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A worker lifts curtains in a theater to reveal a picture of Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef for his comic show “Al-Bernameg” (The Program), in Giza, Cairo, Jan. 15, 2013. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)


Debate: Satire has a place in traditional media

Debate: Satire has a place in traditional media

I once wrote: “Traditional Arab media is the best defense lawyer for our enemies. . . . Whenever Arab media supports an issue, we always end up losers. If any Arab country’s TV or newspapers were to advocate the duty to love [our] mothers, for example, we would...