Pharaoh’s still funny
We asked Issandr El Amrani, author of the prescient "Making Fun of Pharaoh" piece in our last issue, what new jokes were being told on Cairo’s streets this week, as the political paradigm that enabled decades of mockery begins to shift. He sent this one: Mubarak dies and meets Nasser and Sadat in the afterlife. ...
We asked Issandr El Amrani, author of the prescient "Making Fun of Pharaoh" piece in our last issue, what new jokes were being told on Cairo's streets this week, as the political paradigm that enabled decades of mockery begins to shift. He sent this one:
We asked Issandr El Amrani, author of the prescient "Making Fun of Pharaoh" piece in our last issue, what new jokes were being told on Cairo’s streets this week, as the political paradigm that enabled decades of mockery begins to shift. He sent this one:
Mubarak dies and meets Nasser and Sadat in the afterlife. They ask him, "Poison or parade?" (Conspiracy theorists allege Nasser was poisoned; Sadat was assassinated during a military parade.)
Mubarak shrugs and answers: "Facebook."
Heard any other good Mubarak jokes over the last few weeks? Leave them in the comments. (Not you, Kenneth Cole.)
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