UPDATE: *percussion* And now … the moment you’ve all been waiting for … (I’ve always wanted to say that) the correct nationalities have been posted!
One thing I love about Dubai is its multi-ethnic environment. In August 2006, the number of nationalities in Dubai exceeded 200, and that’s like a year ago, so I’m positive the number is higher now, although I couldn’t find any reliable source for that.
But still, 202 nationalities in one city IS A LOT, MAN! I never even knew there were more than 200 countries around the world, but then again, I’m geographically-challenged.
Take for example some of the colleagues I work with. All the names below are 100% accurate:
- Mohammed Kabarity (Jordanian)
- Maitha Zar’ooni (with a 3ain) (Emirati)
- Ambalam Rengarajan (Indian)
- Ramadaan Fat-hi Abulfutooh (with a 7a’) (Egyptian)
- Asif Zulfaqar (Pakistani)
- Ben Carpenter (British)
- Baqir Ashkanany (Irani)
- George Lopez (INDIAN! From Goa)
- Ajani (or Adjani) Wamuhu (Kenyan)
- Cheong Chee (self-explanatory really) (Chinese)
But remember, just like looks, names can also be deceiving. Now try guessing them all! You get all the lifelines you want except for eliminating half of the above.
The winner is whoever gets most of names right.
I guess I was inspired by the quiz show on BuJ :smile:
The highest score was 8 out of 10 and the winners are:
Tiger, 7aki-fadi, BuJ, Verbal Alchemy (in her first attempt!), Isam and Saned!
Great job guys! This was fun, so I’m cooking up a new one right now. Don’t miss it!
kabariti men 3anna
either falastinin or iraqi or jordani, ya3ni men 3inna 
maitha: maleesya
Rengarajan: hengarian
abu el fotoo7: ghazzawi (ya rab)
asif: ma7asalshi 7aga.. masri
ben carpenter: saudi ofcourse! men taraf ben laden
Baqir Ashkanany: hindi, men taba3oon el hindos
lopez: argie, mosh men taraf jenefer
Ajani Wamuhu: atharbidjani or aussi men noss sydney
Cheong Chee: Chilly :p
kol wa7ad leh naseeboh men esmo
MY GOD Mariam
… couldn’t you at least get one name right? lol!
Sorry, try again!
1. Mohammed Kabarity: lebanese
2. Maitha Zar’ooni (with a 3ain):algerian
3. Ambalam Rengarajan:indian
4. Ramadaan Fat-hi Abulfutooh (with a 7a’):egyptian
5. Asif Zulfaqar:pakistani
6. Ben Carpenter:south african
7. Baqir Ashkanany:2imaratee
8. George Lopez:fillipino
9. Ajani (or Adjani) Wamuhu:malaysian
10. Cheong Chee (self-explanatory really):chinese (laos maybe)
FUN
bambam I agree with u in all nationalities except the first two
kabariti is jordanian
zar3oonee is uae
and i think baqer ashkanany is iranian:)
I deleted my comments, thought I’ll make it more interesting without giving the hints…
But no, that’s not the right answer.
nope!
since i have nothing to do
Mohammed Kabarity - jordan
Maitha Zar’ooni (with a 3ain) - Lebanease
Ambalam Rengarajan - Indonisian
Ramadaan Fat-hi Abulfutooh (with a 7a’) - egyptian
Asif Zulfaqar pakistan
Ben Carpenter sounds american but i’ll go with british
Baqir Ashkanany Pakistani also
George Lopez American ??
Ajani (or Adjani) Wamuhu something in africa
Cheong Chee (self-explanatory) chinese
nice try isam!
Score: 6/10
Mohammed Kabarity
Jordan/Palestine/Lebanese
Maitha Zar’ooni (with a 3ain)
Zar3ooni originally from Faris (Iran). Maybe she has a UAE passport
Ambalam Rengarajan
Indian? Maybe Nepal
Ramadaan Fat-hi Abulfutooh (with a 7a’)
Saudi/Pakistani
Asif Zulfaqar
Pakistani
Ben Carpenter
American or British
Baqir Ashkanany
Pakistani
George Lopez
American/Latin
Ajani (or Adjani) Wamuhu
Uzbek/Paki
Cheong Chee (self-explanatory really)
Japanese/Chinese/Nepalese
Ok i suck at this! but i’ll give it a try
Mohammed Kabarity -egyptian
Maitha Zar’ooni (with a 3ain)-lebense?
Ambalam Rengarajan indian or pakistani?
Ramadaan Fat-hi Abulfutooh (with a 7a’) sudan
Asif Zulfaqar morraco..
Ben Carpenter canadian
Baqir Ashkanany algerian
George Lopez latin
Ajani (or Adjani) Wamuhu (i have no idea)
Cheong Chee (self-explanatory really) chinese
ok do not laugh! i told im a bad guesser:)
1. Mohammed Kabarity: Lebanese, Palestinian, Egyptian inno fee kteer minhom , Jordanian? hehehehe
2. Maitha Zar’ooni (with a 3ain):2imaratee
3. Ambalam Rengarajan:indian
4. Ramadaan Fat-hi Abulfutooh (with a 7a’):egyptian
5. Asif Zulfaqar: pakistani
6. Ben Carpenter: American or British
7. Baqir Ashkanany:2imaratee
8. George Lopez: Latino (somewhere in south America)
9. Ajani (or Adjani) Wamuhu: Kenya
10. Cheong Chee (self-explanatory really):chinese or hong kong
AND OMG this is soooooooo much fun!!!1
nope!
Sore: 6/10
Interesting quiz! Thanks for passing by my blog!
I think you need to give feedback on individual responses rather than only comment when all answers per entry are correct.. anyway here goes my try:
I’ve listed ethnicities rather than nationalities, as that is more fair!
Mohammed Kabarity: Levantine Arab
Maitha Zar’ooni (with a 3ain): Emirati
Ambalam Rengarajan: Sri Lankan (or Indian)
Ramadaan Fat-hi Abulfutooh (with a 7a’): Egyptian
Asif Zulfaqar: Pakistani
Ben Carpenter: White Western European origins (i.e. British, Canadian, American, Australian, or Kiwi)
Baqir Ashkanany: Indian
George Lopez: THIS CAN BE ANYTHING LATIN!!! SO UNFAIR!!! Mexico, Spain, American (hispanic), Argantina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Gatemala, Belize, etc,,etc,,
Ajani (or Adjani) Wamuhu: Nigeria?
Cheong Chee (self-explanatory really): Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese?
Man, this is hard.. I think it would be only fair to give (yes/no) feedback per name as mentioned above.
Nice quiz though!
ur not that bad a guesser Sam … who am I kidding, you really are! LOL
Score: 1/10
even mariam ayyash did a better job, LOL! .. kidding!
Nice try 7aki.
Score: 8/10
Hey BuJ! Thanks for joining us
…
I tried giving a yes/no comment to each of the nationalities by people’s comments but I figured out it’d make the process really easy … so to make it more fun, I’ll settle for yes/no for now
But ethnicities would do if the nationalities were wrong …
Nice try by the way .. but no
Score: 8/10
Jordanian or palastenian.
Syrian.
Indian.
Egyptian.
Pakistani or indian.
British.
Iraqi.
American or mexican.
Indian.
Sal6i.
come on can’t leave us in the dark am pretty sure i got atleast 6.
So how about u give us how many correct ones we got
did I win? did I win? did I did I????
Palestinian
Omani
Indian
Egyptian
Iranian
Jew
Pakistani
Mexican
Sudanese
Chinese
heheheh , tayeb elli befooz sho berba7??? ma ra7 ajaweb la 7ad ma a3ref sho barba7 ana
LOL!
well at least give us a grade, like 5/10 or something, it would turn into a logic puzzle
PS los angeles: jew??? ya3ni he could be a saudi jew! name a country
I would concentrate on one, Asif, everybody insists he is pakistani, Asfeh, i insist he is not, okay i think he is iranian :s
and Cheong is Khalili, byegrab to chin chan chon abu snaaaaaineh
6el3en el nata2aj wella lessa? Sheklak nawi tnazellhen m3 nata2j el el tawjeehi
your score was 4/10 bambam
although the Lopez guess was a good one, but it’s not his nationality/ethnicity
LOL Mariam!!
btw, you scored 0/10! way to go!
Score: 5/10
you scored 7/10!
hadak Cheong el Sawayneh el sal6i! LOL!
hey I got 5/10!!!! This was fun.
great! thanks for the embarrassment maioush, I haven’t really thought about that
would an image of a trophy do??
7/10 m3 3l sal6i wella bedoon?
I took your sal6i answer as correct, of course.
until now, it’s a tie between you and BuJ
but I’ll wait till tonight to announce the winner(s)
i think george lopez is filipino
ill come back to butcher the rest
hint: Georgey boy is not filipino and he’s not South American either
another serious round: ma3ada el khalili :p
1. Mohammed Kabarity lebanese
2. Maitha Zar’ooni emarati
3. Ambalam Rengarajan indian
4. Ramadaan Fat-hi egyption
5. Asif Zulfaqar pakistani
6. Ben Carpenter british
7. Baqir Ashkanany pakestani
8. George Lopez mexican (another bet is Spanish)
9. Ajani indian
10. Cheong Chee i insist, khalili
Hey, I think George Lopez is from Texas, a good ole American boy, and since his Mexican ancestors once owned Texas and he’s really a Mexican/American, also he likes to BBQ, but he’s not a redneck. Close?
1. Mohammed Kabarity: pali/jor or syrian
2. Maitha Zar’ooni (with a 3ain): emarati
3. Ambalam Rengarajan: indian (bangalore or karela il zaher)
4. Ramadaan Fat-hi Abulfutooh (with a 7a’): egyptian
5. Asif Zulfaqar: paki
6. Ben Carpenter: cud be anything from american to british to australian
7. Baqir Ashkanany: kuwaiti
8. George Lopez: american
9. Ajani (or Adjani) Wamuhu: kenya
10. Cheong Chee (self-explanatory): malaysia, china, or hong kong
that was fun btw
kaTHer (spiting as u TH) min Al (bi taf5eem il aaa) ice!
Score: 6/10, considering your 10th answer is correct of course.
Way much better than the first round
NOT BAD VA, score: 8/10
LOL @ kather min al ice, ‘Bye Bye London’ sa7?
yuB it is, leih 8
i figured i wud be a 9 or something 
wa3!
Nope. He might like BBQing, but he’s not from Texas. Names can be deceiving.
He’s also not from America or anywhere near it and he’s not from Europe either.
well, everyone gets another try .. go ahead
ta7ya il demoooooqra6iyaa!
then i wud change ramadan to sudani rather than egyptian.. and if i go down to a 7 please dont let me know lol!
this contest is popular or what … this is my last try ….
Mohammed Kabarity - jordan
Maitha Zar’ooni (with a 3ain) - UAE (everyone who lives there says so … i shouldnt disagree)
Ambalam Rengarajan - Indian
Ramadaan Fat-hi Abulfutooh (with a 7a’) - egyptian
Asif Zulfaqar pakistan
Ben Carpenter British
Baqir Ashkanany Pakistani also
George Lopez Austarlian
Ajani (or Adjani) Wamuhu something in africa
Cheong Chee (self-explanatory) chinese
kam jebet kam kam ??
8/10
well now it’s 7/10! sorry
okay here’s my last chance:
Ramallah
Ras Al Khaimah
India
Cairo
Afghanistan
Michigan
Tehran
South Africa
Morocco
Beijing
I admire your persistence! lol!
5/10 again
you don’t have to be too specific to mention the cities, regions would do.
It’s really the Lopez guy who everyone seem to have a problem with. I think I should tell him that … although if you take a quick look at him you’ll know immediately where he’s from.
George Lopez is a woman of Paris? BTW where are the women on your list?
My take…
Mohammed Kabarity - Jordanian
Maitha Zar’ooni (with a 3ain) - UAE
Ambalam Rengarajan - Indian/South Asian
Ramadaan Fat-hi Abulfutooh (with a 7a’) - Egyptian
Asif Zulfaqar Pakistani
Ben Carpenter British Bloke
Baqir Ashkanany Kuwaiti
George Lopez I’d also go for Australian
Ajani (or Adjani) Wamuhu Somewhere from Central or South Africa
Cheong Chee (self-explanatory) 中文
and what I meant by central or SA- any part of Africa below the Arab part…
Ah.. man.. khalas.. tell us the answers
or at least tell us what we got wrong..
btw, i don’t think i should win since that is slightly biased.. so yalla.. i’m lookin forward 2 the next test
ok ok, besides the fact that the last guy is khalili, im beginning to think that lopez is 3arabi ko7, from UAE with 7atta we3gal! or indian… ofcourse there is the jordanian with the unique kashra
men 3ielet labaz!
wohoo i got 1 right! that is a new guessing record for me!!:)
I work in the utility sector, not very fitting for females unfortunately, but Maitha is a female
Score: 8/10. Nice try though, Saned!
Wrong answers: Lopez and Ashkanany
lol BuJ, I’m kinda having fun with this
well ok, here’s what you got wrong: Lopez and Ashkanany, but then again, most of you guys did.
Lopez indian? A VERY interesting theory mariam!
Bravo sam! You’re the queen of guessing
Lopez:
Puerto Rico, Guam, Hawaii, Malaysia, any south east pacific island lol…etc
And I’m pretty sure Ashkanany is Kuwaiti/5aleeji
that was … distracting
hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrray am on highest score sheeet hahaha:)
who sane and hey I did only one attempt!!! why didnt u mention that!!:razz:
ta7ayooz la nas o nas ana kaman badee nejmeh
one thing to calrify George Lopez issue indian Goa was occupied by portugal thats why their names r portoguese and some of them speaks this is just for the readers info (i got the nationality wrong though!!!)
Congratulations all you brilliant people of world. Learned something new about the Lopez clan!
LOL! yes nimir you’re right I did that on purpose … your were one of the first people to guess most of them, so if I said you scored 8 out of 10 min awwalha, people would’ve guessed the rest quickly, so I made it more interesting by shutting up, heheh
Thanks for the clarification tiger, w hay nijmeh (*) la nammour el shattoor, LOL!
man i said kabariti men 3inna and u gave me 0!!! u suck at logic puzzles :P:P:P
u have away lopez when u said: one look would tell u where he is from, and i thought feesh beddenya a guy u can identify by look except three, 7atta we3gal, kashra jordani, and an indian
anyway, i think i deserve my name to be on the wall of fame, as the lowest score (its hard to score lowest u know ;))
haih haih 7a6elee nejmeh 3ala jbeenee
ra7at 3aleeeko 
Mariam ‘7alas ‘7odee el nejmeh taba3tee 7azanteenee ya shai’7ah
Ana mosammimeh inno Ashkanani Emarati.
Is he first or second generation? Did he immigrate from Iran? does he have the Emaraty passport? Does he speak Arabic
HEHEHEHE … but this was fun, thanks!
oh yeah you’re right, I lost track with all the other wrong answers, well there you go mariam, you scored 1 out of 10, just like sam
But I gotta admit though … it was smart of you to notice that Lopez was Indian
No he is Iranian although there are Emirari Ashkanany’s who immigrated here long ago.
glad you liked it 7aki!
hehehe I did like it
more more
Make another quiz lol
yay ana ismi maktoub
:a cheerleading smily tona6ne6 fi kul arjaa2 il dawla: waiting for a new one 
preferably with pics 
he3 he3 he3