Listomania
Melissa Sleiman

9 Things Every Lebanese Mom Does On Weekends

Of course, the weekend ma bye2ta3 3a kher without your Lebanese mom doing these 9 things. Which of these things has your mom turned into a weekend ritual? 1. Wake you up early “bel ghalat” Akid her weekend morning ritual includes khabeet 3al kanabeyet, dropping l tanajer, and going through l khazeyen before 8am. 2. Complain that it’s the weekend “Walaw shu hal nhar l ma 3am yekhlas” “Ya allah bokra l sabet” “Yii bokra l ahad” 3. Complain that the weekend is over “Keef ye3ne kholes hal weekend, ma hassayna fi” 4. Tbahdelak/ik more than she normally does because now she has more free time Ye3ne if you thought l bahdale taba3 l orb3a was bad la2annak ma nasharet l ghaseel, shuf nhar l sabet shu ha ta3mol. 5. Save bizarre recipes on Facebook la 3azeemet nhar el ahad but doesn’t end up doing them “Waw yummyyy shufo keef 3emlo cake wara2 3enab badde jarbo nhar l 3azeeme” 6. Guilt-trip you for not staying home with her on the weekend “Badkon tedharo w teterkoone lahale bel bet?” Dad w ekhwete kellon ma3ik bas okay. 7. *mom noises* May include: ya delle ana, akh ya allah, shu hayda, wlek, ufft, yih yih 8. “Kholes l nhar” Mom it’s literally 11am on a Saturday. 9. *Aggressive ahwe sipping in the morning* whhffftttssssswwwwwffffTTTT…taybe hal ahwe. 1