May 9, 2016 Roundup
Assassination of Hezbollah commander in Syria, resistance for Egypt-Saudi deal ongoing, 68 years of “Nakba” and Egyptians debate hike in prices.
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Selected News from Arab Media
Lebanon/Syria: The assassination of Hezbollah commander “Mustafa Badr Al-Din” in Syria stirs debate.
Al Sharq Al Awsat: Mustafa Moghniyyeh to succeed his uncle and father in “Hezbollah” security role
Egypt: Resistance for the Egypt-Saudi Arabia border draw up deal not over and state repression continues.
Rasd Network: Activists: The State Council should reconsider its decision to hand over Tiran and Sanafir
ElWatan News: What was the verdict of the Egyptian State Council
Social Media Trends
Palestinians and Arabs commemorate the 68th anniversary of Al Nakba (catastrophe): the term they use to describe the events leading to Israel founding & Palestinian dispossession
#What_do_you_do_with_one_pound (بتعمل_ايه_بالجنيه#)
“What do you do with one Egyptian pound”? Egyptians take to Twitter to complain about the high prices and the drop in value of the Egyptian pound.
Arab Humor
“Hajja* Melisandra, can you revive a few before the elections?”
Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon tells Melisandre, the priestess from the popular series Game of Thrones to revive some people before elections. The meme is referring to incidents in the recent Lebanese municipal elections where names of dead people were added to the records to increase votes.
- Hajja is used to call someone who performed Haj pilgrimage, but in few colloquial Arab dialects is used as a term of endearment or humor
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