Plan for cash and mixed currencies
Cash is still king in much of the region, and guests may think in both local currency and US dollars. Your POS should handle cash cleanly, reconcile drawers at shift end, and let you present prices clearly — even where two currencies are in play.
Assume the internet will drop
Connectivity is improving but still unreliable in many areas. A cloud-only POS that freezes during an outage is a real risk to service. An offline-first system that keeps taking orders and payments — then syncs when the connection returns — is essential, not a nice-to-have.
Serve guests in their language
Guests may speak Kurdish (Sorani or Kurmanji), Arabic, or English. Menus that switch language with a tap, with proper right-to-left support, make every guest comfortable and reduce ordering mistakes for your staff, too.
Connect to local delivery
Delivery in the region runs through local and regional apps, not just the global names. Bringing those orders into the same system your floor uses keeps staff off a wall of separate tablets and keeps your numbers in one place.