Dhzarf, pl. Dhzurūf. Envelope, Circumstance
-Wehr
Hasab al-Dhzurūf fīl-Tarīq, Depending on the Envelopments of the Trail
-KhairAllah, in answer to the question, When do we get there?
KhairAllah was right to have answered with the Arabic word for Envelope, although he may also have intended the word’s secondary meaning, Enveloping Circumstances that made him responsible for us greenhorns for forty days. Minding a Dabouka was nothing compared to minding a Khawaja, we who knew nothing of camels, nor that we had already crossed Egypt’s border yet continued to ask, Imta? When?