What Is a Hookah?
Water Pipe (Hookah) Some call it sheesha (Egyptians), others nargileh (Lebanese). This ancient water pipe has been used for centuries to smoke away the day’s stress, while relaxing with friends and relatives. The original water pipe came from India, but it was rather primitive as it was made out of coconut shell. Its popularity spread to Iran and then to the rest of the Arab world. But it was in Turkey that the Water Pipe completed its revolution, and did not change its style for the last few hundred years. Unfortunately like most wonderful thing from the past, the Water Pipe suffered a decline with the availability of the cigarettes. Smoking a Water Pipe is nothing like smoking a cigarette, Cigarettes are for nervous people, competitive people, people on the run. When you smoke a Water Pipe, you have time to think. It teaches you patience and tolerance, and gives you an appreciation of a good company. Sheesha smokers have a much more balanced approach to life than cigarette smokers do
