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The Roots of the Homs Joke

By جورج كدر

Published by MAMDOUH ADWAN PUBLISHING HOUSE · 2018

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Why have the people of Homs long been cast as fools in Arabic comic tradition? George Kadar traces the Homs joke beyond its familiar punchlines to the city’s social history, collective memory and changing forms of humour. Drawing on literary and historical sources, he argues that comic stereotypes do not arise in a vacuum: they crystallise from events, rivalries and ways of receiving laughter across different periods. The study offers a cultural history of one of the Arab world’s most persistent comic figures.

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