Onion-style Arabic satirical news website launches English edition
by Michael Safi from World news | The Guardian on (#5AMCE)
Al-Hudood (the Limits) has attracted ire of authorities in Middle East since 2013
A groundbreaking Arabic satirical news site that skewers the Middle East's politicians and pieties - dodging the ire of hostile governments and their online supporters - has launched an English language edition.
Al-Hudood (the Limits), with deadpan headlines reminiscent of the US publication the Onion, has rankled authorities in the Arab world since launching in 2013. It gives new audiences a taste of groundbreaking humour that ranges from dry (Students at local school memorise lesson in independent thinking") to dark (Intelligence service corrects beliefs of man who thought he only feared God") to pitch-black (Syrian dies of natural causes").
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