A Blog by the Editor of The Middle East Journal

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Another Nasser Photo Commentary

As part of the 40th Anniversary of Nasser's death, this has been making the rounds of Arab websites (via The Angry Arab). The caption reads: "The difference: dignity."

I know what they're getting at, but did they have to choose Che Guevara? His romantic revolutionary image came mostly after his death; his "theories" on guerrilla war would have made Mao or Vo Nguyen Giap laugh out loud (and probably did), and he's not exactly one of my role models. Why not choose a picture of Nasser with some revolutionary with less blood on his hands?

Still, I do get their point, and so will many Egyptians.

Meanwhile, the "Where's Husni?" Photoshopping continues apace:

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