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  • In our breakfast talk over fried fish and kahwa , a strong green tea, he noted with irony that he was considered a moderate in power and a fundamentalist only afterward.

    The Troubled Heart of Pakistan Matthew Kaminski 2011

  • Can offur Arabic kahwa (kawfee) wit cardomunimom, butt (!) alas, noe creem oar sugar.

    Want sumfin done right……. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • Ziyad forgot to put sugar in the kahwa ... no matter.

    feminist blogs in english » 2008 » June 2008

  • I put back the cigarette into its box, its home, but upside down, so that a brown eye stares out into the world, among all-white eyes ... sipping again from the finjan, the kahwa is dark, thick like the air ...

    feminist blogs in english » 2008 » June 2008

  • Sheikh Khallet was ready to receive us in his _kahwa_ or reception-room, furnished solely by strips of matting and a camel-hair rug with coarse embroidery on it; two pillows were produced for us, and Arabs squatted on the matting all round the wall, for it was Sheikh Khallet's morning reception, or _majilis_, just then, and we were the lions of the occasion.

    Southern Arabia Mabel Bent

  • Arabian word, whether it be _kahua_, _kahoueh_, _kaffa_ or _kahwa_, and that the peoples who have adopted the drink have all modified the

    All About Coffee 1909

  • Sip water, juices, green tea and kahwa at regular intervals throughout the day to keep yourself warm and hydrated.

    Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2010

  • Pffft. Are we supposed to be rushing up to expatriates, grabbing them by the hand and saying ‘come meet the natives, see the natives at play? ', whilst sprinkling them with rosewater and offering a cup of kahwa [coffee].

    Global Voices in English » Qatar, Dubai: Responding To British Media “Bashing” 2009

  • (kahwa), the nature and properties of the bean, where the drink was first used, and describes its virtues.

    All About Coffee 1909

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