Friday funny II: What's in a name?

by Sam Roggeveen - 5 February 2010 3:33PM

From Foreign Policy's Passport blog:

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...

Click here to learn more. The whole episode is, shall we say, Pythonesque.

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