A picture is currently making the rounds on Facebook that shows a street sign in Arabic script. Many users don't want to believe this and suspect the whole thing is fake!

No fake!
But that's not the case, because a street sign in Arabic was installed for the first time in Düsseldorf's Oberbilk district. The Arabic lettering “شارع إلَرْ” can now also be read above the original “Ellerstrasse” lettering.
For city councilor Samy Charchira, bilingual street signs are a symbolic expression of social inclusion. They show that people identify with their district and its diversity. The more people identify with their district, the more social responsibility they take on, emphasized the Green politician. This is good for the people, for the Oberbilk district and for Düsseldorf as a whole. Many citizens with Moroccan roots live in the district through which Ellerstrasse runs.
The city of Düsseldorf plans to put up a street sign in a different language in every district
The city's Integration Council decided in May 2022 that the “international flair” of the city should be underlined. The signs should be displayed in different characters such as Arabic or Cyrillic.
The chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, Aiman Mazyek, welcomed the decision and praised it on Twitter. It is the first time that there is a street sign in Arabic in Germany. In many countries around the world there are already multilingual street signs. Düsseldorf thus shows diversity and respect for people who have immigrated to Germany.
Negative reactions online!
There were many negative reactions on Facebook and Twitter. Some users see the decision by the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital as an example of failed integration.
But there were also positive reactions to the decision
For example, one user commented that Ellerstrasse is known as Düsseldorf's Arab quarter. He also pointed out that Japanese street signs had been put up on Immermannstrasse, which no one seemed to mind.
There are currently two Japanese street signs in Düsseldorf
Since the end of 2021, the name of Immermannstrasse can be read in Japanese characters
Following this example, the Integration Council of the City of Düsseldorf decided in May 2022 last year to set up additional bilingual street signs.
Source: Düsseldorf-Aktuell
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