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Berni Sanders' Memes Trend Globally, Egyptian Designers React


Sun 24 Jan 2021 | 06:45 PM
Rana Atef

A few days ago, the photo of an old man shaking cold, wearing heavy and oversized mittens, and hiding part of his face in his mask is still going viral. This photo was taken during the new US president Joe Biden's inauguration and it belonged to celebrated American politician and former presidential candidate Senator Berni Sanders.

However, this photo attracted various photoshop and graphic designers to convert the formality of the event to unforgettable, casual sense of humor moments.

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The photo was taken by Washington-based photojournalist Brendan Smialowski, and he described the photo as "not that great" during his interview with CNBC, adding “It’s not the nicest composition in the world.”

Regarding the timing of the photo, he explained, “I saw Sen. Sanders out of my other eye kind of fiddling with his gloves. It was just a nice moment when he crossed his legs and crossed his arms,” continuing “I threw the camera over to him.”

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However, Sanders' campaign decided to make use of the trend, therefore the campaign decided to print the photo on a sweatshirt. Its price is almost 45 dollars.

All proceeds from the sales will be donated to Meals on Wheels Vermont, moreover, "due to overwhelming demand" the item was sold out at the time of publication.

On the other hand, Sanders' memes finally arrived in Egypt and activated Social media users' abilities.