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14 Reasons We Swiped Left on Arab Tinder

Samar MarwanBy Samar MarwanApril 22, 20163 Mins Read
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After living in the Middle East, I’ve gone through every eligible bachelors within a 50 mile radius via Tinder. The results so far have been mixed but entertaining to say the least. As a Tinder expert, my guy friends have reached out to me as to why girls swipe left on guys. For the clueless out there here are the 11 reasons girls reject you on Arab Tinder.

 

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1. You have one picture

 

What are we supposed to do with that y3ni?

2. You’re mutual friends with my boss

 

girl bye

No. NO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

 

 

 

3. You’re wearing sunglasses in all your pictures

 

side eye2

Is it me or do sunglasses make a 4 look like an 8?

 

 

 

4. You don’t look your age

 

wtf

We didn’t sign up for a guess game child or should we say grandpa?

 

 

 

5. Your bio is pretty much ‘ma tegi negi?’

spider

That’s cool that you up front, we appreciate it but we also ain’t got no time for that.

 

 

 

6. You have the same name as my dad/brother

 

die alone

Nope, I do not wanna meet up with a Marwan. Go away.

 

 

7. You’re employed by ‘self employed’

 

adele

Yeah, I’m not a sugar mama. Sorry, not sorry.

 

 

 

8. You look like a straight douche bag

 

dick

Begad, eh el araf dah?

 

 

 

 

9. It appears that you have no friends

murder

*looks up signs of a serial killer*

 

 

 

10. You have pictures with your wife

walk the fuck away

What. da. phuk.

 

 

 

11. Your pictures make no sense

 

britney

Holding a cigarette and looking away from the camera, pretending to be on the phone posing next to a car that is clearly not yours.

 

 

 

 

12. You look like you’re on an all steroids diet

side eye

Do you even have a normal size penis anymore, bro?

 

 

 

13. You don’t where to place punctuation in a sentence

shooo

What , are you trying . to say ??

 

 

14. You have a bunch of pictures with random chicks

buzzz

Who are evidently foreign girls that naively agreed to be in your picture.

 

 

WE SAID THIS: Don’t miss 9 Types of Guys You See on Arab Tinder,

 

 

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Samar Marwan is the accidental product of Palestinian refugees living between the West and Middle East. The San Francisco native is hella serious about PCRF, LGBT rights, and burritos. Through her online writings she is intent on breaking taboos in the Arab world and liberating the white man from orientalism. Currently, she is planning a revolution against the hipsters. Send her your love (or hate) at HellaSamar or samar@scoopempire.com.

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