تعليله “Ta’leelah”
Ta’aleelah is a Jordanian word means “fellowship between neighbors”. For sure some of us at least have heard the word “Ta’leelah” from some Bedouin Series. A Bedouin would invite other/s asking him/them to visit at night to fellowship by saying, “(تعال تعلل عندنا) come to fellowship here (at our house)!” the host wants you to come to spend time with him and his other guests. Neighbors would get together and have of course Arabic coffee and chat about anything; discuss any issue. In the Ta’leelah there is no plan, nobody actually prepare a topic to discuss. The intention is to get together and have good time (period). Since nobody actually in control, this means anybody could start the Ta’leelah by probably asking a question and expecting everybody to give thoughts. Like, “did you guys heard about the accident at 8th circle? I heard many killed in this accident….etc.” or, “hey Mahmud what’s the latest news about your brother? Is he doing better now?” or “did you guys hear what happened to our neighbor Mohammad? It’s a sad story….etc.” or “do you guys know that Omar got married already? …etc” the Ta’leelah end up discussing the issue from all angles. Beautiful thoughts which keeps everybody engaging in the conversation…
Ameiah Center is planning to start its own Ta’leelah inshallah soon… you will be invited when we start it inshallah J
Ahmad Q.
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