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MaDonal (Template:Langx) 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. Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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]

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  1. ↑ leonsparx.com: "From Suleimaniya," August 20, 2003
  2. ↑ Fam, Mariam: "Grateful Kurds in Iraq's north embrace Americans and their culture," Script error: No such module "webarchive". Associated Press 3/20/04
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  5. ↑ Constable, Pamela: "Kurds Adapt to a New Order in Iraq; Leaders Give Up Dream of Statehood, Urge Federalist Rule to Protect Status," Script error: No such module "webarchive". The Washington Post, August 12, 2003 Tuesday, Final Edition, A SECTION; Pg. A08, 1268 words.
  6. ↑ Serchuk, Vance: "Erbil Remedy Federalism is not a panacea for Kurdistan," Script error: No such module "webarchive". The Weekly Standard, January 19, 2004, Monday, Articles; Vol. 9; No. 18, 1987 words.
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  9. ↑ Xulamm Kani: "Striving for Cultural Acceptance: the Kurdish Experience," Script error: No such module "webarchive". Keynote Address, School of International Training (SIT), Brattleboro, Vermont, August 17, 2004
  10. ↑ Rothwell, Nicolas: "Kurdish rebel cooks up Big Mac’s little brother,"Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Australian, 7/23/2004
  11. ↑ Daragahi, Borzou: "Guns And Burgers," Script error: No such module "webarchive". CNNMoney.com, May 1, 2003
  12. ↑ Daragahi, Borzou: "Iraqis in north eager to display feelings and enthusiasm for GIs,"Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Washington Times, April 1, 2003
  13. ↑ Saulnier, John M.: "Time flies, french fries, American pie and haven't we had enough boycotting already?," Script error: No such module "webarchive". Quick Frozen Foods International, April 2003.
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  16. ↑ Wright, Robin: "Kurdish Enclave May Lead Way for New Iraq,"Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Los Angeles Times, December 1, 2002,
  17. ↑ McCarthy, Terry: "Golden Arches With a Twist: Iraqi Burger Joint," Script error: No such module "webarchive". ABC News, Aug. 16, 2006.
  18. ↑ Al-Marashi, Ibrahim: "Battle of flags," Script error: No such module "webarchive". Al-Ahram Weekly, June 17–23, 2004, Issue No. 695.
  19. ↑ Rothwell, Nicolas: "Coming To Suleimaniyah?"Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Critical Tolerance, Jul 22nd, 2004.
  20. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  22. ↑ Ritzer, George: "The McDonaldization of Society" (Revised New Century Edition), page 4. Pine Forge Press, 2004. (Limited Preview Available on Google Books)
  23. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  24. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  25. ↑ Hawkes, Steve: "McDonald's swamped by offers to open in Iraq,"Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore Evening Standard (London), Aug 14, 2003
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  27. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  28. ↑ Sundström, Eric (2005-07-15). "Everyday observations in Iraq" Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  29. ↑ Scott (2003-05-01). "What's Next -- Kurdish Idol on Fox?" Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  30. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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