Memes: the best detour of Bernie Sanders and his mittens

Everyone is pitching in, offering a new distorted version of Bernie Sanders’ picture of him in a stuffed jacket and mittens, sitting cross-legged, trying to keep warm during the inauguration speech of the new American president Joe Biden. And, as the Arab world is no exception to the rule, here is a small anthology of the best “oriental” hijackings of the said photo. 

Spectator of the meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and Lebanese music legend Fairouz :

At a traditional wedding, refusing to participate in the dabke, the famous folk dance of the Levant : 

As an improvised bookseller: 

Alongside another legend, Oum Kalthoum : 

Fishing on the most famous bridge in Istanbul : 

Or even at the table, during an even more famous meal : 

A very diverse “meme campaign“ which, beyond its funny aspect, will at least have had the merit of being useful. Capable of self-derision, the member of the House of Representatives marketed all sorts of derivative products: hoodies, mugs, etc. and collected no less than 1.8 million dollars, which will subsequently be donated to charities.