Al-Masry Al-Youm has listed the six most popular memes and videos on Egyptian social media in 2014.
6. Abla Kamel
Actress Abla Kamel could have never guessed that the character Fatma she played in the series Lan Ayeesh Fe Gelbab Aby would become such a huge target of sarcasm among Facebook users, which lead to the meme, "Egyptians’ goddess of petulance" in 2014.
The Egyptian actress’s meme became a matter of ridicule for many users. It is has been used to express sadness, petulance and hatred in many daily situations.
Kamel in one of her scenes in Lan Ayeesh Fe Gelbab Aby
5-Spiderman
The Facebook page for "Antikka Photography" posted that Spiderman was seen on Cairo streets…
The photos showed Spiderman’s journey after his arrival in Egypt. He was seen smoking Shisha, driving tuk-tuk, being sprayed with insecticides and getting his bag stolen.
His trip started when he fell on the roof of a building. He then went running along the Nile corniche before taking a rest to smoke shisha. After that, Spiderman was seen driving a tuk-tuk and dancing with children. He was also seen following someone who stole his bag on one of Cairo streets.
The super hero experienced typical daily Egyptian life. He ran after the public bus that he missed. He played the backgammon.
A woman was shocked as Spiderman infiltrated her house, and she sprayed him with insecticide.
A video showed Spiderman standing between satellite dishes on rooftops, while children shouted, “We want Spiderman.”
4-Worst chemistry teacher
In September, several students circulated a video on social media websites entitled “Chemical experience ends in a catastrophe inside a school,” showing a science teacher carrying out an experiment inside a laboratory. While explaining the experiment to the students, who were filming using their mobile phones, an explosion happened to the great amusement of the students.
Websites and newspapers described the teacher Gamil Fathy Diab, of Mohamed Farid elementary school in Cairo, as “the worst teacher in the world.”
The student filming the experiment mocked the teacher, while the rest escaped as the room filled with smoke. Fortunately, none of the students were hurt, although broken glass scattered everywhere.
The Education Ministry said it did not receive any complaints over the explosion and that it did not have information the school at which it took place.
3-Shady Sorour
Sorour has been known for his sarcastic Youtube videos, whose viewership neared a half million viewers.
His videos depict Egyptian traditions using a comedic approach.
In December, a video entitled “The difference between wearing makeup on regular days and in wedding parties” mocked women who wear a lot of makeup when attending wedding ceremonies.
Another video entitled “Why would I die If I could be killed?” was circulated in November on Youtube, mocking the frequent terrorist blasts.
Following the announcement of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's acquittal, Sorour ridiculed the trial and the state for their hypocrisy, as they previously demanded penalizing Mubarak and then praised his innocence.
2- Shat ub your mouse, Obama
There's no doubt that Mona al-Beheiry created wide buzz of mockery among social media users, who circulated the video of Beheiry admonishing US President Barack Obama during a protest saying, “Listen your Obama, Sisi yes, Morsy No.”
The video was viewed by millions, after being first posted on a social media page. Beheiry, who appeared in the video, was hosted by several talk shows, where she repeated her message to Obama to "Shat ub his mouse."
1- Omar Hamed, most famous psychology teacher in Helwan
Social media users disseminated a video of an Egyptian teacher explaining the educational syllabus to dozens of students in an untraditional way through music, dancing and songs. At the first glance, it appears to be part of a folkloric concert.
Hamed became famous for the songs he used to explain the syllabus in a huge rented hall.
The video was shared widely on Facebook only few hours after it was uploaded, and was later screened on TV channels.
Reactions varied widely between support and opposition to the teacher's lecturing methods.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
