1.
Nargile:
A puff on history
One of the oldest and deep rooted traditions in
The “Hookah” has been the standard of smoking for
centuries in the
During the Ottoman Empire, when time passed slowly, smoking a “nargile” water pipe was one of the ways of whiling away the time among the elite living in big cities such as Istanbul, Ezmir, bursa and Kutahya.
The
original nargile came from
But it was in
The joy that the smokers received from this very simple yet beautiful smoking apparatus was unbelievable.
The nargile or Turkish
water pipe still considering one of life’s great pleasures.
2. NARGILE components
The nargile itself consists of 6 pieces which are as follows:
1. The Gövde (the body of the pipe which is filled with
water).
2. Marpuç (the tube)
Lüle (the top of the nargile)
The cover for charcoal
3. Agizlik (mouthpiece)
The Pincers
All pieces of the pipe were produced by special craftsmen.
Lüles were generally produced in Tophane by Lule makers and the govde's (bottles) were manufactured in Beykoz.
These Gövde were a unique example of Turkish handcraft and were decorated with floral motifs. Some were made out of silver or crystal.
The agizlik's (mouthpieces) were generally carved out of the top of quality amber, because people in those days believed that amber was not the carrier of germs.
It must wash the nargile just before it first using and regularly after multiple using. So we must use the cleaning kit to wash the body of water, the tube and the pipe extremities.
3. Tobaccos and charcoals
Not all tobaccos qualified for usage in the nargile, and only the dark tobacco imported from
Some professional nargile smokers used certain fruit, like sour cherries or grapes in their govde just to enjoy the motion it created in the water. Other people enjoyed adding pomegranate juice or rose oil to their water for added flavor.
We offer over 10 flavors of tobacco for your hookah and constantly adding more, currently we carry four brands, Nakhle, Al-Waha, El-Basha, and Fakhfakhina
Nakhle Tobacco: flavors include apple, strawberry, double apple, apricot, mint, mixed fruit, cherry, sweet melon and banana.
El Basha Tobacco: flavors include apple, grape, rose, jasmine, cappuccino and licorice.
Only oak charcoal was used to be placed on the top of the tobacco.
We can talk also about another type of charcoal.
It’s unique very high quality “golden charcoals” manufactured in
These charcoals stay hotter and last longer than any other quick lighting charcoals on the Supermarket (each piece will stay lit for 60-75 minutes).
Quick lighting and wooden charcoal, wind covers, extra rubber inserts for your hoses and clay bowl for an airtight fit, and mouth filters. Complete your set with these essentials.
4. Hookah set-up instructions
Fill the base of the hookah with water. You should fill enough to approximately cover the tube from the top section by about an inch when it is placed over the base.
Place the shaft over the base. Make sure it fits snugly and is airtight. Getting the rubber stopper wet and twisting it on works well.
Attach
the mouthpiece to the top section, again making sure that the joint is
airtight.
Test that your setup is airtight by placing your hand on top of the hookah and then sucking in through the mouth piece. If everything is okay, you should feel a pull at your hand and see bubbles in the water. If either of these two things doesn’t happen, then in all likelihood, you have air escaping from somewhere. Carefully check to find the source.
If your setup is airtight, place a small amount of shisha in the bowl. Smear it around the bowl to make a thin
(1/4") layer that covers all of the holes. A little shisha
goes a long way
Get
a 5 inch square piece of aluminum foil and place it over the bowl, shiny side
down. Wrap the foil around the bowl, as to make it air tight. Poke about 12
holes in the foil with a toothpick or needle
Pick up a piece of charcoal with the tongs and light it on 2 sides. Be sure to only use Quick-Lighting charcoal briquettes. They are typically circular and about an inch in diameter. Place the charcoal on the tray until in stops sparkling
Suck in using the mouthpiece. You should notice smoke building up inside the base and eventually (after about 3-4 puffs), you should feel the taste of the tobacco in your mouth.
Place the charcoal on top of the foil, in the middle
5. People and gatherings
In must country like
This unique smoking experience is rapidly growing in popularity all over the world. It is using by more than 100 million men around the world.
“Hubbly bubbly” smoking is quite common at restaurants and
cafes all across the
“The important thing is not what u put in the pipe, but who is with you while you’re smoking”, said Ahmed Metin, a Turkish sailor.
“It’s a complete experience”, he continued. “In a café like this one, you find the good people, the old people, and the interesting people. As long as there is a need for company and friendship, as long as people want to step and think, there will be nargile cafes.
Even today the nargile gives enjoyment to a special breed of smokers.
Many
people prefer “Hookah” smoking to cigarettes and cigars because of the smooth,
flavorful, and cool taste of the smoke.
Many of customers swear after trying the “Hookah” that they will never go back to cigarettes or cigars.
The nargile smoker hated anyone lighting their cigarettes on their nargile fire because they felt it disturbed the rhythm of the burning charcoal. It was greatly frowned upon if anyone was seen lighting or smoking a nargile not according to the tradition.
“Smoking a nargile is nothing like smoking a cigarette”, Ismet Ertep said as he looked up from his pipe.
“Cigarettes are for nervous people, competitive people, people on the run”, he said.
When you smoke a nargile, you have time to think. It teaches you patience and tolerance, and gives you an appreciation of good company. Nargile smokers have a much more balanced approach to life than cigarette smokers.
Nargile was so popular and fashionable with the elite ladies of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century that it became in thing to be photographed with a nargile
At home or café, young are gathering around the nargile feeling the enjoyment of these moments, smoking good and delicious tobaccos mixed with fruits.
If you wanted to be the hostess with the most the nargile was a must for popular afternoon tea and intellectual gatherings
The
young men come with groups to enjoy, take a consummation, smoke the nargile and take the fresh air from the mountain.
Unfortunately like most wonderful things from the past, the nargile suffered a decline with the availability of the cigarettes. But still today, one is able to find a special type of smoker that would only find their enjoyment from smoking the nargile.
6.Shopping and decorating
Tourists, who visit any Arab
country, are attracted to the water pipes and often buy them as souvenirs to
their family and friends.
Water pipes also interest the young people in everywhere who are in
search of their history and traditions
Each “hookah” pipe is lavishly decorated and can make for a great
conversation piece in your home.
7.conversation and percentage
This conversation is done by the two students Liliane
and Zeina salame with doctor Mohammad El Tawil at
1. What’s the need to smoking for the people and how the
smoking will be classified?
In fact there is no need to smoking. no person will smoking if the smoking didn’t exist so this
need is a result that person like it and want to repeat smoking time after
time.
Usually, if we can classified the smoking and its
reason we only can say it’s nothing another than little mind and parasite. Each
person can felt on wrong and smoking is a wrong, each person can be easily
attached to it although we see much people whom attracted to it.
2. Why smoker arrive to the addiction state?
We can notice as result that all economical states and
all problems in our society are the first and the most important reason for
smoking.
Usually person can direct on all his works but smoking
is an habit that dominate on him While person stay smoking time after time even
for a little period, this is what we called the Negrophobia state where
nicotine be the dominant.
3. How the nicotine arrived to the blood or nerves and
caused the Negrophobia state?
When we smell the fume of the nargile
or when we smoke every day, fume with the nicotine enter to our lungs instead
the oxygen where the lungs pass the air to the blood.
This nicotine is a type of drugs, influent in
our nerve system and become a need for it forever.
With this habit our nerve need for ever this nicotine(addiction
state) that reach hour heart and influent on it: this nicotine keep away the
pure blood to reach the heart and the mussels heart become so tired and person
be much more attacked by the heart disease.
4. Is the smoking is the first reason to the cancer
lung?
Of course it is the first and essential reason and it
is the direct reason for a lot of diseases like heart disease and blood cancer.
5. The results of smoking are the same with both men
and women?
Almost they are the same:
With men
Prostate
Lazy mind
Lazy sexed
With women:
Irregular monthly cycle
Influent on the pregnant ladies and caused the miscarriage
Indirect reason to the cancer breast
6. In which age almost person starts to try smoking?
Each one is influenced by the society where he lives:
If parents smoke, if friends smoke. But nowadays we see a lot of people especially boys between 16-20 try all types of drugs, every day we have multiple cases, must of them smoke as a result to their states (family problems, depression, ….).
7. Is the smoking let down the nerviness?
People think that smoking is a way better then
another: it give them the enjoyment and eliminate all
their problems.
Maybe but it will be a psychologies state: smokers
search to relax with the nargile or cigarettes but
it’s not the role of smoking.
Others smoke when they are happy too with a cup of
coffee and far from the nerviness and problems.
8. If we want to take a statistic of smokers reach this
hospital from time to time?
There are a lot. Each one has its case as we say
previously but we can be sure that 80% of illness peoples are the smokers.
We can say too that 40% of these people are from boys
and adolescents.
9. What does u want to say to the smokers?
My only word: “stop smoking for ever”.