To all currently involved with the PRT initiative in Afghanistan. .good luck-be safe and "salaam" - RH. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Taliban Attack on U.S. Aid Group Kills 5] Reference
They respond politely in kind when you say "salaam" and place your hand over your heart, in the warm greeting meaning "peace."'. From Wordnik.com. [I am in Kabul, Afghanistan, Report I] Reference
One of the Cairo cafe questions debated in the days leading up to the speech was: Would Obama say "salaam" to the Arabic-speaking world?. From Wordnik.com. [Lorelei Kelly: Our President in Cairo: Muslims Listened. Did America?] Reference
The word salaam enlightened Roy. From Wordnik.com. [Far to Seek A Romance of England and India] Reference
A combination of shalom and salaam, meaning "peace.". From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
Yet doors open, shoes slip off, men say "salaam" with conscious courtesy. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
They respond politely in kind when you say "salaam" and place your hand over your heart, in the warm greeting meaning "peace.". From Wordnik.com. [Brave New Films blog] Reference
After an interval it is commanded to pay its obeisances or in other words, to "salaam," which it does by going right under water. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Conjuring] Reference
Good luck or better yet salaam (get used to Arabic). From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
And he smiled as he added, "With salaam, everyone better.". From Wordnik.com. [Marlene H. Phillips: For Egyptians, Salaam Equals Security] Reference
After touching his hat in return to my grand salaam, he said. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
The old servant stood up and made a low salaam to his master. From Wordnik.com. [The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery] Reference
"As-salaam aleikem, Daoud ibn Abdallah," the torturer whispered. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
"The sahib will see," replied the man, with a salaam and a smile. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
They behave like gentlemen, and salaam after you've dressed them. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915] Reference
Then it resumes "To my small family and my big family, salaam alekum.". From Wordnik.com. [Saddam's Prison Letter] Reference
The Nubian made a profound salaam in token of submission and obedience. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Having made a salaam to the spectators, the Hindoo began his operations. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
The Nubian made a profound salaam in oriental fashion and hastened away. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Desmond, watching him narrowly, saw him salaam deeply as he went on board. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
He had taken to smiling and tipping his head salaam when Mariam passed by. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
"Your lordship's wishes are my commands," answered Ducie, with a mock salaam. From Wordnik.com. [The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891] Reference
I have seen sixty or seventy of an evening come in and make this sort of salaam. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
Together, today, with all our hearts and all our souls, we bid them shalom, salaam, peace. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President And Others At Israel Palestinian Sig] Reference
As the Baboo passes, Ramee Durwan, you think, will be ready with profound and obsequious salaam. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858] Reference
The formal way of greeting someone in Arabic is ` as-salaamu ` alaykum (ass-salaam-ou a-lai-koum). From Wordnik.com. [Arabic for Dummies]
He said, ` Give my salaam to the Missionaries, and tell them I die happy; my heart is full of love to. From Wordnik.com. [Old Daniel] Reference
With some of the latter I was acquainted, but for the present I only returned their greetings with a silent salaam. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
"'Ladies first,' said I."''Tis well,' said the professor, with a salaam; and the pair disappeared behind the draperies. From Wordnik.com. [The Statesmen Snowbound] Reference
A salaam, you must know, is the eastern way of bowing, and consists in bending the head until it almost touches the ground. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Fair] Reference
When the minister approached the prophet Khidar he made a salaam to him, which the prophet returned and asked him to be seated. From Wordnik.com. [Malayan Literature] Reference
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