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NEW: Arab AI Slop and the Precarious Politics of Digital Kitsch

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Dear Friends and Comrades,If you spend any time on social media, you’ve seen the uncannily rendered videos and memes known colloquially as AI slop, crudely generated videos playing on stereotypes meant to generate viral outrage. In our upcoming summer issue of Middle East Report, Nermin Elsherif looks at the consumption and production of these kitschy and provocative images and videos in the Arab world. In “Arab AI Slop and the Precarious Politi…
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MERIP broke the news on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
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