ive smoked once from an original Egyptian narghile. My friend got it from his grandpa that bought it from Egypt like 60 years ago. It was the most smooth and perfect device ive smoked with in my life. Better than bongs and other shisha's, even better than the most Turkish narghiles. Turkey makes perfect hookahs, but not compared to Egyptian ones. I wish ill have the opportunety to travel to Egypt sometime to get an original one.