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In the traditional coffeehouses of the region, sheesha is an entirely male affair: men sprawl on cushions in Ye-
men, or lounge on benches in the souqs of Doha; they indolently watch the football on TV, occasionally breaking
off from the sucking and puffing to pass a word of lazy complaint to their neighbour, snack on pieces of kebab, or
hail the waiter for hot coals to awaken the drowsy embers of the sheesha bottle.
In Dubai, Manama and Muscat, however, sheesha has long since spread to the more family-oriented cof-
feeshop. It has even become a fashionable occupation in Western style cafes. Here, women in black abeyyas (full-
length black robes) and sparkling diamante cuffs drag demurely on velvet-clad mouthpieces, their smoking punc-
tuating a far more animated dialogue as they actively define the new shape of society.
 
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