Recently there was a feature on smoking in the news section of deviantart... It was a fantastic collection and You should all take the time to look at it here

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However, the feature failed to touch upon the shisha/hookah/nargyle.

"Hindustani: हुक़्क़ा / حقّہ is a multi-stemmed, often glass-based water pipe device for smoking, originating from India but gained fame and spread to the world under the Ottoman Empire which is now present day Turkey.[citation needed] A hookah operates by water-filtration and indirect heat. It can be used for smoking many substances, such as herbal fruits and tobacco. Depending on locality, hookahs are known as other names, such as a shisha/sheesha, water pipe, nargeela/nargile/narghile/nargileh, argeela/arghileh, okka, kalyan, hubbla bubbla, or ghelyoon/ghalyan."

-Wikipedia-

very few means of smoking look or feel as elogant as smoking via the hookah, and with that in mind, take a look at these peices.