He drew deeply on his hookah, wheezing and coughing, making it burble and bubble in the still air. |
For those of you not in the know, hookah is a Middle Eastern device that makes it look like you are smoking illegal drugs, when in reality it's just fruitily flavored tobacco. |
Shisha is tobacco mixed with molasses and fruit flavors that is smoked in a hookah. |
In addition to its pleasant scent and calming effects, non-smokers also find great fun in hookah smoking as the tobacco is not addictive. |
Sir David Lock, the picture's central figure, sits puffing on a hookah while enjoying a naatch and surrounded by obeisant courtiers. |
So we had to finish our drinks and smoke our hookah while the staff cleared up around us. |