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  1. Dirac Delta Function's Avatar
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    Re: TSR Iraqi Society
    It looks very nice. I'd love to see Zaha Hadid do some work in Iraq. For the time being, this is a lot closer to my 'hood
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Aquatics_Centre
  2. maljebo's Avatar
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    i bet it only cost like 200million to actually build it
  3. Retrospect's Avatar
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  4. Anatheme's Avatar
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    Kurdish Iraq is lurrrvely. I haven't had the balls (nor the money, let's be frank) to go pass Mosul.
  5. Sushidelight's Avatar
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    (Original post by Tzarchasm)
    Anyone tried pacha?
    Over my dead body. Also, I don't like 3amba. :ninja:

    Though my mum cooked it last year, my little brother woke me up telling me "Agolich...I think they killed someone downstairs. There is a head in the pot!"
  6. Sushidelight's Avatar
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    (Original post by maljebo)
    i bet it only cost like 200million to actually build it
    And the rest go into their pockets...but it's nice, at least this time we get something.
  7. Dirac Delta Function's Avatar
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    (Original post by Tzarchasm)
    Anyone tried pacha?
    hell no. I'm very conservative with what I eat. No chance in hell I'm going to be sitting there with a sheep's head looking at me.
  8. win2kpro's Avatar
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    (Original post by Tzarchasm)
    Anyone tried pacha?
    I always pronounced it as bacha. :hmmmm:

    And to answer your question.. hell no! :p:
  9. Retrospect's Avatar
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    (Original post by Sushidelight)
    Over my dead body. Also, I don't like 3amba. :ninja:

    Though my mum cooked it last year, my little brother woke me up telling me "Agolich...I think they killed someone downstairs. There is a head in the pot!"
    How did your mum manage that? :no:

    I'm almost certain that mine would cook a human being before cooking pacha. My dad (along with a lot of the men in my family) has had it before.
  10. Sushidelight's Avatar
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    This is for Baghdad, the place of my mothers birth
    The cradle of civilization, for what it’s worth
    The land I’ve never the seen, culture I’ve never known
    Iraq is in my heart, my blood, my flesh and bones
    The air I’ve never breathed, fragrance I’ve never smelled
    The pride I never had, the nationality that I never felt
    Saddam was bad, are the American’s even more so?
    They made me grow like I was missing part of my torso
    But I never picked up a grenade in my garden
    I never saw people I love die starving
    I never saw my family die through many years of sanctions
    While the ruler’s family lived in palaces and mansions
    Never had a family member kidnapped for a ransom
    Never lost a friend to violence that was random
    Bombings,occupation,torture,inti midation
    A million dead people doesn’t equal liberation
    Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
    Listen!
    Where is our freedom?
    Forget division based on ethnicity or religion
    Whether you Sunni, Shia, Kurdish or Christian
    Pain is still pain if you’re a person that’s missing
    We all deserve a life in this earth that we live in
    Is there enough words that can say
    How deeply Baghdad is burning today?
    And it’s not about pity, hands out or sympathy
    It’s about pride, respect, honour and dignity
    Babies being born with deformities from uranium
    Those babies aren’t just Iraqi, they’re Mesopotamian
    What I view on the news is making me shiver
    Cause I look at the victims and see the same face in the mirror
    This system of division makes it harder for you and me
    Peace is a question, the only answer is unity!
    So many dreams about this place that I’ve never seen
    The place my family had to leave in the 70’s
    Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
    Where is our freedom?
    It rains white phosphorus in Fallujah
    This is for those that won’t live to see the future
    Sorry that I wasn’t there, Sorry that I couldn’t help
    I’m sorry for every tear, Sorry you’ve been put through hell
    Still I feel like an immigrant,englishman amongst arabs and an arab amongst englishmen
    Like I said they never gave me the culture
    But they did give me Kubdad Haleb,Hakaka and Dolma
    Ana isme Kareem,
    Wa ohmre thalatha wa-’ishrun,
    Umi min Baghdad, wa abuya min Dover,
    And that’s the combination that I carry on my shoulders
    Still I rep, till my death, Till they kill and seal my flesh
    From now all the way back to Gilgamesh
    Such a villianized and criticized nation
    You will always be the cradle of civilization
    Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
    Where is our freedom?
    In my sleep, in my dreams Motherland I can still feel you calling me
    In my sleep, in my dreams Motherland I can still feel you calling me
    I can still feel you calling me
    I can still feel you calling me
  11. Sushidelight's Avatar
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    Re: TSR Iraqi Society
    (Original post by Retrospect)
    How did your mum manage that? :no:

    I'm almost certain that mine would cook a human being before cooking pacha. My dad (along with a lot of the men in my family) has had it before.
    God knows. To make matters worse, they kept describing how nice it was "Ohh the eyes" "Ohh the tongue" ....put me off my pizza. :cry2:

    The whole house stunk as well!
  12. win2kpro's Avatar
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  13. mare?'s Avatar
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    helle helle hay shinnu?? iraqi society?!


    (Original post by win2kpro)
    I always pronounced it as bacha. :hmmmm:

    And to answer your question.. hell no! :p:
    Ohh I didn't know what he meant but bacha.. eww guys is that really what we're going to talk about here :lol:
  14. Dirac Delta Function's Avatar
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    Re: TSR Iraqi Society
    (Original post by win2kpro)
    I always pronounced it as bacha. :hmmmm:
    :
    it's a farsi word.
  15. Retrospect's Avatar
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    (Original post by Sushidelight)
    I have this song in my profile.


    I love this bit:

    Like I said they never gave me the culture
    But they did give me Kubdad Haleb,Hakaka and Dolma


    :eating:
  16. Rassam's Avatar
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    Re: TSR Iraqi Society
    mmmmmm shawrma <3
  17. A_master's Avatar
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    Re: TSR Iraqi Society
    :ahee:



    ****ing hilarious :rofl:
  18. win2kpro's Avatar
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    Re: TSR Iraqi Society
    (Original post by A_master)
    :ahee:



    ****ing hilarious :rofl:
    :rofl2:

    Jabbar abu 3ora... :rofl2:

    This is BAGHDAD! LOL
  19. Tzarchasm's Avatar
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    Re: TSR Iraqi Society
    Pacha haters... Mhmm, tongue.

    How many here are Iraqi-born?
    Last edited by Tzarchasm; 03-01-2011 at 19:17.
  20. letmepassplz's Avatar
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    Re: TSR Iraqi Society
    Born and lived on Iraq till I was about 4.

    Who can actually stomach eating a sheeps head piece by piece.
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