#54: Harrods | The Playground of London's Rich & Famous
English Learning for Curious Minds
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Al-Fayed, the Phoney Pharaoh
Muhammad al-Fayed's name at birth was actually just Muhammad Fayed. He adopted the al when he was around 45, to make him sound more aristocratic of better background. But interestingly enough, al doesn't have the same connotations in Arabic. So one famous British satirical magazine decided to refer to al-Fayd as the Phoney Pharaoh,. The owner of Harrods also dragged Harrods into some strange controversies and strange areas that it had never experienced before. For example, Al-Fayed launched a lawsuit against a small restaurant in New Zealand run by a man called Henry Harrods. There was something called the Cash for Questions scandal. And finally,
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