Too funny to pass.
From: Foreign Policy, by David Kenner; Feb 3, 2010.
Despite having served for years as a distinguished Pakistani diplomat, Akbar Zeb reportedly cannot receive accreditation as Pakistan's ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The reason, apparently, has nothing to do with his credentials, and everything to do with his name -- which, in Arabic, translates to "biggest dick": In Saudi Arabia, size does count.
A high level Pakistani diplomat has been rejected as Ambassador of Saudi Arabia because his name, Akbar Zib, equates to "Biggest Dick" in Arabic. Saudi officials, apparently overwhelmed by the idea of the name, put their foot down and gave the idea of his being posted there, the kibosh.
According to this Arabic-language article in the Arab Times, Pakistan had previously floated Zeb's name as ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, only to have him rejected for the same reason. One can only assume that submitting Zeb's name to a number of Arabic-speaking countries is some unique form of punishment designed by the Pakistani Foreign Ministry -- or the result of a particularly egregious cockup.
4 comments:
Abu Kareem
When I first read the original article I thought it was a hilarious joke. But then I learned that in fact it is true and that Mr. Akbar Zeb is Pakistan's current ambassador to Canada.
Well I only have this to say, he's one lucky and big dick ending up there than in Saudi Arabia. May the cold make him even bigger ;-)
Poor guy. It's so unfortunate for him. Well, we took him in...no insecurities here apparently!! lol!
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/theyve-distorted-my-name/article1463954/
Hilarious!
Update: Akbar Zeb has denied this story and the original article appears to be false.
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