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MaDonal () is a restaurant located in the town of Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. It intentionally resembles the fast food chain McDonald's, both in appearance and menu;〔leonsparx.com: ("From Suleimaniya," ) August 20, 2003〕〔Fam, Mariam: ("Grateful Kurds in Iraq's north embrace Americans and their culture," ) Associated Press 3/20/04〕 for instance, MaDonal's menu includes "Big Macks."〔Constable, Pamela: ("Kurds Adapt to a New Order in Iraq; Leaders Give Up Dream of Statehood, Urge Federalist Rule to Protect Status," ) 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," ) The Weekly Standard, January 19, 2004, Monday, Articles; Vol. 9; No. 18, 1987 words.〕 It is one of two McDonald's-like restaurants in the town; the other one, Matbax, claims that MaDonal is "cheap quality". The owner, Suleiman Qassab, was a fighter 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. In response, he established MaDonal Restaurant, which is still in business. Since establishing MaDonal, Qassab has offered free food to U.S. forces, been threatened,〔Xulamm Kani: ("Striving for Cultural Acceptance: the Kurdish Experience," ) Keynote Address, School of International Training (SIT), Brattleboro, Vermont, August 17, 2004〕〔Rothwell, Nicolas: ("Kurdish rebel cooks up Big Mac’s little brother," ) The Australian, 7/23/2004〕〔Daragahi, Borzou: ("Guns And Burgers," ) 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?," ) Quick Frozen Foods International, April 2003.〕 and has become a "Kurdish celebrity." Qassab hopes to one day turn MaDonal into an actual McDonald's restaurant.〔Wright, Robin: ("Kurdish Enclave May Lead Way for New Iraq," ) Los Angeles Times, December 1, 2002〕〔McCarthy, Terry: ("Golden Arches With a Twist: Iraqi Burger Joint," ) ABC News, Aug. 16, 2006.〕 MaDonal is popular with Sulaymaniyah's youth,〔Al-Marashi, Ibrahim: ("Battle of flags," ) Al-Ahram Weekly, June 17–23, 2004, Issue No. 695.〕〔Rothwell, Nicolas: ("Coming To Suleimaniyah?" ) Critical Tolerance, Jul 22nd, 2004.〕 and the upper middle class. It is open even during Ramadan. Sociologist George Ritzer sees MaDonal as part of a trend of other countries developing their own regional variations of McDonald’s.〔Ritzer, George: “The McDonaldization of Society” (Revised New Century Edition), page 4. Pine Forge Press, 2004. ((Limited Preview Available on Google Books) )〕 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." Qassab is just one of many who have requested permission to open up a McDonald’s in Iraq.〔Hawkes, Steve: (“McDonald's swamped by offers to open in Iraq,” ) Evening Standard (London), Aug 14, 2003〕 Should this happen, there has been speculation by some about whether McDonald's will eventually take legal action against MaDonal.〔(Ritzer, p. xi-xii )〕〔Sundström, Eric (2005-07-15). ("Everyday observations in Iraq" )〕〔Scott (2003-05-01). ("What's Next -- Kurdish Idol on Fox?" )〕 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." ==See also== * McDonaldization * Trademark infringement 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MaDonal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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