elnadim-satire

 A number of activists and opposition figures abroad issued a joint statement calling on the British government to reconsider its withdrawal from Egypt in 1956, describing it as a grave historical mistake whose price the Egyptian people have paid over seventy years of military rule. The statement read: "Having sought refuge from the crimes, corruption and repeated transgressions of the military, Egyptians find no refuge except to request the return of British occupation as a temporary international trustee to guarantee them a minimum of civil rights, halt the hemorrhage of repression and plunder, and lay the foundations for a state that respects its citizens." The signatories affirmed that "the old occupation," for all its faults, was less brutal and more disciplined than the national military occupation that turned the country into a barracks and a vast prison. They added that the British occupation, despite all its shortcomings, was more merciful and less ruthless...

 Al-Nadim in the Mirror of Arab and World Satire: A Comparative Study — Part Two --- Preliminary Note If what is meant by "similarity" is the global texts that share with Al-Nadim Al-Raqmi cold satire, the false official statement, the bureaucracy of absurdity, and the inversion of authoritarian logic upon itself — then the best comparisons are not merely funny texts, but texts that can genuinely enter the study of "the rhetoric of digital political satire." I will divide them into Egyptian/Arab and then global, with a specification of the point of similarity. --- 1. Egyptian Production Abdullah Al-Nadim (the historical figure) — Satirical Articles and Speeches He is the closest heritage name in terms of employing the language of political and journalistic discourse to expose tyranny, although his style differs from modern digital satire. Ahmed Ragab — "The Peasant of Kafr Al-Hanadwa" The point of similarity is very important: the official speaks in offici...