MaDonal (Sorani Kurdish: مادۆنال) is a restaurant located in the city of Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. It is designed to resemble the fast food chain McDonald's both in appearance and in menu;[1][2][3][4] for instance, MaDonal's menu includes "Big Macks."[5][6] It is one of two McDonald's-like restaurants in the town; the other one, Matbax, claims that MaDonal is "cheap quality".[7]
The owner, Suleiman Qassab, fought in the Kurdish resistance during the 1970s. He became a refugee in Vienna, Austria, where he got a job as a cook at McDonald's. In the 1990s, he applied for permits to create a McDonald's in Iraq, but the McDonald's Corporation turned him down, due to economic sanctions imposed during the regime of Saddam Hussein, as well as the controlled economy of Iraq at the time. [citation needed] In response, he established MaDonal Restaurant, which is still in business.[8] Since establishing MaDonal, Qassab has offered free food to U.S. forces, been threatened,[9][10][11][12][13][14] and has become a "Kurdish celebrity."[15] Qassab hopes to one day turn MaDonal into an actual McDonald's restaurant.[16][17]
SociologistGeorge Ritzer sees MaDonal as part of a trend of other countries developing their own regional variations of McDonald's.[22][23]JournalistChristopher Hitchens said it was "reassuring" to see signs of progress like MaDonal "in an atmosphere that only a few years ago was heavy with miasmic decay and the reek of poison gas."[24]
Qassab is just one of many who have requested permission to open up a McDonald's in Iraq.[25][26] Should this happen, there has been speculation by some about whether McDonald's will eventually take legal action against MaDonal.[27][28][29][30] However, MaDonal appears safe for now, as one journalist notes: "The flow of applications to open an Iraqi McDonald's stopped as quickly as it started, and the corporate lawyers never came to Sulaymaniyah."[31] The first McDonald's in Iraq was opened in Baghdad in 2006.[citation needed] It only served U.S. soldiers at first; another store for Iraqi civilians was opened later.[citation needed]
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^Rothwell, Nicolas: "Kurdish rebel cooks up Big Mac’s little brother,"[permanent dead link] The Australian, 7/23/2004
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^Daragahi, Borzou: "Iraqis in north eager to display feelings and enthusiasm for GIs," The Washington Times, April 1, 2003
^Saulnier, John M.: "Time flies, french fries, American pie and haven't we had enough boycotting already?," 2008-03-29 at the Wayback Machine Quick Frozen Foods International, April 2003.
^Daragahi, Borzou (March 30, 2003). "In Kurdistan, an abandoned checkpoint". The Anniston Star. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
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^Ritzer, George: "The McDonaldization of Society" (Revised New Century Edition), page 4. Pine Forge Press, 2004. (Limited Preview Available on Google Books) 2012-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
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^Hitchens, Christopher (April 2007). "Holiday In Iraq; Over Christmas Break, The Author Took His Son To Northern Iraq, Which The U.S. Had Made A No-Fly Zone In 1991, Ending Saddam's Chemical Genocide. Now Reborn, Iraqi Kurdistan Is A Heartrending Glimpse Of What Might Have Been". Vanity Fair. p. 130. from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
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External linksedit
"Northern Iraqis welcoming U.S. troops". The Deseret News. 2 April 2003. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
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Not to be confused with McDonald s MaDonal Sorani Kurdish مادۆنال is a restaurant located in the city of Sulaymaniyah Iraqi Kurdistan It is designed to resemble the fast food chain McDonald s both in appearance and in menu 1 2 3 4 for instance MaDonal s menu includes Big Macks 5 6 It is one of two McDonald s like restaurants in the town the other one Matbax claims that MaDonal is cheap quality 7 MaDonalRestaurant informationOwner s Suleiman QassabCitySulaymaniyahCountryIraqThe owner Suleiman Qassab fought in the Kurdish resistance during the 1970s He became a refugee in Vienna Austria where he got a job as a cook at McDonald s In the 1990s he applied for permits to create a McDonald s in Iraq but the McDonald s Corporation turned him down due to economic sanctions imposed during the regime of Saddam Hussein as well as the controlled economy of Iraq at the time citation needed In response he established MaDonal Restaurant which is still in business 8 Since establishing MaDonal Qassab has offered free food to U S forces been threatened 9 10 11 12 13 14 and has become a Kurdish celebrity 15 Qassab hopes to one day turn MaDonal into an actual McDonald s restaurant 16 17 MaDonal is popular with Sulaymaniyah s youth 18 19 and the upper middle class 20 It is open even during Ramadan the month of fasting in Islam 21 Sociologist George Ritzer sees MaDonal as part of a trend of other countries developing their own regional variations of McDonald s 22 23 Journalist Christopher Hitchens said it was reassuring to see signs of progress like MaDonal in an atmosphere that only a few years ago was heavy with miasmic decay and the reek of poison gas 24 Qassab is just one of many who have requested permission to open up a McDonald s in Iraq 25 26 Should this happen there has been speculation by some about whether McDonald s will eventually take legal action against MaDonal 27 28 29 30 However MaDonal appears safe for now as one journalist notes The flow of applications to open an Iraqi McDonald s stopped as quickly as it started and the corporate lawyers never came to Sulaymaniyah 31 The first McDonald s in Iraq was opened in Baghdad in 2006 citation needed It only served U S soldiers at first another store for Iraqi civilians was opened later citation needed See also editList of hamburger restaurants McDonaldization Trademark infringementPortals nbsp Iraq nbsp Kurdistan nbsp FoodReferences edit leonsparx com From Suleimaniya August 20 2003 Fam Mariam Grateful Kurds in Iraq s north embrace Americans and their culture Archived 2006 11 30 at the Wayback Machine Associated Press 3 20 04 Iraq s McDonald s Nanfang Daily in Chinese 2003 06 09 Archived from the original on 2007 09 28 Retrieved 2007 04 20 Wheeler Tony 2007 05 08 Iraq A foreigner in the axis of evil The New Zealand Herald Archived from the original on 2007 09 29 Retrieved 2007 05 11 Constable Pamela Kurds Adapt to a New Order in Iraq Leaders Give Up Dream of Statehood Urge Federalist Rule to Protect Status Archived 2004 01 13 at the Wayback Machine The Washington Post August 12 2003 Tuesday Final Edition A SECTION Pg A08 1268 words Serchuk Vance Erbil Remedy Federalism is not a panacea for Kurdistan Archived 2008 03 28 at the Wayback Machine The Weekly Standard January 19 2004 Monday Articles Vol 9 No 18 1987 words Goodman Peter S 26 May 2003 Familiar Logo On Unfamiliar Eateries in Iraq Kurdish Entrepreneurs Bring In a Taste of the West The Washington Post Archived from the original on 19 July 2005 Retrieved 4 September 2017 McCarthy Terry March 14 2007 WHERE THEY DON T SHOOT AMERICANS ABC News Blogs Archived from the original on March 23 2007 Retrieved 2007 03 18 Xulamm Kani Striving for Cultural Acceptance the Kurdish Experience Archived 2007 12 22 at the Wayback Machine Keynote Address School of International Training SIT Brattleboro Vermont August 17 2004 Rothwell Nicolas Kurdish rebel cooks up Big Mac s little brother permanent dead link The Australian 7 23 2004 Daragahi Borzou Guns And Burgers Archived 2008 03 29 at the Wayback Machine CNNMoney com May 1 2003 Daragahi Borzou Iraqis in north eager to display feelings and enthusiasm for GIs The Washington Times April 1 2003 Saulnier John M Time flies french fries American pie and haven t we had enough boycotting already Archived 2008 03 29 at the Wayback Machine Quick Frozen Foods International April 2003 Daragahi Borzou March 30 2003 In Kurdistan an abandoned checkpoint The Anniston Star Retrieved 2007 04 21 Rothwell Nicolas July 24 2004 Key piece of Iraq jigsaw wants out of picture The Weekend Australian p 14 Archived from the original on September 28 2007 Retrieved 2007 04 24 Wright Robin Kurdish Enclave May Lead Way for New Iraq permanent dead link Los Angeles Times December 1 2002 McCarthy Terry Golden Arches With a Twist Iraqi Burger Joint Archived 2008 03 30 at the Wayback Machine ABC News Aug 16 2006 Al Marashi Ibrahim Battle of flags Archived 2008 01 11 at the Wayback Machine Al Ahram Weekly June 17 23 2004 Issue No 695 Rothwell Nicolas Coming To Suleimaniyah Critical Tolerance Jul 22nd 2004 Boag Michael 2003 10 27 From Iraq with Love Michael Boag traces his journey from Istanbul to Suleimaniya The McGill Daily Archived from the original on 2007 09 27 Retrieved 2007 04 08 Odenheimer Micha 2003 11 21 Such fragile threads WorldSecurityNetwork Archived from the original on 2007 09 27 Retrieved 2007 06 13 Ritzer George The McDonaldization of Society Revised New Century Edition page 4 Pine Forge Press 2004 Limited Preview Available on Google Books Archived 2012 11 13 at the Wayback Machine Sakkinen Riiko 2007 05 30 Madonaldization Archived from the original on 2007 07 03 Retrieved 2007 06 13 Hitchens Christopher April 2007 Holiday In Iraq Over Christmas Break The Author Took His Son To Northern Iraq Which The U S Had Made A No Fly Zone In 1991 Ending Saddam s Chemical Genocide Now Reborn Iraqi Kurdistan Is A Heartrending Glimpse Of What Might Have Been Vanity Fair p 130 Archived from the original on 2007 10 11 Retrieved 2007 04 20 Hawkes Steve McDonald s swamped by offers to open in Iraq dead link Evening Standard London Aug 14 2003 Docena Herbert October 24 2003 Dying for a McDonald s in Iraq Asia Times Archived from the original on April 10 2007 Retrieved 2007 04 20 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint unfit URL link Ritzer p xi xii PDF Archived PDF from the original on 2007 09 27 Retrieved 2008 01 02 Sundstrom Eric 2005 07 15 Everyday observations in Iraq Archived 2011 05 11 at the Wayback Machine Scott 2003 05 01 What s Next Kurdish Idol on Fox Archived 2007 08 12 at the Wayback Machine Schwan Ben 2003 05 27 MaDonal und Matbax NETBLOG in German NETZEITUNG Archived from the original on 2007 09 29 Retrieved 2007 04 20 MacKinnon Mark March 23 2007 In the shadow of real war a burger war The Globe and Mail pp B8 Retrieved 2007 04 20 External links edit Northern Iraqis welcoming U S troops The Deseret News 2 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