Dr. Hala
the pharmacist and your window onto officialdom
“law sama7t, 3indak maw3id?”
Says hello صباح الخير أهلا بك في الصيدلية لو سمحت عندك موعد اليوم. saba7 el kheir, ahla bik fi el-saydaliyyé, law sama7t 3indak maw3id el-yom. Good morning, welcome to the pharmacy, if you please do you have an appointment today.
Crisp, correct and formal, Dr. Hala is your first cold brush with the official world from behind her pharmacy counter. She is the one voice that leans on fuṣḥā and proper courtesy, and she thaws toward you by careful degrees over time. Through her you learn appointments, forms and the polite register the square's warmth otherwise hides.
