Arabs are quite brilliant when it comes to >puns, poetry, and pretty much anything that involves >words.

Recently, they decided to flaunt this particular skill by playing on their own names ... and they're hilarious.

1. It all started with Carole ... not Smeha

2. Then came ... Toufiq

Source: Twitter/lawand33

3. And Razan Tarazan, too

Source: Twitter/RazanElM

4. Of course there was a Karim in the mix

Source: Twitter/kream31b

5. Tina ... not Lina or Dina

Source: Twitter/tinabitawi

6. Emma ... who?

Source: Twitter/Emmahachache

7. "Tamara l hamara" piqued people's interest

Source: Twitter/itstamram

8. When you say Dora, they say explora

9. Small world ... and Noor is just one example

Source: Twitter/fiictional

10. Sahar has quite the charm ...

Source: Twitter/relationkinks