Hookah, the Middle Eastern art of smoking tobacco, or shisha, has been popular in countries like Turkey, India and Egypt for more than 500 years. More recently, hookah has grown in popularity in ...

Customers can get into a hookah lounge at age 18, three years before they are allowed in a bar in most states. ... Sayyid persevered and managed to sign up four hookah makers in Egypt and Jordan.

Even as America is at war in the Middle East, hookah bars have found a place in America. ... Its customers are not middle-aged Egyptian men, but white kids from the suburbs.

Local Hookah Bars. September 24, 2005. By Tipsheet "Hookah bars?" my father said incredulously, when I announced I was going to write a story on the subject. "No -- women don't go to hookah bars." ...

Mido's will be an "Americanized hookah lounge with an Egyptian touch," according to Hussin. The shop will serve organic Amavida Coffee and brew flavors like Espresso Africa, Ethiopia Sidama ...

After-hours hookah bar fuses Mediterranean with the South. ... Mehdi Rizvi, the Egyptian-raised, 33-year-old owner of the cafe and a University of Houston graduate, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A hookah set complete with apple-flavoured tobacco has become compulsory hand luggage for many tourists returning from a holiday in ...

Hawawshi ($11.99) are similar to a Lebanese dish called arayes.In this case, juicy ground beef and lamb join onions and warming spices inside pita bread. Two soft discs are char-grilled until ...