Growing up, we used to read the available Arabic comic books. The Egyptian comic magazine, Mickey [Mouse], often carried political content especially after the 1967 defeat. They featured pictures and tributes to the heroes of the Vietnamese Revolution. You often got a gift or a toy with the magazine, and many had political symbolism, like paper hats made to resemble the stray hats of Vietnamese peasants. This was the political culture that I grew up with. Many Arabs now grow up on the culture of worship of billionaires.