A waiter brought the coffee they had ordered, and a narghile for David.

He had been smoking a narghile and there were plates of bread and other food around him.

The narghile slipped from his nerveless fingers and landed on the floor with a crash.

These factors highlight the social benefits of smoking the Narghile and the general increase in trendiness of the experience.

He turned toward the narghile, and Shara hurried to refill the chamber and bowl.

Despite the assumption that smoking, specifically the narghile, is embedded in Syrian culture, this phenomenon has only recently become widespread.

The restrictions include the narghile.

I felt myself relaxing, and when we had passed the narghile's mouthpiece a few times I felt her relax.

On the island there was also a flourishing production of charcoal (much sought after in Alexandria, where it was used for narghile).

Narghile smokers are generally less cognizant of the narghile's health effects on themselves and the people around them.

Adorning herself with the splendid trappings, Marjorie sought the divan and reached for the narghile.

Architects of Narghile (released 2001)

Early modern Jewish law also addresses the Turkish narghile, or water pipe, which filters the smoke through water.

The increasing prevalence of tobacco smoke in the form of the Narghile can be attributed to a variety of factors.

Both smokers and non-smokers in Syria acknowledge that smell and taste are noteworthy appealing factors of the narghile.

Beside the divan was a narghile, a Persian pipe consisting of a bowl above a water jar, with a stemmed hose attached.

V Map Opt for tea, a beer or a Middle Eastern narghile (the most elaborate way to smoke).

A wallnut chair, a narghile, a metal brazier, kilims and rugs are exhibited in the Lounge Room.

Benveniste rules that the narghile violates even holy-day regulations because it may extinguish fire (which cannot be extinguished on a Jewish holy day).

A common belief among users is that the smoke of a hookah (waterpipe, narghile) is significantly less dangerous than that from cigarettes.

Against the far wall rested a huge Egyptian mummy case; upon it stood a silver narghile, a vaselike smoking pipe from Persia.

Relapses are also caused by cigarette smokers' use of the narghile as a means of easing off of cigarettes, which ends up proliferating their dependence.

A hookah, ghelyan, or narghile, is a Middle Eastern water pipe that cools the smoke by filtering it through a water chamber.

L Map If you don't know what a narghile is, one look at the generic Turkish-Arabic décor here should give you a clue.

In contrast to the positive view of smoking the Narghile, Syrian smokers tend to view cigarette smoking as a "mundane, oppressive, personal addiction."

Nargile is a Turkish tradition going back to the 17th century.

"When you smoke a nargile you have time to think.

The nargile drastically declined in popularity in the 20th century with the advent of cigarettes.

He was painted smoking nargile by George Engelhardt Schroeder (1684-1750).

Tourists relax in a nargile (hookah, shisha) den in Beirut.

It serves, salads, kebabs and of course pizza, as well as flavoured nargile (hookah).

A local gentleman smoking a hookah, a nargile or even a shisha in Esna (Isna).

Turkey has now banned smoking nargile, or hookah, in public places such as cafes, restaurants and bars[1].

Nargile was such an important Turkish custom that it even sparked a diplomatic crisis between France and the Ottoman Empire.

"Smoking a nargile is nothing like smoking a cigarette," a 71-year-old pensioner named Ismet Ertep said as he looked up from his pipe.

The vapor from a nargile looks similar enough to the smoke from a hookah as to cause both users and medical professionals to often confuse the two.

"Nargile Mou Giati Svineis"

When a patron arrives, the manager, Yasar Guler, selects a nargile, cleans it and wraps a handful of damp tobacco around the stone bowl.

No matter what kind of storms shake this ancient city, within the smoky and fragrant confines of the Erzurum Nargile Salon all is right with the world.

Turkish Coffee - probably introduced from Levantine Arabic culture, coffee became central to Ottoman society - often accompanied with a Nargile (Narguile / Hookkah).

When the same device is used to vaporize shisha (as is common in India and the Levant), it is usually referred to as a nargile, which means "gourd" in Sanskrit.

The little café garden in an old medresi near the Grand Bazaar is packed with old Turkish gentlemen smoking nargile in a country that has banned smoking inside all public areas.

Many coffee houses in the Middle East, and in West Asian immigrant districts in the Western world, offer shisha (nargile in Turkish and Greek), flavored tobacco smoked through a hookah.

Nargile (but sometimes pronounced Argileh or Argilee) is the name most commonly used in Syria, Armenia, Turkey, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine.

The nargile, or Turkish water pipe, is no longer at the center of Istanbul's social and political life, but the men who gather here each day - and the scattering of women who join them - still consider it one of life's great pleasures.

The hookah lounge (also called a shisha bar or den, especially in Britain and parts of Canada, or a hookah bar) is an establishment where patrons share shisha (flavored tobacco) from a communal hookah or nargile which is placed at each table.

The waters of Bosporus had taken a quivering leaden cast, and the prudent fishermen in the villages that dotted the coastlines of the two opposing continents already had moored their caïques, taking advantage of the heaven- sent opportunity for a nargile at the local coffeehouse.

Although many of the patrons at the Erzurum Nargile Salon are of a certain age, and although no one expects the stately nargile (pronounced NARG-ee-leh) ever to regain its supremacy in the tobacco world, the water pipe culture here is in no danger of dying.

The outdoor garden is a popular place to pass the evening with a nargileh.

It's one of the cheapest places in the area to enjoy a çay and nargileh.

This is great place to take puffs from the nargileh (JD2) and just watch the world go by.

This is one of the best places for the uninitiated to try a nargileh (JD2).

It's good for a tea or nargileh.

Mavrandoni rose and wound the smoking-tube round the neck of his nargileh.

They're frequented mainly by males who sit around puffing nargileh, and women won't always feel comfortable.

A great choice for a drink, snack or nargileh on Deir al-Qamar's main square.

Its Abu Nawwas restaurant makes a pleasant place for a laid-back lunch accompanied by a bubbling nargileh.

Try the delicious mahalabia (a light, rice custard, served cold) dessert and, once you're so stuffed you can't move, puff on a nargileh.

I had long nails with silver thimbles that whistled and I was smoking nargileh, blowing green smoke rings.

Efficient service, reasonable prices and peerless people-watching opportunities make it a great place for a leisurely tea, nargileh and game of backgammon.

Coffeehouses, where -in addition to Arabic coffee and tea- nargileh (water pipes) are served, proliferate Damascus.

Others call it nargileh (nar-GHEE-leh), and you may know it by its Egyptian name, hookah.

This lokanta next to the nargileh joints in Tophane serves its beans Black Sea-style, and they are truly delicious.

Generations of backpackers have joined locals in claiming one of its cushioned benches under coloured lights and enjoying a tea and nargileh.

New forms were introduced using these older Islamic glass-working techniques, and of these, nargileh (water pipe) bases became the most dominant (Markel 1991, 84).

Meals, snacks, coffee and drinks are a bit pricey, but the outdoor terrace is a particularly attractive place to watch the sunset with a beer or a nargileh.

You'll have to make your way through the tobacco haze to reach the balcony, which overlooks the main street and is a particularly good place to smoke a nargileh (JD2).

Q Map Askale, with a pub and restaurant, is a great place to enjoy the laid back atmosphere over a beer, a nargileh and a tasty snack.

A nargileh (Middle Eastern water pipe) after eating is a superb treat, and, if you're lucky, you may even get to have a belly dancer flex her abdominals at you.

Alternative to the cardamom coffee are mint tea or karkaday, a hot crimson brew of hibiscus petals, or the hubbly-bubbly shisha, the nargileh Egyptian men love to dream by.

It's a great place to smoke the nargileh (JD2), especially on the roof in summer, where you can soak up the sunshine while losing your head to syrupy sweet puffs of smoke.

For the complete paşa feel, surrender to the languor of the private alcoves with cushions and low tables and treat yourself to a soup, a cup of tea or a nargileh.

We guarantee that you'll enjoy relaxing over a drink and a nargileh (water pipe) - free if you've bought a few drinks, or for a small cost otherwise - while listening to the sounds of live guitar music.