This has got to be one of the funniest pieces of news I’ve come across in the last few days. What were the Pakistanis thinking? And what were his parents thinking when they named him?
LOL. Poor guy. 
Just change your name if you wanna work in the Arab world, Ambassador Akbar Zib!
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.
Okay, so he was rejected before for the same reason - twice.
Guess they should have learned their lesson!
(h/t: Adil Abdalla)
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Not only is he a Pakistani ambassador, I also hear he ranks highest in Rome…
Don’t make fun of him! Let him speak to the people.
Mona had posted this on her Face Book page and someone was on there that said that someone they knew knew him personally and he was NEVER rejected nor even applied for an Arab post. So, don’t know which is the truth but I guess truth shouldn’t have to get in the way of reporting news anyway, should it?
I really do think Sudanese are the most excellent people in the world.
Ha ha, this is hilarious.
It reminds of a joke that Sudanese people used to crack about the Russian ambassador in Khartoum in the 1990s.
His name was Nikobalakhov, which after separating the name into three parts, could translates to “fuck him without fear.”
I guess it is impossible to verify the veracity of such reports yet they are fun to read
MO
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