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A brief history of The Water Pipe (Courtesy of Nakhla)

Some call it Sheesha (Egyptians), others Nargileh (Lebanese) or Hookah.

This ancient water pipe has been used for centuries to smoke away the day's stress, while relaxing with friends and relatives.

The original water pipe came from India, but it was rather primitive as it was made out of coconut shell. Its popularity spread to Iran and then to the rest of the Middle East. But it was in Turkey that the Water Pipe completed its revolution, and did not change its style for the last few hundred years.

Unfortunately like most wonderful thing from the past, the Water Pipe suffered a decline with the availability of the cigarettes. Smoking a Water Pipe is nothing like smoking a cigarette, Cigarettes are for nervous people, competitive people, people on the run.

When you smoke a Water Pipe, you have time to think. It teaches you patience and tolerance, and gives you an appreciation of a good company. Sheesha smokers have a much more balanced approach to life than cigarette smokers do. The smoke is noticeably cooler than cigarette smoke, and lightly intoxicating. Before long, the water begins to turn brown; smokers' say it is filtering out many of the harmful substances that they would otherwise be inhaling.

The Water Pipe (sheesha) consists of four parts, the bottom part is made of glass where the water is contained. This part is connected to a brass (sometimes stainless steel) figure top which is the "the heart " of the sheesha, this part, the regulator, takes the smoke from the tobacco when the person inhales from the "lai" (the flexible tube which end by mouthpiece). The whole apparatus, made of a variety of materials, which might be glass, brass, gold, silver, wood or cane, is richly decorated.

The water pipe tobacco "MU'ASSEL" comes in different flavours. It is available in natural plain flavour like "Zaghloul" the most world-wide famous brand for water pipe tobacco, or in different flavours like apple "Tofahah", which is the most popular, strawberry, mint, apricot, rose and many other flavours.