Yep did it again..small cultural stuff up!. We were working on producing some certificates and cards and there was a discussion around the correct convention for writing Arabic names. A quick lesson.. first name your name, second fathers, third grandfathers and last family name. No changing names through marriage. Anyway the discussion was about should we capitalize these cards so I asked if I could see Sabeeka’s national ID card to see if it was capitalized. She fudged and fumbled around looking for the card…then I clicked… her photo would show her face uncovered. I apologized profusely for being so insensitive and luckily Hussan came to the rescue with his.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Yep did it again
Yep did it again..small cultural stuff up!. We were working on producing some certificates and cards and there was a discussion around the correct convention for writing Arabic names. A quick lesson.. first name your name, second fathers, third grandfathers and last family name. No changing names through marriage. Anyway the discussion was about should we capitalize these cards so I asked if I could see Sabeeka’s national ID card to see if it was capitalized. She fudged and fumbled around looking for the card…then I clicked… her photo would show her face uncovered. I apologized profusely for being so insensitive and luckily Hussan came to the rescue with his.
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