And Then God Created the Middle East and Said 'Let There Be Breaking News' - Softcover

Karl ReMarks

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0863569021 ISBN 13: 9780863569029

Publisher: Saqi Books, 2018

Synopsis

You may wonder why the Middle East gets so much airtime. Regions of the world were competing to host the apocalypse and the Middle East won.

I disagreed with the idea that reality has become too strange to satirise. Then I read that bin Laden was radicalised by Shakespeare.

Meanwhile, Iraq seems to be invading itself for the oil.

Bringing together the wildly wry observations and sketches of online sensation Karl reMarks, this hilarious collection proudly presents views you're guaranteed not to hear on the news.

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About the Author

Karl reMarks is the alias of Karl Sharro, whose satirical Middle East blog receives over 50,000 hits daily. In 2016 his video, 'the simple one-sentence explanation for what caused Isis,' went viral, with 1.6 million views on Facebook alone. Alongside his role as a satirist and commentator on the Middle East, Karl is also an architect currently based in London.

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‘Under communism you buy everything from a single state outlet; under fully-mature capitalism you buy everything from Amazon.’

‘I disagreed with the idea that reality has become too strange to satirise. Then I read that bin Laden was radicalised by Shakespeare.’

‘When God put Europe near the Middle East, it was an Occident waiting to happen.’

‘Meanwhile, Iraq seems to be invading itself for the oil.’

‘If you remove the US, UK, France, Russia, Iran, Saudi, Syria, Israel, Qatar, Turkey, Kuwait and Egypt, Lebanese politics is very simple.’

‘If we ever did a Yes/No referendum in an Arab country, most people would reply “inshallah” anyway.’

‘Three Arab commentators walk into a bar. They get funding from the EU and call it “A Panel Discussion on the Arab Spring”.’

‘Three Iranian presidential candidates walk into a bar. We’re waiting for the Supreme Leader to issue the punchline.’

‘Three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar. Do you think it’s a coincidence?’

‘Gaddafi, Mubarak and Ben-Ali walk into a bar. After they left, the Muslim Brotherhood won the elections, banned alcohol and closed the bar.’

‘A minimalist walks into a bar.’

Edition details

• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863569021
• ISBN 13: 9780863569029
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128