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Wednesday, 5 July 2017

A mosalsal we can actually see ourselves watching, courtesy of Peace Cake Productions

Ramadan satire at its finest: Throughout Ramadan, comedy troupe Peace Cake Productions released a series of videos satirizing the (undisputed) worst parts of entertainment in the Holy Month. First on their hitlist: Ramez Galal’s annual prank show. Set in Mecca during the early Islamic period, the comedy troupe’s sketch Ramez Sakr Quraysh (runtime: 1:33) hilariously mimics the entirely unfunny Ramez Taht El Ard. Whatever you do, don’t close the video before it’s over — their olden-day equivalent of hidden cameras is guaranteed to make you laugh. Their sketch poking fun at television content (runtime: 2:38) during Ramadan is also spot on, from the ridiculously small bits of mosalsalat shown between long stretches of ads, to the bizarre ads — the best by a long shot being the one for “Porto Mars.”

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