Instead of calling you by your name, she calls you "ya Mama..."

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The look she gives you when you say something wrong in public

When 'inshallah' is her way of saying NO

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She always fights for the bill when out with her friends

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& leaving her friend's house ends with hourlong conversations at the door

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Never giving you a reason as to "why" her decision came about

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Because even when she's wrong, she's right

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Talking to you about marriage happens all day, everyday

Telling you your partner must be an Arab or you'll miss out

Taking your washed out clothes & using them as dust rags

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The never-ending conversations of your life-long career is just draining

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Source: Instagram

Because her and other moms get satisfaction from the one and only "bragging competition"

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Source: Instagram

The phone calls she makes you take with your long lost relatives overseas are just...

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But you know if you don't, the slipper will come flying at you!

Because she has the perfect aim

& when this hand gesture comes to life, you know you're officially dead

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Same for this one too!

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The cure for your headache, stomach ache, whatever ache

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Or the conventional remedy

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More often than not, unconventional home remedies are the answer

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Learning the hard way to stay away from her when you have people coming over for a '3azeema'  because she turns into this:

The moment she calls you from the opposite end of the house & then disappears

Hearing her bargain while shopping is a bullet to the head

Having a supply of 'bizir' at home because that's the cure to her anxiety or anger

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Source: Instagram

All hell breaks loose when this happens

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Source: Instagram

Nowadays, the bigger struggle is explaining to her over & over again that zooming in on Instagram is not an option!

But at the end of the day, Arab moms are the coolest ever! You know it, she knows it

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