Ahla w Sahla to the first post on How To Be An Inquisitive Arab – because we all know that most Arabs are curious people who like to ask tons and tons of questions.
Have you ever gotten in a taxi in an Arab country and sat through the journey without being interrogated by the driver? Sometimes you wonder if they even know where to draw the line…
So anyway, one of the most popular questions that Arabs love to ask is “Who do you take after? Your mom or your dad?”
However, is it even a genuine question? Most of the time, the question is asked in an attempt to judge you for your behavior/personality and attribute it to someone (i.e your parents.) Mothers say it to attribute their children’s negative behavioral traits to the fathers and vice versa.