Media ID: 55315717
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A man smokes a water pipe as he watches Jon Stewart on a TV screen at a coffee shop, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
by Emad El-Mahdy | Sep 7, 2013 | Debate
The number of satirical television shows is on the rise in the Arab world. These programs assume the responsibility of discussing issues of public concern, granting them a wide following among people who want to release the frustration and despair caused by the...
Media ID: 55316048
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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)
by Ahmed Al-Zoabi | Sep 7, 2013 | Debate
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...
