Living in darkness: Internet humour and the politics of Egypt's electricity infrastructure
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El Khachab, Chihab https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4113-1424
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jats:pPower cuts have become a lively subject of discussion in Egypt, and they have been extensively mocked in internet memes. Based on a selection of images from the popular Asa7be page, this article examines the visual techniques and joking conventions employed in online memes in order to criticize the Egyptian state's management of the country's electricity infrastructure.</jats:p>
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4404 Development Studies, 4401 Anthropology, 44 Human Society
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Anthropology Today
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0268-540X
1467-8322
1467-8322
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32
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Wiley
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