Arabic Names

Probably one of the cooler things I've noticed while here is the names. Every single Arabic name means something. It's interesting to figure out what people's names mean, Khoolud for example means eternity or something like that. I have two host siblings as well, one is the prettiest little 5-year old girl named Siwar and the other is a young boy named Nayef. Nayef means tall; when the mother was trying to explain it to me, she just pointed at me and then pointed up, I got the picture. Siwar means bracelet which fits so well, easily the cutest little Arab girl in the world. Also, Lukes (close enough to my name) means flashlight so I got that going for me. Everything is still going swankily so nothing too much to report here, ma salaama.