Mubarak leading President Obama?! by Barbora Misakova

Holding leader of your own country in high regard is a general phenomenon which can be presented in many forms. But how to know which form of respect is just too much? How to know where are the borders of showing this respect? Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has probably too many followers and admirers, or at least one but true. And that one has probably the biggest problem with recognizing these borders. The state-run newspaper Al-Ahram clearly feels their President Mubarak fits into the category of those who lead and that’s why he deserves the best “seat” anywhere he goes. But no one would expect the position on photographs is also that important! Origi! nally, the Egyptian President Mubarak together with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas were shot as trailing behind Barack Obama. On the second picture, edited by Egyptian newspaper, he was leading President Obama and other world leaders like he was at home. When two, but quite different pictures from the Middle East peace talks at the White House came into the world, reactions were various. But most of them reminded reaction of the BBC channel which reported that Al-Ahram apparently had some fun with Photoshop. The doctored picture was exposed by the Egyptian blogger Wael Khalil and quickly struck a chord with Egypt’s vibrant network of online opposition activist. As many other spoof versions of this 82-year-old President exist, there is no certainty, this was the last one. Muburak has already been landing on the moon, breaking the 100m world record and hoisting aloft the World Cup.

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