Shaay Gamali, Camel tea, meaning, Tea late in being served, as if arriving by camel.
-Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Badawi and Hinds
We drank a lot of Shaay gamali, Camel tea, because our tea really did arrive by camel. There was no other way on the Darb. And we never confused it with Sheay gamali, a Camel thing, which is what the drovers answered me when I asked, Why do you hobble the camel’s left leg and not his right?, or, Why do you have to unload the camels if we are only stopping for five minutes?, or, Why must a thirsty camel be grazed before he is taken to water? It’s a Sheay gamali, they would say, You wouldn’t understand.