In “Arab AI Slop and the Precarious Politics of Digital Kitsch,” which we’re sharing today, Elsherif examines the circulation of slop that features Arab leaders—among them Egyptian President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi and Syria’s former President Bashar al-Asad. Especially in Egypt, a cottage industry of content creators have pinned their economic hopes on the AI slop economy. Offering some early insight into a newly developing and precarious labor sector, Elsherif tells us, “Producing AI slop is not completely effortless. Arab AI Slop and the Precarious Politics of Digital KitschBy Nermin ElsherifIn April 2026, a 15-second Instagram reel depicting US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as janitors cleaning a dirty men’s room went viral. Despite their intriguing aesthetics, Arab AI political slop cannot be understood through their representations alone.