then kuwait will be 10 years behind
Mark you can’t read arabic, WTF???
then “Lebanese couple” stand for what?
8. Mark | June 21st, 2006 at 12:47 pm
i read arabic but pretty badly.
Lebanon is not an Arab country so we don’t have to speak arabic..
9. Anon | June 21st, 2006 at 1:44 pm
is lebanon european then? if not arab then what region does it fall under?
10. KtheKuwaiti | June 21st, 2006 at 1:58 pm
Translating from english to arabic is much easier than arabic to english. And I have been converting arabic stuff to english for the past couple of years .. but yeah, google translate helps.
11. Mark | June 21st, 2006 at 2:49 pm
Anon just because a country speaks arabic doesnt make them arabs. Lebanon is Pheonician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia
12. Thamer | June 21st, 2006 at 3:22 pm
Hah, I lost count of how many times people nag about Mark not knowing Arabic.
13. Mark | June 21st, 2006 at 3:24 pm
my arabic has improved a lot the past few years. i just dont bother to improve my reading. would rather just read somehting in english.. quicker
14. holla | June 21st, 2006 at 3:48 pm
sorry but this is kinda hilarious to me. i wish fucking wala complex would burn to the ground so they can build a new one or relocate to a more sane area. the whole of hawalli is an absolute shithole.
15. eutra | June 21st, 2006 at 4:07 pm
Mark that makes Palestine Jewish then
16. eutra | June 21st, 2006 at 4:21 pm
I expect you speak phoenician?
17. eutra | June 21st, 2006 at 4:32 pm
Read some history please :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghassanids
18. holla | June 22nd, 2006 at 9:39 am
yeah lebbos are pretty much ay-rab. sorry mark.
19. Greenwhite | June 22nd, 2006 at 3:31 pm
Lebanon is not arab! LOL….The Arab conquest expanded from the gulf till spain, then retreated to Morroco, i agree just if a country speaks the language does not make it part of its heritage, like mexico and spain, but lebanon is arab and you should be proud of that…
20. Mark | June 22nd, 2006 at 4:16 pm
Greeenwhite what makes Lebanon an Arab country?
21. Greenwhite | June 22nd, 2006 at 6:55 pm
its a member of what you call “THE ARAB LEAGUE”
22. Mark | June 22nd, 2006 at 7:04 pm
that was a political decision, doesn’t mean much
23. Greenwhite | June 22nd, 2006 at 7:56 pm
lebanon is a foudning member!!!! we can argue forever mark, it wont change anythin. Lebanon has an amazin history of arab figures, Like they say “arguing on the internet is like like running in the Special Olympics Even if you win, you’re still retarded.” LOL
24. unknown | June 23rd, 2006 at 5:03 am
“Lebanon is not arabic country”
lol i love that :), good one Mark
25. .ysf | June 25th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
hey guys check this out:
“Becoming Lebanese: A step-by-step guide”
link: http://www.dangerdxb.blogspot.com/
really funny… lol :)
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