Bert, imam

[gna]

>From what I understand, Sesame Street is aired in Bangladesh, so it's 
possible that whoever made the poster knows very well who Bert is.  What 
it's supposed to mean, who knows--although it's also possible that 
whoever's responsible isn't an Osama fan, just an employee at a print shop 
or something.  Plus, later photos seem to show the same poster without 
Bert--either the mainstream media here photoshopped Bert out of the 
picture, or else somebody there wised up to what was going on.

The funny thing is, Bert looks so pissed off, like he's ready to join the 
battle against the west.

Gary

--On Thursday, October 11, 2001 10:21 AM -0400 Doug Henwood 
<dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> [from nettime]
>
> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 11:47:47 +0100
> From: Hari Kunzru <hari at dircon.co.uk>
>
> Some context for Bert. I don't know if he's known as Bert in Bangladesh,
> but for a long time muppet-like characters have been used there to teach
> children the basics of Islam. On Brick Lane in London, home to an
> established Bangla community, posters of 'Bert' in prayer cap, pointing to
> a koran have been around for a while. I think there are VHS distributed
> religious kids programs
>
> Hari
>