7araamiyah

In this life, you have your average everyday 7araamiyah. And then, existing on another level entirely, you have start-up mobile phone companies. 

I consider myself rational but somehow when it comes to my phone... should I catch wind of 3ar'9 or a promotion in which some key-ring or biro is thrown in bi-balaash, there I am, giving away my bank details like stale bread to geese. 

This particular company promised two iPhone 6s for the price of one, with single-digit monthly payments and hundreds of free minutes. I almost choked with pleasure and furiously completed the paperwork. So was it any surprise when I received a package with one iPhone 6 and one iPhone 5s with extortionate rates for local and international calls?

While I should be cursing that sharikat al-taliifawn 7araamiyah, they did make good on their promise to take back the unwanted phone. After about six weeks of calling them to do so, using a phone plan that saw them laughing all the way to the bank.

Arabic	Pronounced?	English
حرامي	7araamii	thief (m)
حرامية	7araamiyah	thief (f)
حراميه	7araamiyah	thieves (pl)
حرام	7araam	taboo
العرض	3ar’9	a special offer
ببلاش	bi-balaash	for free
شركة التليفون حراميه	sharikat at-taliifawn 7araamiyah	the mobile phone company are thieves