With a mental plan having fallen through I drove to Mecca Mall last Thursday night frantically in search of a last minute graduation gift. This is after having not been there for almost two years. Mecca Mall is locally and somewhat jokingly nicknamed “Baghdad Mall”…
…On a Thursday night I discovered exactly why that is.
Ordinarily one might say “I’ve never seen so many Iraqis in my life” but I’m inclined to say “I’ve never seen so few Jordanians in Jordan, in my life”.
That being said I’ve always hated Mecca Mall simply because it’s the only place in the world that actually makes me feel claustrophobic. I would rather be stuck in an elevator. And having to walk through that thick cloudy veneer of cigarette smoke I would assume there’d be more fresh air inside that elevator.
Also…
What the heck is with teenagers these days? Why does every guy either have spiky hair or looks like they can’t afford a haircut; not to mention dress like Ricky Martin? What is this, 1987?
And why does every 13 year old girl wear clothes that are 5 sizes too small and enough make up to pass as a French mime?
Ten minutes after I entered I was frantically searching for an escape hatch.
I have never been there I only hear about it from other people.
I’m the only one entitled to call it baghdad mall
moey: yeah but then you’ve got yourself a copyright battle with half of amman 😀
Yeah, but nothing beats the 16-18 Iraqis kid who wear a necklace of Iraq map with asemi open Hawaiian shirt, Jeans, leather jacket and Texas boat, also the hair. They look exactly like the guy from that crazy song: El Burtakala, yal Burltukala
Anyways, please don’t get us wrong, I do feel for Iraqis and anyone is free to wear whatever they wish.
What’s wrong with teenagers? Stupid parents, TV (Maybe the Tele-bans were right) , stupid Jordanian magazines, CDs DVD in Basta (Filim el Sekes be nus nera). Yeah, what’s up with 13-16 teenagers wearing low cut jeans, high heels and make up?
Naseem what’s ur email? I think urs is not working
firas, the email is right… nasnas27@hotmail.com
we should do a petition to get it renamed, I almost hit an iraqi lady once there, she said out loud “wallah el ordoneyyen kathranen bal mool”. my friend gave her a look that made her tampon wet. (nas edit the tampon part iza you find it offensive to scared the shit out of her)
Moey, loooooool
hahaha glad you liked it