As kids, it was way easier to believe all sorts of things. But often, it went too far. We only realized how far we’d gone in regards to our gullibility once we grew older, and gained a level of common knowledge we were obviously lacking back then. We have gathered for you here ridiculously hilarious myths and ideas we were told as kids, and they’ll definitely ring a bell or two to each and every person raised in the Arab world. From ‘law akalty bezr shagara hatetla3 f batnek’ to our infamous ‘Omena El Ghoula,’ you will find yourself nostalgically laughing at all the laughable ideas you were once fed by Arab parents.
If you eat watermelon seeds, a tree will grow in your stomach
If you swallow gum, it will take seven years to digest
If you don’t finish your food, it will run after you on judgement day
If you crack your knuckles, your fingers will get bigger
If you misbehave, you will enter a room filled with rats
If you eat carrots, your vision will improve
If you don’t drink milk, your bones will break
If you take the Pokemon from the chips, you’ll get cancer
If your flipflop is flipped upside down, it’s considered ‘haram’
If you play with fire, you will wet yourself in bed
If you look in the mirror, you will get possessed
If you cry or sing in the bathroom, the spirits will enter your body
If you kill a gecko, you will go to heaven
If you hear the donkey ‘hee-haw,’ it means there are spirits around you
If you get a cat, you will never get pregnant
If you eat tomatoes, your cheeks will get redder
If you eat cucumbers, your eyes will become green
If you eat with your left hand, the devil will eat with you
If you throw your tooth towards the sun, you must say ‘ya shams, ya shamoosa’
If you sleep with socks, you’ll get nightmares
If you wander about, you’ll get a visit from ‘omena el ghoula’ & ‘el regl el maslookha’
