Some Arab Words

boubou	Mauritanian national robe
cram-cram	prickly grass
couscous	dish of cooked grain
dawa	medicine
el Fateha	opening verse of the Koran
el Shehahda	Koran verse on the oneness of God and the primacy of his prophet Mohammed
guerba	goatskin water bag
ghudda	food
howli	headcloth
humpy tent	tent made of grasses bundled across sapling frameworks
kherubgeh	game played with balls versus sticks
loakh	large curved boards used to write on
marabout	holy man
oued	wadi
ould	son of
rahhla	camel saddle
reg	flat gravel plain
serwal	baggy trousers
tassoufra	leather bag, for food carried behind camel saddle
wadi	dry riverbed or valley
zrig	drink made of camel's milk, sugar and water