Oldchap (17:21:19)
I've never acquired a working knowledge of Iraqi Arabic, despite having lived here a long time. They understand me and I understand them well enough.

Oldchap (17:20:36)
Syria was. I was spied upon constantly. I lived there 2010, before the start of the war, and 2011 during the beginning of it.

noodi10 (17:15:03)
oh i mean... i can imagine of course, you seem to be a nice chap though i know for sure syria and iraq especially would be wary of Americans

noodi10 (17:14:08)
levantine arabic is quite nice

noodi10 (17:13:57)
and that makes sense, i probably wouldnt have been able to read what you wrote if it was in iraqi arabic, that is a HARD dialect

Oldchap (17:13:35)
Well not actually. I needed visas for most of those countries and most of them were less welcoming to me as an American than they would have been to you as an Egyptian, and I have many stories about all that... But the world is also rapidly changing now.

noodi10 (17:12:08)
but actually most arab countries needed me to get a visa as an egyptian citizen, now im american i will probably need less visas lol

noodi10 (17:11:37)
ive only been to...2 arab countries other than my own....horrible

noodi10 (17:11:21)
wow

Oldchap (17:10:59)
I have found it easier to improve on nay over the years simply by virtue of its portability. Oud is less easy to carry around everywhere.

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