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A picture taken on January 2, 2014 shows a Telecoms giant Vodafone advert featuring the puppet Abla (Aunt) Fahita on computer screens in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Egyptian prosecutors are probing Telecoms giant Vodafone over claims a company advert featuring a popular muppet-like character contains coded messages calling for terrorist attacks, company executives said. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI

Opinion: The trend of fanaticism and fear in Egypt and Kuwait

by Diana Moukalled | Jan 14, 2014 | Opinion

Do you think Abla Fahita was tortured while being interrogated? Do you think she willingly confessed her involvement in a conspiracy where she secretly conveyed coded messages to terrorists in a TV advertisement? And how did the ‘evil’ Muslim Brotherhood manage to...

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File photo of Abla Fahita (R) and her daugther Karkoura (L) taken from television. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Opinion: The Abla Fahita Distraction

by Ali Ibrahim | Jan 7, 2014 | Opinion

A fajita is a well-known Mexican food quite similar to the Lebanese shawarma. But in Egypt today, the term “Fahita” is more popularly associated with the name of a fictional character called Abla Fahita, a puppet well-known on social networking websites for her social...

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A picture taken on January 2, 2014 shows a Telecoms giant Vodafone advert featuring the puppet Abla (Aunt) Fahita on computer screens in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Egyptian prosecutors are probing Telecoms giant Vodafone over claims a company advert featuring a popular muppet-like character contains coded messages calling for terrorist attacks, company executives said. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI

Egypt: Conspiracy theories grow around puppet Abla Fahita

by Mahmud El Shafey | Jan 3, 2014 | Media

Cairo and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—An online ad for cell phone carrier Vodafone in Egypt featuring well-known puppet Abla (Aunt) Fahita and her daughter, Karkoura, has been accused of sending secret terrorist messages by self-styled youth activist Ahmed Zebider, who...