If a Duck is Drawn in the Desert, Does Anybody See It?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Content 5
3. INTRODUCTION
4. Forms and Functions of Political Humor in Arab Societies 9
5. PART I: MAGHREB
6. Beyond Tanfis 53
7. Humor, Mockery and Defamation in Western Sahara 79
8. PART II: EGYPT, SUDAN
9. “We Started to Celebrate Being Egyptian” 103
10. From Equanimity to Agony 131
11. A Festival of Resistance 153
12. Towards an Understanding of the Role of Political Satire in Sudan 171
13. PART III: SYRIA, PALESTINE, KUWAIT, LEBANON
14. “Candies from Eastern Ghouta” 191
15. If a Duck is Drawn in the Desert, Does Anybody See It? 223
16. Dealing with Politics in Palestine 243
17. From Kuwait’s Margins to Tolaytila’s Mainstream 259
18. A Critique of Religious Sectarianism through Satire 297
19. Authors 327