لا ناقة له فيه ولا جمل

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Etymology

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Literally, he has neither a female nor a male camel in it. Attributed to a 6th-century conflict in the Arabian peninsula known as the Basus War.

Phrase

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لَا ناقةَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَلَا جَمَلَ (lā nāqata lahu fīhi walā jamala)

  1. (idiomatic) having no connection or benefit to it, it does not concern him; he is not affected by it; he is indifferent about it
    • 2009, وليد عوض [Walid Awad], بشارة الخوري فارس الموارنة العرب, volume 1, Lebanon: دار الأفكار للنشر, page 376:
      كذلك ظلموا النائب يوسف كرم حين حملوه مكيدة ضد حكومة الاستقلال أمام البرلمان، لم يكن له فيها ناقة ولا جمل.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)