Egyptian Anchor Mocked on Social Media for Mauritania Gaffe
Published on: Wednesday 26 June 2019
An Egyptian sports anchor has been mocked on social media for asking a football fan from West African state Mauritania where he learnt to speak Arabic.
Medhat Shalaby made the gaffe during an interview with the Mauritanian student ahead of the country's debut match at the African Cup of Nations.
"You learnt the Arabic language in Mauritania?" Shalaby asked the religion student.
"Yes of course... ," he responded.
"You learnt it a long time ago or recently?" the anchor then asks.
News source: https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/egyptian-anchor-mocked-social-media-mauritania-gaffe-1293584
