
Marhaba – مرحبا Meaning “Hello” or “Hi”, marhaba is the generic polite and neutral greeting used by all Arabic speaking countries making it the safest way to greet anyone and start a conversation in Arabic. Assalaamualaikum – السلام عليكم Assalaamualaikum is the traditional Islamic greeting used throughout the Arab world since the birth of Islam. It means “Peace be upon you” and the usual response is waalaykomsalam or “peace be upon you, too”. Ya‘teekil‘aafyih – يعطيك العافية This greeting means “May God give you strength” or “May God give you health” and although it invokes the name of God, it is not really a religious greeting but more of an everyday one much like marhaba. Salaam – سلام It is really amazing that this little word says so much to someone by simply offering...