EASTPOINTE, Mich., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A Syrian couple has opened a Middle Eastern restaurant called "The Bomb" in Eastpointe outside Detroit that has some people ready to explode with indignation.

George and Rana Kasar thought the name might help draw customers to their business, but dishes like “The Bomb Fajita” might end up having the opposite effect.


“It’s his idea, my husband’s idea,” Rana told WWJ Newsradio. “I said, ‘No! It’s too much!’ He’s like, ‘No, no, no. I think it’s going to be perfect.’ Something like, when they eat something they’re like, ‘Wow! It’s the bomb.’”

The Bomb will also serve certain American foods. “(It’s) a little bit scary. They think we’re terrorists now,” Rana said.

"I think it’s distasteful. I think it feeds into the certain stereotypes that are out there, that somehow someway associate Arab Americans with bombs, destructive devices or some sort of violence. I would urge them really to reconsider at a different name, using a name that may be hurtful to a certain community," said Nabih Ayad, from the Arab American Civil Rights League.

Some people took to social media to voice their displeasure about the play on words.

“That does seem like a really ill-conceived name for a middle eastern restaurant. Unless they want to be on DHS watch lists,” one woman posted on Facebook.

“It’s a problem only if either they 1. add an -er to the end, 2. deliver in a van with their company name on it,” wrote someone else.

New middle eastern cuisine fast food restaurant called "The Bomb" opens in Detroit. This is not a joke. But it's kinda funny. — Dan Schneider (@DanVideo47) February 4, 2014 Nice Urban Dictionary attribution. RT @FoxNews: Syrian couple opens Detroit eatery called The Bomb http://t.co/JtbnpS2jCc — Mike Tunison (@xmasape) February 4, 2014

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