Blog 5- Free Write

Hookah Horus
In Horus Cafe AT 6TH Street and Avenue B, Haidar Husseini jokes with friends as he takes a bit of his falafel and smokes his mint-flavored tobacco through a Hookah pipe. Horus Café is an upcoming and vibrant location in the Village, New York City. Along with different flavored hookah, and delicious Arabic food, alcohol is also provided. There is a mini bar setup to have a couple of drinks with good friends. An up-beat Arabic music fills the atmosphere.
“We do this all the time back home, its part of our culture," he says, which most of the Middle Eastern are accustomed to hookah. Haidar Husseini a Palestinian studying at Manhattanville College enjoys smoking hookah, “when we go out for hookah, it reminds me of back home. We enjoy, relax and socialize. Horus Café has great hookah flavors, especially their fresh pineapple hookah.”
Hookah is a flavored tobacco, inhaled through a tall, pipe that sits on the floor; it has long been a popular pastime in the Middle East and it’s completely legal.
On Friday and Saturday nights, it gets too crowded, that people have to wait in queue outside. . A recent attraction is the Belly Dancers nights on Friday and Saturday. If you are lucky enough you may even get to dance with one of them. There are many other hookah bars that are located in the city, but only a few offer belly dancers and a lively crowd such as Horus.
“The prices are cheap, a hookah is 10 dollars and they don’t charge for coal,” says Husseini. In comparison to other places Horus is much cheaper, on average one would spend 20 to 25 dollars for a hookah, an Arabic dish with rice or bread and a soft drink or juice.
Horus Café is an upcoming and vibrant location in the Village, New York City. Along with different flavored hookah, and delicious Arabic food, alcohol is also provided. There is a mini bar setup to have a couple of drinks with good friends. An up-beat Arabic music fills the atmosphere. “It feels like home, singing along with friends, eating home food, and socializing, it’s a great feeling,” says Husseieni as he takes a puff and makes smoke rings.
It is much more of a laid back atmosphere, and at the same time, if one wants to dance, there is a dance floor for everyone to dance. It seems to be a mix of a traditional hookah bar, and a modern dance club.
The Middle Eastern culture of hookah has fit into American society well. Anyone who is a college to a business man could be found at Horus Café. It has its own specialty of catering its need to different types of people. One can easily spend about 3 to 5 hours at Horus Café, socializing with friends.