hookah narguile arguile or whatever one might call it

Hookah is a sort of pipe that comes from the middle east. it is an object, where one inserts flavored tabacco and enjoys a little smoke with the friends. back then, it was very popular and almost everyone in the middle east did it. later, when these people travelled they began to introduce it to other countries in the world. hoolah is an interesting activity, because just like people go for cofee or tea, now they would go to smoke hookah.

I am a Jew from Mexico City, and all my ancestors come from the middle east. whether it is damscos seria or lebanon, their traditions where very similar. when i was raised as a child, my grand father was around quite a lot. i remember how he would always want to smoke his hookah. it made him calm, and it was much better than smoking cigarretes. however it wasnt only me that was grew up seeing this. in the jewish counity in mexico, this was seen everywhere. people began to do it so often, that this became a tradition. teenagers would get together and smoke at each others houses, until the parents began to get scared. however in order to control this they decided to make it a busines. at first they put narguila in hookah bars, where people would go play backgammon and enjoy their friends company while smoking hookah. this tradition grew so much, that cofee places began to serve narguila as well.

today, any cofee place tea place or bar you go to in mexico city, they have the option of narguila. it is sad, but it is a way to interact with your friends. some people see it as a hobby, others as an adiction, but in the end it is a medium that connects people all over mexico and other parts of the world. this has become a tradition and a way of life. many people dont agree with it, but where i come from it is part of our daily live. it connects us and allows to have something in common with our friends. as one would go have drinks at a bar in america, in my home country we go to hookah bars. and thats why i feel that hookas are a medium of society that was brought to us by the middle east. and now that i live in bston, i see that not only in mexico, but many people here have it in there homes. however it is hard to do it as a business because the US limits our freedom of smoking indoors with their different laws.