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El Koshary Today

Egypt has a political parody website that has been compared with a cross between The Onion and The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Calling itself “Egypt’s most reliable news source” El Koshary Today pokes fun of Egyptian society and politics. Even if you do not have a great grasp of Egyptian life (I do not claim to) you’ll get a laugh out of the site. The Onion comparisons are especially apt.

 

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Derek Catsam

Derek Catsam is a Professor of history and Kathlyn Cosper Dunagan Professor in the Humanities at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. He is also Senior Research Associate at Rhodes University. Derek writes about race and politics in the United States and Africa, sports, and terrorism. He is currently working on books on bus boycotts in the United States and South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s and on the 1981 South African Springbok rugby team's tour to the US. He is the author of three books, dozens of scholarly articles and reviews, and has published widely on current affairs in African, American, and European publications. He has lived, worked, and travelled extensively throughout southern Africa. He writes about politics, sports, travel, pop culture, and just about anything else that comes to mind.

Areas of Focus:
Africa; Zimbabwe; South Africa; Apartheid

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