Kayvon's Hookah Story

Katie - October 17, 2012

What's Your Hookah Story?

Hookah lovers know that it's about more than just the buzz. We are collectors, flavor connoisseurs, and party hosts. Some travel the world collecting hookah experiences, while others prefer to have a small gathering in their own backyard. Regardless of how you do it, we want to know your hookah story. Include as many pictures as you'd like, or even make a video! Send your stories to hookahlove (@) hookah-shisha.com

We'd like to thank Kayvon for sharing his story with us. We all love hookah, but it's important to remember the rich history and heritage that it holds for many people. Smoking hookah is not just a vehicle for blowing awesome smoke rings - it is a part of a culture that deserves respect. Thanks for the reminder, Kayvon!

I grew up with hookah in my Persian household as a kid. It has always been a part of my culture and a part of my life. When I got midway through high school, I started to notice that hookah was slowly trending. To be honest I have no idea why because hookah was nothing new, as it was common as cigarettes in my home and throughout the rest of the Middle East for hundreds of years. While I love sitting and sharing hookah with my friends on a weekend night playing table top games and socializing, a part of me is sour to the fact that something so unique to my culture has become a hip Western trend.

All these newer tobacco brands making up flavors with trendy names and non-traditional smoking materials (shisha steam stones) makes me feel like the simple tobacco and qalian [another term for water pipe] of my childhood is no longer a special part of me and my culture.

-Kayvon

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Comment(s)

Ken

Oct 12, 2017 11:38

Nah, IMHO it doesn't really take anything away from you or water it down. I see where you are coming from and your point of view is valid. Not saying it's necessarily right, just valid. Me being Korean I've gone through a few of those things myself with my culture. Ironically I also love hookah, and a few of my friends from the Middle East got me as they like to say, 'Hooked On Hookah' lol. Look at it like this though, cause it's all just a matter of perspective and what kind of lens filter you want to look through at a situation. You're sharing a part of YOUR culture. Sure others may be really into it, hipsters (ugh) may even be into it at times, but that doesn't mean it's not YOURS. Be happy, share and indulge, teach, educate, blow everyone else away by smoking like a chimney. Hookahs have always been about the social aspect of it, not necessarily social with only a specific type of person or ethnicity. It will always be a part of your upbringing, your culture, yours in all ways. No one can or will take that away from you. I hope my ramblings made some kind of sense. My brain is fried from work at the moment so it's just all kind of 'blah'. :)

Syed Moin Doja

Apr 08, 2015 16:38

i hear you Kayvon. some of the seesha flavors comming out sounds downright stupid ..and the hipsters are getting in on it as well.....smoking a hookah is fast losing its traditional identity.