Friday Photo: How do you say “Wal-Mart” in Arabic?
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images DEARBORN, MI – MARCH 5: Foods stock the Middle Eastern foods aisle at a new multilingual Wal-Mart that will stock the largest selection of Middle Eastern food of any Wal-Mart in the nation. The store has signage in English, Arabic, and Spanish, and employees who are multilingual are identified by special name ...
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
DEARBORN, MI – MARCH 5: Foods stock the Middle Eastern foods aisle at a new multilingual Wal-Mart that will stock the largest selection of Middle Eastern food of any Wal-Mart in the nation. The store has signage in English, Arabic, and Spanish, and employees who are multilingual are identified by special name tags that they wear.
Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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