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Amid War and Chaos SpongeBob Squarepants Takes Over the Nile

September 21, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Elisabeth Jaquette lived in Cairo for the better part of six years. She noticed that the cartoon character SpongeBob Squarepants was popping up everywhere. So, Jaquette and a friend decided to document through a Tumblr called “SpongeBob on the Nile.”

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