Egyptian Hookah Bowls

The Egyptian bowl is where hookah started — hand-formed clay, a wide bore, and a ring of through-holes that give the open, airy draw lounges were built on. "Egy" is still the shorthand every bowl maker uses for the style, and our shelf keeps it honest: Alpaca Bowls' Egy and LiPache, Tangiers' Iridescent line and Smedium Egy, and a true Egyptian clay classic. If you're weighing the style against its close cousins, the broader traditional hookah bowls collection holds the Turkish designs and modern takes on the multi-hole formula.