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by **BirKibrisli** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:02 am

Yeia mas,Bananiot,

I hope one day you and I can lift our glasses and say that while watching the sea at Paphos or Kyrenia.Perhaps we could invite Sadik and Cypezokyli as well! :wink:

by **sadik** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:44 am

More on Raki, Ouzo, Arak, etc...
Are arabs also not supposed to drink and dance?

From the web site:
http://www.foodreference.com/html/artaraketc.html

ARAK, RAKI, OUZO, SAMBUCA AND PASTIS

ALL ARE TYPICALLY MEDITERRANEAN DISTILLATES

Around the Mediterranean from Lebanon in the east to Spain in the west practically all countries produce a version of anise flavoured distillates under a range of names: the Arabs call it arak, Turks raki, Greeks ouzo, Italians sambucca, French pastis and Spaniards anisado.
While Muslims are not supposed to consume alcoholic beverages according to one of the tenets of their religion, historians and researchers widely attribute the discovery of distillation to Arab alchemists in the 13th century. In fact, the word alcohol is derived from Arabic al-cool, and alembic still from al-embic.
(...)
Of all the Arabic, speaking countries Lebanon reputedly produces the best arak and the very best of them sells for more than Scotch whisky in that country.
(...)
Turkish raki, Greek ouzo resemble arak but are lighter in flavour. Italian Sambuca is a liqueur meant to be a digestive and pastis contains anis, many herbs and a little sugar making it quite different from its Arabic counterparts.

by **sadik** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:45 am

Birkibrisli wrote:Yeia mas,Bananiot,

I hope one day you and I can lift our glasses and say that while watching the sea at Paphos or Kyrenia.Perhaps we could invite Sadik and Cypezokyli as well!

Then, perhaps I will come :wink:

by **BirKibrisli** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:02 pm

Sadik,you have definitely a very health interest in raki,ouzo,arak...whatever,anlashilan tashinacak silahsin(literally,you would be a good weapon to carry!).You must definitely join us,and bring your Lebanese arak!!!In fact I am very curious about this 31 I keep hearing about.Is that a type of brandy like Anglia?I'll bring a bottle of that if that's okey with Bananiot...

by **cypezokyli** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:22 pm

I hope one day you and I can lift our glasses and say that while watching the sea at Paphos or Kyrenia.Perhaps we could invite Sadik and Cypezokyli as well!

thanks for the invitation

are you planning of visiting cyprus birkibrisli?
actually did you visit cyprus since you left?

i would say i would drink to that meeting... sherefe

by the way ..in cyprus we also say : eiva
i am not sure where it originates from..perhaps from the latin viva, but i dont really know

by **BirKibrisli** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:18 am

You are most welcome,cypezokyli

I have visited Cyprus a few times since i left (and I left before 1974)
but only stayed in the North.Since I come from Paphos it wasn't much of a homecoming as you can imagine.I was last there in 1999,and I got so depressed by the situation inthe North that I've never been back since.

I do hope I can visit Cyprus next year (Cyprus summer) to take my 86 year old mother to see her village in the south."Eiva" sounds good too.
Hope we can drink to that if we manage to meet one day.What is your favourite drink?

by **Alexios** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:22 pm

Birkibrisli wrote:You are most welcome,cypezokyli

I have visited Cyprus a few times since i left (and I left before 1974)
but only stayed in the North.Since I come from Paphos it wasn't much of a homecoming as you can imagine.I was last there in 1999,and I got so depressed by the situation inthe North that I've never been back since.

I do hope I can visit Cyprus next year (Cyprus summer) to take my 86 year old mother to see her village in the south."Eiva" sounds good too.
Hope we can drink to that if we manage to meet one day.What is your favourite drink?

Needless to say dont hesitate to contact us when you decide to come:)

by **BirKibrisli** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:48 pm

Alexios,

I will let you know when I am coming,if you promise to line me up with a girl from Varosia! Eiva and yeia mas,my good mate.

by **Kypreos** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:39 am

Heres a nice link about ataturk.... Ataturk the enemie of islam...hollywood should make a movie ur right hehehe...

http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/index.ph ... y-of-islam

bro when i say headscraf i mean hijab... according to Quran and sunnah of islam... it is 100% compulsory for a woman to cover her hair, and neck... and in turkey it is 100% banned to wear the hijab in schools...
here are some links of headscarf in turkey...

http://freemuslims.org/news/article.php?article=939

http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/ ... xt/archive

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2971109.stm

http://www.captiveminds.org/issues/banscarf.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/wor ... 144316.stm

http://www.panos.org.uk/newsfeatures/fe ... sp?id=1186

Just do yourself a favour and check it out... the truth will shock you...

by **sadik** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:03 am

Kypreos wrote:
Just do yourself a favour and check it out... the truth will shock you...

Kypreos, why is this important for you?

For Turkish Cypriots religion is something very personal. We neither have a religious establishment nor religious leaders. For most people, the only time they gather for a religious ceromony is for funerals. I don't know any Turkish Cypriot woman who covers her hair. Ataturk's reforms on religion were very enthusiastically supported by Turkish Cypriots at the time, and they still are being supported.

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