Hi Sophie and the word is Kuwayis and not Quais as our dear Seamus wrote

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Jun 28, 2007 at 20:01

The word Quais is in actual fact: Kuwayis or good. And this is indeed an Egytpian Arabic word and no it is not a qaf as it is a kaf. ...

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