Mamdouh Farag

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Mamdouh Farag Between Heroism and Egyptian TV Culture

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Mamdouh FaragBetween Heroism and Egyptian TV Culture

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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

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TV Shaping MamdouhFarag Availibilty of TV Non Pay-Per-View Channels Media Makes a Hero TV Showed an “other side”

of Mamdouh Farag

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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”

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What Made Him a Hero?

Absence of Other Egyptian Wrestlers Appearance in “Small Scale Society” Popularity Among the

“Unsophisticated” Class Simplicity

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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

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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)

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Why Farag?!!

Researching Latest Egyptian TV Culture Showing How Egyptian TV Viewers View

Farag(Hero vs Fool)

Exposing the Factors that Makes Egyptian Celebrities