SHISHA

To me the Shisha or Hookah is a very Middle Eastern thing.  I do not know anyone who smokes a Shisha but I have seen a fair number of them being sold at stalls and shops.
For those who haven't a clue what a Shisha is, let me enlighten you.
A shisha or hookah is a type of  waterpipe.  It is a single or multi-stemmed instrument for smoking flavored tobacco called Mu‘assel in which the smoke is passed through a water basin (often glass based) before inhalation. The origin of the hookah is India.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah