#WeWillHitTamimWithAShoe has been trending on Twitter, as Egyptians attack the Qatari Prince Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.
The social media anger follows the release of a promotional trailer for a documentary entitled “Conscripts...Stories of Enforced Enlistment in Egypt” by Qatar-based channel, Al Jazeera. When broadcast, the program will present the story of a number of soldiers who claim to have been mistreated while undertaking compulsory military service.
In response, enraged Egyptians mocked Qatar’s military capacity and insulted their Prince in tweets that have been liked and retweeted hundreds of times:
فى الكلية الحربية مشينا دورية سير 88 كم. هههههههه. عرض دولة قطر 32كم #هنضرب_تميم_بالجزمه
— tarek nossir (@tnn1960) November 26, 2016
At the Military Academy we had a patrol course of 88 km. Hahahaha. Qatar is only 32 km in size.
#هنضرب_تميم_بالجزمه ابشركم ترامب راح يسحب القواعد الامريكية من قطر .. وبنزين الطيارات اللي راجعه امريكا على حساب تميم
— بو جاسم الشمري (@Fahad10Bo) November 26, 2016
I bring you good news: Trump is going to withdraw American troops from Qatar… and Tamim will have to pay plane fuel for the flight back.
#موزه_عاهره_العرب #هنضرب_تميم_بالجزمة #قطر_بنت_الوسخه
— تسلم يا جيش بلادي (@hala_abdelwahab) November 27, 2016
إحنا المصريين يا جزم
نسيتوا نفسكم ولا إيه pic.twitter.com/O5SYt4oGLm
We are Egyptians, you shoes. Have you forgotten yourselves or what? (picture reads: The Egyptian Military is honour)
جيش قطر مستنى بالاكياس يلم جزم المصريين اللى نازله على دماغ تميم بن الجزمه#هنضرب_تميم_بالجزمه pic.twitter.com/jZnhDo8z5M
— خدوا بالكوا دى مصر (@kokydraz) November 26, 2016
The army of Qatar are waiting with plastic bags to collect the shoes of Egyptians that will rain down on the head of Prince Tamim “son of shoes”
High-profile Egyptians also got involved in the name-calling. Tamer Moneim, a writer and broadcaster wrote in a tweet which has been liked over a thousand times that:
اذا تم عرض الفيلم المسيئ للجيش المصري علي قناة الجزيرة يبقي قطر فتحت بلاطة مدفنها وماحدش يزعل منا بقي #هنضرب_تميم_بالجزمه
— تامر عبد المنعم (@tamermoneim) November 26, 2016
If this film offending the Egyptian army is shown on Al-Jazeera, Qatar will have opened a grave for itself, and we will bury them. Don't be sad, it remains the case that we will #WeWillHitTamimWithAShoe
In a program broadcast on Egyptian satellite channel “Al Nahar Al Yowm”, presenter Asma Mustafa made a smouldering attack upon Qatar, concluding by joking that “a country that doesn’t know how to put together a national football team, how on earth will they create an army!”
Some, however, criticized the curses and abuse:
This is why Arabs will never lead the world, They simply can't stop fighting each other. The irony is both are Muslim! #هنضرب_تميم_بالجزمه
— LAKO (@lako_mubarak) November 26, 2016
Military service is compulsory for young men in Egypt, who typically serve up to three years, depending on educational level. The army has almost half-a-million soldiers, and is a great source of pride to Egyptians. Current President, General Abdel Fateh el-Sisi is the latest in a long line of Egyptian leaders with a military background.
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