Enter any nightclub bathroom in Lebanon and you’re bound to find at least 4 of the following types of girls:
1. The friendly girl
She’s all over place complimenting your outfit, make-up, hair, screaming that you’re so beautiful and that any guy would be so lucky to have you.
2. The drunk girl
She’s on the bathroom floor with her full head in the toilet puking her guts out, while her friends are around her arguing about who’s going to take her home.
3. The aggressive girl
She stumbled into the bathroom and she’s not having it – for no apparent reason since no one is actually looking her way. She’ll stare at you and then say, “Fi shi? Khede soura bidayyin aktar” when you weren’t even aware that she was there.
4. The girl crying her eyes out
Her sobbing will be interrupted by the following statements:
“Walla ktir bhebo/shta2tello“
“Kif fi ya3mol hek fiyye?“
“Fiyye behki? bas ha es2alo waynak walla ma ha 2oul shi“
5. The make-up artist
She has her whole kit spread, she’s re-applying drag queen make-up, and she even pulled out a hair straightener. Befriend this one, she’ll save you when those club nights get real humid, and you’re out there looking like Mufasa.
6. The party animal
She’ll sing along to the music in a really loud voice and break into a dance number while she’s washing her hands.
7. The girl who’s wired
You’re not really sure what this girl is on, but her pupils are dilated, she’s jumpy, she can’t form a coherent sentence, and she’s on the verge of an intense nosebleed.
8. The girl who thinks she’s on a red carpet
“Please fikke tsawreene? La2 bas w2afe honik el daw ahsan, ok shu ba3mol bi eedayye?” Never make eye contact with this girl or you’re stuck in the bathroom for a good 2 hours.
9. The insecure girl
This one is asking everyone about how she looks because she saw her ex with his new girlfriend. “Zabteen tyebe?” is her first-liner, and no matter what you tell her, she won’t believe you.
10. The hardcore feminist girl
Teaming up with #1, they will give #4 and #6 the best pep-talks of their lives, all the while excitedly roaring that women don’t need men to validate their existence.