Jordanian Tribalism + Family Names?
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This channel is about my daily adventures living in the Middle East and how I navigate motherhood outside of a comfort zone as MIA - Mummy in Amman 🙃
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Hi, l’m from Palestine, Hebron. I respect the way you talk about Arab. Great, keep going. وحياالله بالاردن واهلها
When you said how many doctors there are i knew right away ur husbands family from north and specificaly from irbid lol
Am bedouin livin in Amman
Am really impressed how deep u got into our culture.
Girl.. You know us very well.. You learn the culture fast..
You’re right about families history and we also document it. You can google any family name in Arabic and you’ll find it’s origins.
I am from Palestine
From a city called Nablus ❤️
We are famous for being merchants and for our vast variety of sweets and deserts
Most people know that we are famous for "Kunafeh" , I am sure you’ve tried it
So when I introduce my self I say “I am Nablusyeh like the kunafeh and I am just as sweet” 😅😅 a bit self absorbed but I am joking I promise
We are also known for Nablusi soap
It is olive oil soap, vegan and organic hand made in Nablus in special places called “Masbaneh” it’s also something that makes me proud of where I come from.
I’m from Nablus too🇵🇸
I'm from Jerusalem and I'm proud of that.
I learned a lot watching your videos. As an Arab American interested in staying in Jordan for a while I'm glad you are putting out a lot of information out there from an interesting perspective as well.
I also love how here you had the Fairuz song in the intro.
clever quick learner woman, bless you!
Wow you observed alot of things. You are smart 😁😁
And clearly your husband did a great job by answering and feeding your huge curiosity 😅
It is said that my family is famously known for practicing sorcery even though I've never seen a single member of my family doing that. I don't like when people joke about it because it somehow always carries a negative connotation even as a joke. Apart from that, we have great sites in my village, Malka bordering Palestine and Syria which I highly recommend you to visit. :)
I’m half saltia and half karakia😂❤️
Yeah whenever I talk about someone new to my parents they often ask what they're last name is and from that they can often tell where they are from lol. I think it's an interesting component of Jordanian culture but of course when you take anything like that too seriously it can become toxic.
هههه بعرفش اعبر بالانجليزي 😂 ، بس ذكرتني بجدي كان ما يكتفي باسم العيله يسال مين ابوه ومين جده واسم جد جده اللي قبل العيله ويعرف ابن عم جده او ابوه ويكون شايفه او خادم معه بالجيش او باي مكان ، طبعا جدي من سمال المملكه وممكن يكون الشخص اللي عرف قرعه ابوه من اقصى الجنوب ، يعني بتحس انه الاردن لو رجعت ٣ اجيال هي حاره ويا دوب توصل لمليون 😂
صدقت يالغالي
It's interesting to see how this topic is exotic to you :) I am pretty sure it all stems from the fact that society here is still relatively bond together and there are blurred lines between the small direct family and the extended family, that helps a lot with strengthening the "tribalism" you're referring to. Funny how you said "salty" haha, sweet videos!
You're videos are awesome 👍🏼
funny running into you at the mall a few days ago! My wife and I love watching your videos. We have a 2 and a half year old and 8 month old so we feel you on the parenting in Amman life! Keep up the great videos :)
Haha you caught me totally off guard hence my awkward mumbling 😅 but thanks so much for coming over! It was so nice ☺️ wishing you and Hannakha all the best ❤️
@@MummyinAmman i felt like I was meeting a celebrity for a moment and too was awkward! Wish you all the best on here and in Amman
I think you can right a book about Jordan and Jordanians
Its very nice to publish your experience in jordan to British people and to Jordanian people as well.
Welcome to Jordan you are one of us now .
Keep it up i will watch your videos from now on .
Best regards
Ayman
You are great thank you so much God bless you 🙏
I hit the table five times laughing when you said سلطي .كركي.؟
😂😂😂😂
I had the same problem with middle names, but it was the other way around😅. I’m Saudi and when I first came to the US I ALWAYS used my fathers name as my middle name..till I realized it’s different🤣
Omg this is all so true. I myself am a Haddad, and my family is indeed a large Christian family, and it also means iron worker, so u got that on point 😂. I’m a Jordanian and I’ve just been binge watching your videos and you’re so open-minded, we need more people like you! Also, the Salty thing made me wheeze 😂😂😂 💜
hahahaha the idea of making someone wheeze has me in stitches 😂
I am half ribdawy (dads side) half from jerusalem palestine and very proud , keep up the great work and ots very nice to see how much yu are really paying attention to all aspects ! Btw we r famous in irbid for a dish called makmoorah (2nd after mansaf ) u have to check it out
For ur next video can u pls. speak about jordanian houses and the difference between them and the ones in britain
Would love to hear ur opinion on jordanian architecture at all !!
Keep going, great content !!
Oh god please do! What I find super weird is how tacky the styles are and how they colour code the rooms etc. 😅😍
Yes! I’m fascinated by the architectural influences here and would love to do a video about this. Fab idea!
One of the things that stands out most for me is that building construction methods, in the vast majority, absolutely fail to account for the bone-chilling cold of winters and the sweltering heat of the spring through fall months! Have they never heard of insulation?? Moreover, usage of insulation would save the average householders a METRIC TON of MONEY!
Ah, I should point you to my ‘surviving winter in jordan’ video 😂 totally agree! I’ve heard that insulation is becoming a thing with new buildings which is great!
@@MummyinAmman Yep - watched it. Dead on!
I don’t know why I watch these videos again but it is really fun!
and you have a great way to bring up the topic , u can call it *Karisma* 😅💜
Thanks for using Fairouz in the begining.. Now you're a Jordanin 🌹🇯🇴🇯🇴🇯🇴
Subscribeer No.695...i really like to see that videos about jordan,
These subjects that ur talking about are well-chosen. .. Actually i spent today's evening watching ur videos😅... Keep wishing the best for u, dady and little hashem and his brother (so cute❤️😍)
Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed them ☺️
I'm an American married to a Jordanian for 23 years and live in the US. I love you're videos and constantly share with my husband and our girls.
My husband's family name is Haddad. Story I was told was that literal translation is Smith and the family were sword smiths.
Thanks for all your wonderful content.
i am from amman too yay nice to meet you
I love that about tracing the family back to the beginning
Cool huh!
انا من سوريا
من مدينة حلب
وحلب تشتهر بالطعام المميز والمعروف
وانا احب فيديوهاتك وتابعتها كلها 💙
Translate that 😇
Very Kind and lovely video 👍🇯🇴🇯🇴🇯🇴😘
Thank you ☺️
I'm an American woman who has been married to a Jordanian for almost 15 years (his family is also from Irbid, though he was born & raised in Amman). He's from one of the biggest families in Irbid so he appreciates his family, though he's not nationalistic which I love because neither am I as an American. I can understand appreciating a family but being "proud" of something should require effort imo and no effort of our own goes into determining which family or country we are born into, it's all up to Allah. I agree on the whole though, that Jordanians from the north are less nationalistic generally. Anyway, I love your channel masha'Allah. May Allah put barakat in it insha'Allah.
My dad's family are from a place in Palestine called Al-Malha which was a village just outside Jerusalem (It is now a suburb in west Jerusalem), The traditional trade of my family was stone masonry which my grandfather maintained a business in even after our the family fled to Amman. But sadly this tradition ended with my grandfather (I would put this down to the chaos of becoming refugees and having to adapt to new ways of life after the 6 day war).
This is something I learned about while was in Morocco. It’s so interesting.
Yeah it blows my mind!
My family name is Tawalbeh, right at the north of Jordan, where it feels almost like the clans here in Australia - there are about 10,000 people or so with my surname and sub grouping within the actual surname itself, most Tawalbeh's live in close proximity in the town of Saham or Sa7am (i guess its classified as a town?), I still can't wrap my head around it but the pride attached to my surname among my distant family members is very dramatic, especially with young men; Like if there were a conflict/ disagreement between two people the third party would be very biased in accordance to who is more closely related.
"sho ismac" (whats your name - masculine) is very commonly asked when someone owe's you something, you will be treated accordingly which I dont like to be honest, My surname happens to be quite respectable - but there are instances where people carry prejudice from past experiences with people from your Surname... Doesnt really add up.
I love the fact that i will always belong to my people in the north - that will always stick with me!
It’s really interesting hearing this perspective! And reading your comment immediately reminded me of some family names that have some deep prejudice. I guess for everyone who benefits from this system there’s an equal amount of people who suffer!
I wish we could translate these videos into Arabic. Actually, as a translator, I'm really interested in doing it...
Big like 👍👍👍
You are amazing and smart!!!
I like your videos that you shared ,Expressing our lifestyle ...... keep going 👍 excellent work.
هاظ اني 😂
After lockdown Ended , you have to visited Irbid , you will be very welcomed
Hello, I suggest to but number on your videos like episodes it will be a lot easier to watch all your videos cuz I have been watching all your videos but some time I don’t know which one I have watched and which one not so maybe it’s better to do numbers, and thanks a lot for this explanation for people who is not from here
Will don job
That's an interesting subject .. my family is descended from a Karaki large tribe .. they are called Al_Amr .. basically this is a very large tribe with over 200 thousand people but in different countries .. Palestine,Jordan, Syria and other countries ..
I have a smaller family that descended from Al_Amr tribe .. which is called Al_Amleh .. which is about 20 thousand people in Palestine and Jordan .. the name Amleh means a big bad calamity 😅😅 which took place couple of hundred years ago
I have nthn to do with it hahaha
BTW.. you are so refreshing ❤
0:07 fairuzzz 😍 one of my fav Arab singers. Do you usually listen to Arabic songs ? And do you have a favorite ?
Our family names is AL-Da'ajah, it's one of the most biggest families in Jordan and we are originally from balqa
جد احنا من البلقاء؟ 😂
Aladileh here from alkarak ✌🇯🇴
منطقتي تتميز بالهواء الجميل والمناظر الرائعه والاماكن الاثريه
As for me I'm a chechen origins
Our ancestors came to jordan 120 years ago
I live in zarqa as it's the first region in jordan chechens arrived in when they imegrated from Caucasus
the main dish chechens eat is Galnish
its shown in this video
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A very clear example of your heritage...Shishani :)
I’m from Palestine, Jordan and Palestine are brothers
So is my husband
I'm a circassian/jordanian we are called adiga (sharkas)we have our own language ,traditions,food, even our family names a bit harder to pronounce even jordanians struggle to pronounce ... 💂💂💂
But we're basically Jordanians remember to write Arab Jordanians instead of Jordanians, since our elders built most of Amman, al zarqa, sweleh etc and protected king abdullah 1st and much more, I try to not create segregation but when talking to foreigners who don't know a lot about the country you have to state facts. Much love seequash
I am from jordan but originally from chechenya it’s a caucasian country, most che chechens in jordan are in zarqa ,sweleh , sukhnah , and azraq.
We have very different traditions than arabs.
Ohh and chechens an circassians are in jordan before jordan was really a country since like (1890-1902)
I’ve wanted to do a video on Jordan’s Chechens and Circassians for ages! Inshallah soon :)
al bahkeet البخيت
belongs to "sebawiya" tribe which originate from "beer al sabee" in palestine
so am a sebawi and am proud of it :D
back in the day we were mostly shepards but now all we are known for is that we LOVE "shaneeneh or laban makheed" which is butter milk xD
Ahlan! I’ll admit shaneeneh doesn’t float my boat... yet. My husband keeps hoping it will grow on me because he also loves it!
I wish Iranians had kept more track of their ancestors! We don’t necessarily have tribalism but family names are definitely indicators of where your family was from, who they were etc! Super interesting video!
You have such a rich culture, I'd love to learn more about it. I keep hearing so much about the Persian culture and how much the Arabs are influenced by them. I hope you do some videos on your culture and ancestors!
@@MummyinAmman
we arabs influenced them more than they influenced us
Hey! I'm not Jordanian but I'm saudi arabian we also as arabs have many tribes. I am an adnanitie another word for ishmalite my clan is one of the biggest tribes in saudi arabia also in Iraq, Syria etc. Us arabs can trace ourselves all the way back, it also helps to know if your a qahtani ( Noah PBUH descendant ) or an adnanite. Family name means a lot to us arabs it brings us closer as well from wherever we are sometimes theres prejudice but many Arabian tribes are warriors.
This is so interesting! Thank you for sharing a different perspective 😊
All adnanites are Qahtani. Please see the story of Noah.
سوريا ولبنان والاردن وفلسطين جميعها بلاد الشام متشابهة كثيرا جدا بالعادات والتقاليد وحتى الاكل والطبخ (هل تستطعين قراءة العربية)
SYRIA LEBANON JORDAN AND PALSTIAN CALD BELAD A'SHAM Similar customs and traditions and even types of food and cooking
Hi, you made laugh.....because what you are telling the people about in you videos and blogs....happened to me 40 years ago in November 1980 and let me tell you Amman was a little BIT different then to what it is today all modern things around. We had to the call P.O to make a call to my family back in the U.K. But still here 3 children and 6 g/kids later.
I looove hearing about Jordan years ago from a similar perspective! I have a few friends who have been here decades and it’s fascinating hearing how different things were and how foreign wives navigated life here ❤️
Haha😘 I can teach you something ....
( Ask your husband for help )
When someone says his tripe name for you your should say :
welne’em/walne3em/والنعم
And then he/she says back :
والنعم من اصلك / Walne’em men aslak
( Its like walne3em for your origin too ) 😅
I hope you got ot 😅😅🍀🍀❤️
The translater didn't translate what you said at 2:50
I am karaky and my tribe is maaytah family we are will known as high military ranks and we are loyal to the country our roots comes from bani tameem one from the oldest and largest tribes in the world.
The karakian people will known with there strength and generousty.
Due to the demographic of alkarak the karakian people is tough coz its mountains so no body want to cross with karakian.
My family have the largest number in generals that serve in the army of jordan.
And we have a lot of souls died during defending this country.
❤❤❤❤
The chanting at football games and the pride you take in where you’re from is very true. Heck it even applies to classes in schools. We used to sing a chant for my class at school matches, it went: 6B wa bas! Walba2ee kullo khass! It means 6B only, the rest are all lettuce 😂😂😂
hahahahahahaha that's excellent
i thank that you forgot to mention that most of Jordanian tribes has extensions in many other arab country's , for example a jordanian tribe you could find another branch for it in palestine ,syria ,lebanon , iraq , saudia , yeman ,Egypt, even moroko . and many tribes in jordan you could find that its contain two parts one Muslim and another Christian . for example , my tribe which is taamneh .. you can find taamneh muslim and taamneh Christian
Good
As you mentioned, you have been in Jordan for few years. but you already know a lot and too much if you know what I mean.
I'm Curious, about my sir-name from my husband Aldalki do you know?
Having lived in Arab countries before this girl was born + I like her videos on knowing family histories..
Sorry....most people in the ME would be hard pressed to know their family background beyond 200 years and on Ireland maybe some know their history for 200 years....
Hi , I don’t give a shit for people’s surname and family roots, which is very ugly to judge people based on that. Unfortunately many people in Jordan do these things. As for me no matter who you are or where you from just be a human with good ethics and that’s enough. Cheers
Hi I am Maya I am in Jordan and I am حنطي I live idk from Jordan big fan bye
You right like for my last name it pretty much known in my home town in Jordan means when I mention my last name in Al salt city the people who used to be stealing goats 🐐 back in the days 😂😂😂
Madaba...my jido's last name was Ghattas and my teta's was Sawalha
💯 true
What does Al quraan surname means?
دقيقة تنفعك؟.
- سُبحان الله .
- الحمدلله .
- لا إله إلا الله .
- اللهُ أكبر .
- سُبحان الله و بحمدهِ .
- سُبحان الله العظيم .
- استغفر الله و أتوبُ إليه .
- لا حول و لا قوة إلا بالله .
- حسبي الله لا إله إلا هو عليه توكلت وهو رب العرش العظيم .
- اللهُم صلِ على نبينا محمد .
- لا إله الا الله محمد رسول الله .
...🌨️.
Haddad family is a very big tribe on all arabic world, even in Lebanon it is the biggest family and they are christian too , also you can find them in Yemen and syria and in the gulf and everywhere. Some converted to islam but very few .
All the Haddad in Algeria are muslims
@@azurbleu4335 Yes they converted that is why ! Haddad family was there before Islam and most of the old families too and even all the names too that muslims say it is muslim names, it is not muslims names. Even muhammed is not a muslim name and was there before islam if you do not know.
I'm from ajloun_ kufranjah....ahlaa wa sahla ....you are welcome to visit us with yours family.
Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland are part of Britain. Think you meant to say England?
Love your vids btw. Wish I had seen them at the start of our stay in Amman. Xxx
Yes! In the bad habit of using Britain and England synonymously 🙈 thanks for calling me out on that!
I’m happy you like them 😊
do you hear any one from irbid says "any from irbid" it means "I'm from irbid" hhhhh >> you must know each area in jordan has a traditional food as in my country Irbid has a "Makmora " you should eat it ...very delicious
I love makmoura! 😊
If you are from Ma'an or Petra, what are you called?
hi i'm jordanian in my country we eat on friday mnsaf {منسف} always.
mansaf is the best!
Tribal system is the worst anyone can have.. it has so many unfairness that is comes with.
1- You keep the names of your fathers and for fathers, never the mothers..
2-people have un-earned pride for just being born to a family.
3- People have always fought in name of tribe and stood by the wrong that has been done by one of the tribe. you can keep counting. its not a good thing.
This thing happens in gulf countries alot seems like it.
I wonder her age . love this channel
Lol you should get a jordanian citizenship you know every thing about us hahah by the way my tribe is from madab and it next to amman
Haha thanks I’m patiently waiting for it! and ahlan to the Madab tribe ☺️
Keep in mind that in Islam it's forbidden for the wife to abandon her family name and embrase her husbands name like she's some property.. it's totally not cool she should be proud of her family's name and keep it!
Enta min wain?
Where are you from?
I'm from Jordan🇯🇴❤
Am somali and understand tribalism too well lol
I am from Jordan😍😍😍😁
well you might find this wired but we as a family they count us as Palestinian origin Jordanians but if we looked back at our family history we're originally kurds from northern Iraq as we've been told by the elders in the family passing on this piece of information form one generation to another what brought them to Palestine was war my family fought with saladin they we're a part of his army as he was a kurdish as well after he concurred Jerusalem my family settled there and never moved until the occupation of Palestine by Israel .
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing ☺️
Has your family continued to intermarry with other Kurds of that community?
@@leal5049 they did but for older generations they almost didn't marry anyone who's not from the same family
@@ahmadelian6727 it's very interesting! I was not aware of the Kurdish community in Jerusalem. My family also has foriegn roots, but have intermarried with native Palestinians so much, I don't think we even have 1% of that blood left.
@@leal5049 It's very rare but if you look back at the roots of most families in the middle east i think that the only ones who have almost pure origins or didn't mix with families from outside of their home land are people of the Arab peninsula .
Unfortunately now we're neither kurds nor Palestinians where Jordanians based on the documents that we have but deep down you know that you don't belong here but it is what it is and there's nothing that we can do about it .
Does she really read all comments ....for real?
We have the same thing in libya and maybe more than Jordan
Same is acceptable but more!!!! No don't have it more and you don't have the right to even think that rather saying it
السلط 💙💙
Way don’t you show us the country in your videos .. if you live in Zarqa please make some videos I miss Zarqa last time I was there back in 2011
Far from Jordan more than 3 years = very difficult to visit it again 🙂
*berbère-Algeria*
@@CozetteDE
kabayle ?
@@Nashmi-JO why?
Tribalism can have bad things too.
It allows people to get ahead with or without credentials, it prompts unfairness and injustice for the down-tribed person. And it inhibit national unity.
By the way the example of palestinian_ jourdanians singing ( ana asli falastini) that is an example of national unity song.
I really like you channel and I love jourdan but I don't think tribalism is something great for jourdan in the long run if it maintain as a one and want to be a sovereign country.
I'm Bani Issa they are from Irbid
South Lebanon, proud and known due to defeating israel and saving the face water of everyone in the arabic/islamic world 😂✌💛🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧
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We try to get red of tribalism in Jordan, its a big barrier to our evolution and develpment.
no we do like it and proud of it
My family name is Abadi, so guess from which area I'm 😉
You see in my opinion it's a problem 'cuse i'm from KARAK when I go to another city like AQABA people ask me where R U from?
When I say i'm from KARAK they say so why did you came here...?
everyone presents himself not the city or the family he came from.
by the way i love your videos💕
Oh that’s weird! So they don’t meet you with open arms because you’re from a different city?
I think it's all about the wether, aqaba is like the hell especially in summer 🤣
And many many of my karaki cousins are working or living there
It's a diverse city in its nature
And so welcoming
do you know bani hasan
Honestly you are the first one to notice that😅
A nice and expressive video, but I think that this habit leads to racism and prejudice and has a negative impact on the interests of society as a whole in some cases
surly this boy is from zarqa....hhhhh god bless
I think , the family name found to find "wasta" 😂 , ex , I'm rabee obeidat so if I maybe will sick of corona for ex 😂 I will call obeidat's doctors like nadeer obeidat 😂 and its onuse of him to say you will be a Super VIP on hospital 😂 , nice videos on this channel and I wish your channel reach 10M subscribers