If you grew up abroad, you know holiday season is the best time of the year to visit your family overseas. I know I will be very soon. But if you've been going on these mini-vacations back "home" for quite a while, you know for a fact it comes with a cost, every single time. From carrying Arabic sweets abroad to remembering the names of those distant family members, here are 8 things every Arab traveling overseas to visit family will understand:
1.Taking Arabic sweets for those abroad is a must
2. Some ma5loota too
Because nuts don't exist abroad?
3. Packing some of their favorite chocolates because they haven't had them in years...
4. Dealing with that one person who asks you to carry a "couple" kilos for their relative abroad...
Even if they're in a different state...which means a trip to the post office while you're on vacation.
5. And then carrying back a "couple" kilos for that same someone back home
And you just can't bring yourself to say no...
6. Because everyone assumes you're the human Aramex
7. Taking a mental quiz to make sure you're not forgetting one of your family members overseas is necessary
8. Because you need a place to stay & this way they'll all be fighting for you
