Muslims and "ham"

I feel somewhat ashamed, but the other day I went to McDonald's. I think I can only take so much kebabs and hummus and shwarma.

American fast food places are everywhere throughout Saudi and Bahrain. It's kind of sad, to see the American contribution to the Middle East being a lifestyle of obesity. These places are jam-packed with Arabs in traditional clothes, scarfing down french fries and ketchup.

I peered at the menu in the McDonald's drive-thru line. They have a McArabia sandwich, which is a burger in a pita bread with spicy sauce. They call a hamburger a "beefburger," which I assumed is because the word Ham is bad and misleading.

I ordered a cheeseburger and it tasted exactly like a McDonald's cheeseburger. Which I guess fulfills the McDonald's corporate mission.