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  • Arabic Words for 'Gay' Need to Be Better than 'Pervert' or 'Deviant'

    11/14/2021 7:33:36 PM PST · by Trump20162020 · 48 replies
    The Atlantic ^ | Steve Clemons
    I don't speak Arabic -- though I recently ordered the beginner module from Rosetta Stone which still sits in its wrapper on my desk shelf. (I am in the Arab world a lot however and learning more each trip) Perhaps after the conventions.But a friend, Foued Mokrani, speaks Arabic just fine -- and reported on his Facebook page the following after watching a film during a flight to Paris:I watched the movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and noticed they translate the word ''gay" to ''pervert" in the Arabic subtitles!! Very dumb.Mokrani responded:Somehow there is no decent word to say...