After spending months in the Middle East, I'm convinced a single phrase is key to understanding Arab culture
The phrase is one of the most common Arabic colloquialisms and can be used to mean"hopefully,""maybe," or"who knows." It can also be used to politely tell someone no or to relieve yourself of responsibility.
The colloquial meaning of"inshallah" depends on the context. It could mean"hopefully,""I hope so,""maybe,""who knows," or"It's not my problem," among a dozen other meanings. At times, the phrase can be maddeningly imprecise. In Egypt, when I asked a tour guide what time we would leave for the day, he told me"9:30 a.m., inshallah." We left an hour later. Other times, it operates as a polite cover for something someone doesn't want to tell you, like when a guesthouse had given up my room due to a double booking.
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