From Shakira's belly dancing to Hummus at the local grocery store, Arabic Culture is becoming more and more popular. DC Area residents can get a taste of middle eastern food and music at Prince Cafes in Falls Church, Georgetown, College Park, DC Harbor, Teletown, and the newest Prince Café in Adams Morgan . Thought customers love the baba ganouch and the baklava, Prince's main attraction is the Shishas ! Now, it's not what you may think ... These tall water pipes are used for smoking flavored tabacco . Also called a hooka, nargile or hubly-bubbly, it's essential to middle-eastern coffee shop culture . Hoohaks originally came from india, then spread through Persia to the Arab World . From the days of the Ottoman Empire through the early twentieth century, the hookah has been a status symbol, it's extravagance representing a leisurely upper class . Smoke from tabacco is filtered through the water . Smokers say Shishas are smoother than cigaretts, and the water filter makes the smoke less harmfull .