there is foil over what you are smoking, bud(waste) or the sheesha or however you spell it. then you light a piece of charcoal on both sides and put it on top of the foil. when you inhale, it will stay lit.

its a waste of weed to put it in a hookah though.
yoda Reviewed by yoda on . WTF Charcoal + Hookahs how do they work arnt you supposed to put the charcoal ON the weed after its lit not in the top and turn the top upside down onto the weed? They are putting the hookah bowl top peice upside down with a peice of lit charcoal in it. Chaarcoal goes on the weed am i not right? Rating: 5