Reverend Khader El-Yateem Signs Only in Arabic – No English Translation?
In the window of Brooklyn Kebab at the corner of 5th Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue, there are two signs for Reverend Khader El-Yateem.
The signs are in Arabic with no English translation. Click here to see a larger version of this picture.
I thought one signs was in English and one was in Arabic, but both are in Arabic. I guess Reverend El-Yateem doesn’t think it is necessary to have English for non-Arabic speaking members of the community (or even a sign in Spanish or Chinese). Even a small English translation at the bottom would have been good.
One of the first things I first noticed about El-Yateem was that he represented a church that many immigrants went to, but the website to the church was in English. There is only one word in Arabic – welcome. El-Yateem always mentions how many immigrants his church has. Well how do immigrants who don’t speak English read the site? Even a form on the church’s site was only in English.
Hugs,
marlene
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