1. You can't answer the question, "Where are you from?" (And when you do, you get into an elaborate conversation that gets everyone confused and/or makes you sound very spoiled)
2. You flew before you could walk.
3. You have a passport, but no driver's license.
4. You think California is cold.
5. You watch National Geographic specials and recognize someone.
6. You run into someone you know at every airport.
7. Conversations with friends take place at 6:00 in the morning or 10:00 at night.
8. Your life story uses the phrase "Then we went to..." five times.
9. You can speak with authority about the quality of various international airlines.
10. You feel self conscious around all white people.
11. You get offended when someone turns down an offer for food.
12. You live at school and go home for vacation.
13. You treasure pork and rootbeer as highly-valued commodities.
14. You have ever had to wait for prayer call to be over to finish shopping
15. You are fascinated by any wildlife bigger than a gecko.
16. You know the true meaning of "football"
17. You know that it's a small world.
18. You have ever gone to the "hammam" or endured a "shamal"
19. You get all the jokes in Aladdin.
20. Rain is still one of the most wonderful sounds in the world.
21. You haggle with the checkout clerk for a lower price.
22. Your wardrobe can only handle two seasons: hot and warm.
23. Your school memories include duck-and-cover drills.
24. You are used to being stared at.
25. You think VISA is a document stamped in your passport, and not a plastic card you carry in your wallet.
26. You call a chicken burrito a "shwarma." You know what end of the shwarma to unwrap first.
27. Your dorm room/apartment/living room looks a little like a museum with all the "exotic" things you have around.
28. You've heard of "hubbly bubbly."
29. You've woken up in the middle of the night to watch the Superbowl on cable
30. You have sat in a "men's" or "women's" section in an airport, hospital, or restaurant.
31. You know the geography of the rest of the world, but you don't know the geography of your own country. (Isn't Philadelphia it's own state?)
32. Your best friends are from 5 different countries.
34. You ask your roommate when the houseboy is scheduled to come clean
35. You think the uncut version of "Little House on the Prairie" is sexual and provocative.
36. You're not surprised when you look over to the car next to you and there is a goat in the passenger seat.
37. You think SR500 is a good price
38. You enjoy channel 2
39. You think that the further you inch into an intersection the faster the
light will turn green
40. You have more carpets than floor space
41. You expect gold for every birthday
42. You expect to pay more for water than for petrol
43. You remember not eating in public in the daytime during the holy month of
Ramadan.
44. You know someone is referring to Pepsi when they say “BEBSI”.
45. You think anyone with a cane is out to get you.
46. You don’t think it is ostentatious to own more than one Rolex.
47. Your school closes early because of sandstorms
48. You are not surprised to see an 8 year old driving the car next to you.
49. You think cars only come in white.
50. You consider it normal for the same section of the road to be dug up three times by contractors in the space of a few weeks
51. You understand that the true definition of a nanosecond is the time interval between the light turning green and the guy behind you honking his horn
52. You think that all gas stations are made of marble
53. You can receive every TV station crystal clear except the local one
54. You get used to using the cold water tap to get hot water during the summer
55. You make left turns from the far right lane without a second thought
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