Detailed Gluten Free Restaurant Card - Modern Standard Arabic

This is an extremely detailed Modern Standard Arabic gluten free card, written by a celiac and translated by a professional translator familiar with celiac disease, then proofed by a second translator. I created these cards to help others with celiac disease travel safely.

While spoken Arabic differs from country to country, a Modern Standard Arabic will communicate effectively in written form throughout the Middle East. This card can be used in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Western Sahara, Yemen, and more.

Show this card to restaurants, hotel staff, chefs, or anyone preparing your food, to help make sure your food requirements are taken seriously. Each card goes through two sets of translations to ensure accuracy.

Upon purchase, you will receive a confirmation email with a green 'download' button. The download button will give you a digital download (PNG image file) that is specifically sized for your smartphone. You will receive also receive a second email with the English translation for the card, and in that email you will also have the option to download a PDF file as a digital download. This PDF is meant for printing, for those who want to print their GF card instead of keeping it on their phone. The PDF has the Arabic script on one side, and the English on the other—there are dotted lines for where to fold the card and take it with you.

To access: on your computer, click the download button and download the .png file for your phone. For printing, download the PDF file and print from your laptop or phone.

Your gluten free translation card: 

• includes a basic explanation of the disease and what we can't eat;
• uses local ingredient names to best communicate what has hidden (and not hidden!) gluten;
• expressly mentions cross-contact with gluten for oil or surfaces that have been in contact with gluten—something less detailed cards don't do;
• provides a list of ingredients that can be eaten safely; and
• adds an apology for the inconvenience to the chef and staff of the restaurant or stall, to explain it's an obligation, not a choice, that we are eating gluten free.

NOTE: If you have any questions about this card, or are having trouble purchasing or downloading it or accessing the English translation, please send me an email to jodi@legalnomads.com. If you purchase via credit card, your statement charge will read "Gumroad" (the e-commerce platform where I sell these cards).

Looking for more help with your GF travels to Egypt specifically? See my gluten free guide to Egypt post, here. It's free!