mamdouh farag
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Mamdouh FaragBetween Heroism and Egyptian TV Culture
Intro
Former Wrestler Achievements ART and “Lams Aktaaf” First to Introduce Wrestling in Egypt Mamdouh Farag’s Popularity
presents a particular kind of hero and is a product of Egyptian TelevisionCulture
TV Shaping MamdouhFarag Availibilty of TV Non Pay-Per-View Channels Media Makes a Hero TV Showed an “other side”
of Mamdouh Farag
Sha’bolla vs Farag
Celebrity Don’t Have to Achieve Great Things
Sha’baan .. Fool Seen as a Hero Farag .. Hero Seen as a Fool “The Extraordinary Individual”
What Made Him a Hero?
Absence of Other Egyptian Wrestlers Appearance in “Small Scale Society” Popularity Among the
“Unsophisticated” Class Simplicity
Wrestling in Egypt
What’s WWE Egyptian Fascination
with WWE Social Need
(Entertainment) Physiological Need
(Role Models, Masculinity)
Lack of “Rough” Sports
Farag –The Hero- Fullfills These Needs
Farag’s Amazing Output & Egyptian TV Culture
Lams Aktaaf (All Ingelesh All Za Time) Weight Loss Commercials (Low
Quality/Celeb Do Ads!) .. Endorsing himself, not an international product
“Al’et Moot" Movie (Series to Movies)
Why Farag?!!
Researching Latest Egyptian TV Culture Showing How Egyptian TV Viewers View
Farag(Hero vs Fool)
Exposing the Factors that Makes Egyptian Celebrities