1. Synonyms for Chibouk include pipe, briar, narghile, hookah, chillum, calabash, meerschaum, calumet, churchwarden and cutty

2. Water pipes (bongs, hookahs, narghiles, shishas): With these devices, tobacco smoke passes through water before being inhaled.

3. On the island there was also a flourishing production of charcoal (much sought after in Alexandria, where it was used for narghile).

4. Unlike today’s coffee shops, nothing but black Turkish coffee was served in these first kafanas, and with coffee guests could only get narghile (hookah, waterpipes) and Chibouks

5. The Cairo Café as it was called (bringing the Chicago fair’s Cairo Street to the mind of the public) served Turkish coffee and offered the customers narghiles, Chibouks and cigarettes made with the Oussanis’ Turkish tobacco.