Caravan_Trading's Hookah Showcase

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Hello Hookah Fans!

We are Ali and Carleen, the proud proprietors of Caravan Trading Group, an eBay store offering all things Egyptian but specializing in authentic Egyptian hookahs and accessories. Lucky for us, and our customers, Ali is originally from the heart of Old Cairo where the best hookahs in the world are made. Even better, his family is in the hookah manufacturing business! Several times a year Ali returns to his native Egypt where he collects enough inventory to fill a 40-foot cargo container with hookahs, hookah accessories, belly dancing costumes and jewelry, hip scarves, drums of all kinds, backgammon and chess games, sterling silver charms and pendants, and much more. Because we make and import the majority of our products from the family business, we don't have to deal with middlemen and that means we can pass our savings on to our customers.

Hookah and Belly Dance

Meet Fifi Abdo

Egyptians have a love/hate relationship with belly dancers. The sensual, provocative nature of belly dancing stands in direct contrast to the conservative culture in which it blooms. No wedding celebration is complete without a belly dancer, yet dancers are the scourge of Egyptian society. No parent dreams of their daughter growing up to become a famous belly dancer, for such a career brings shame to the family. Even when the daughter makes lots of money like Fifi Abdo.

Counted among the most famous of Egyptian belly dancers, Fifi Abdo's career has been filled with scandals. Deliberately pushing the envelope, Fifi wears a traditional male galabeya (white kaftan), smokes a hookah in public (women smoke hookah in Egypt, but only at home), and then turns the entire thing into a sensual dance in defiance of traditional gender roles and expected behavior. I've included a video of this famous hookah dance for your viewing pleasure, too....look for it below.

Fifi Abdo Hoookah Dance

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Belly Dance

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Elegant Hookahs

A word of caution here. Although this list should show our authentic Egyptian hookahs only, sometimes others appear in the list as well. So you need to know that some of the hookahs were actually made in China, even though they are listed as being Egyptian. Rule of Thumb: If the hookah comes with a carrying case, it was made in China. Authentic Egyptian handcrafted hookahs do not come with manufactured cases.
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Hookah Packages

Get a hookah and everything you need to go with it all at one time at unbelievable prices!
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SAALAAM Herbal Shisha

This non-tobacco product will amaze even the most diehard tobacco smokers. You won't find a shisha that provides a fuller or longer lasting flavor, honest!
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Caravan Trading's Blog

Egypt Everlasting

Our blog is about so much more than hookahs because believe it or not, Egypt has so much more to offer than shisha, LOL!
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We are Ali and Carleen, the husband and wife team behind Caravan Trading Group, the U.S.'s largest importer of authentic Egyptian hookahs.  We ar... more »

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