Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Musical accompaniment for Middle East dictators, presidents and movers and shakers:

Bashar al-Assad (Syria) - "I know why you wanna hate me"

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (Egypt) - "I need a Hero" (Crowd responds, "no we don't!") and "Walk Like an Egyptian"

Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Algeria) - "Stuck with You"

Sultan Qaboos (Oman) – "Bette Davis Eyes"

Abdullah Al-Thinni (Acting Libyan PM) - "On My Own"

Hadi (Yemen) – "Livin' On a Prayer"


Rouhani (Iran) – "I'm Too Sexy"


Netanyahu (Israel) - "Hero"


Al-Maliki (Iraq) - "Gangsta's Paradise"


Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Saba (Kuwait) - "Mo Money Mo Problems"


King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (Bahrain) - "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"


King Mohammed VI (Morocco) - "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"

Any more? Add in comments below or on Twitter @andrecollin

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