Pakistani ambassador rejected because his name is NSFW in Arabic

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Shamraz_Khan March 19, 2012, 4:31pm 1

Poor guy :omg:

Pakistani ambassador rejected because his name is NSFW in Arabic [UPDATED] | FP Passport

Pakistani ambassador rejected because his name is NSFW in Arabic [UPDATED]
Posted By David Kenner

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”:

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.

TLK March 19, 2012, 4:33pm 2

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Irony

muqawwee123 March 19, 2012, 4:34pm 3

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Jo hota hai ache ke liye hota hai.. This adds to our Arabic Vocabulary

STA March 19, 2012, 4:37pm 4

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I read the second comment from original site and found it funny. :rotfl:
**
JONNICOLUCCI
**11:03 PM ET
February 3, 2010

**"Biggest **"](http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/02/03/ambassador_at_very_large#comment-106711)
Pakistanis are wrong to send him to Saudi Arabia or Bahrain.
Considering the name’s meaning, Pakistan should post him to India. Pakistanis could laugh and the Indians won’t even get the joke.

Ali_Syed March 19, 2012, 4:38pm 5

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:D

side note: Poor guy...

Shamraz_Khan March 19, 2012, 4:38pm 6

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true

muqawwee123 March 19, 2012, 4:43pm 7

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But how on the earth Zeb-un- Nisa was accepted as name of her daughter by the Mard e Momin Hazrat Aurangzeb (RA), when he was supposed to know Arabic?

superman85 March 19, 2012, 5:04pm 8

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Gives new meaning to the term Not Suitable For Work**. ** Boy, I’d hate to be Akbar Zeb right about now!

ninja_hattori March 19, 2012, 5:07pm 9

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will british reject any butt from being ambassador of uk?

did they allow dick cheney in ksa?

STA March 19, 2012, 5:14pm 10

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Aurangzeb was Persian na

ninja_hattori March 19, 2012, 5:17pm 11

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but Name of hazrat Aurangzeb's daughter was in arabic..............:)

there must be difference between pronunciation of zib and zeb

muqawwee123 March 19, 2012, 5:18pm 12

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But he was supervising compilation of Fatwa... Fatwa e Alamgiri... you told us in history forums :D

So these Arabs don't have issue with Zeb until its pronounced as Zib.

STA March 19, 2012, 5:19pm 13

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zaib un nisa, mehrun nisa are arab-o-persian name.

STA March 19, 2012, 5:20pm 14

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Yes, but those ulema were more knowledgeable therefore they did not write any fatawa against her daughter's name. :D

kakaballi March 19, 2012, 5:22pm 15

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They must have written, "we already have a lot of them in the royal palaces around the country" in the rejection letter.

Ali_Syed March 19, 2012, 5:23pm 16

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:D

ninja_hattori March 19, 2012, 5:25pm 17

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sone pe suhaga unka naam akbar rakh diya.................:D

kaka_in_usa March 20, 2012, 3:49pm 18

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Big dick is a common name in america tough.
i wonder why would arabs have a word for that.

Amal March 20, 2012, 5:19pm 19

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Shamraz, do you know it happened two years ago?

Itni purani kahaani???

muqawwee123 March 20, 2012, 5:23pm 20

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history ka topic PA main.