El Koshary Today: Egyptians laugh at their own woes in new social satire website
Like its American model “The Onion”, El Koshary Today uses sarcasm and imagination to raise awareness of some of the serious (and not so serious) issues plaguing Egypt, such as sexism, harassment, tyranny, corruption, religious fundamentalism, environmental and economic affairs.
Here are some examples of El Koshary Today’s ingenious satire:
- Egyptian grooms can now complain to the Consumer Protection Agency if their brides “are missing a hymen, or are otherwise faulty,” according to the new law.
- If sentenced, a vegetarian from Zamalek will be jailed on charges of blasphemy, plant hatred, terrorism, and intentionally trying to harm the food chain.
- Wealthy residents from a compound in Western Cairo decided that the best way to end the rampant economic inequality in Egypt was to declare independence from Egypt.
- New nation formed with the lofty purpose of ending class divisions collapses into mayhem and anarchy after two dire weeks where maids, gardeners, drivers and other service workers were prevented from getting through the new border due to harsh visa requirements faced by Egyptians.
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