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Nermin Elsherif

Nermin Elsherif is an assistant professor in the department of Media and Culture, Utrecht University.

Arab AI Slop and the Precarious Politics of Digital Kitsch — Examples of Arab AI slop. Queen Elizabeth as an Al Ahly football fan, Sisi overseeing Trump and Netanyahu as street cleaners and Ahmed al-Sharaa beating Bashar al-Asad in a WWE match.

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Arab AI Slop and the Precarious Politics of Digital Kitsch

As Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the subsequent regional war reshape the Arab internet, AI-generated slop has emerged as a new form of digital kitsch and political fantasy fueled by precarious labor.

Nermin Elsherif • 13 min read