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The faces of the Egyptian national soccer team have been everywhere, from T-shirts to Ramadan lanterns, ever since they made it to the World Cup. However, when el-Dostor, a local newspaper, published a portrait of coach Hector Cuper as Jesus Christ, some of the newspaper's readers thought it went too far.
The work is part of a series called “Egyptian Lullaby” by Egyptian artist Ahmed el-Sabrouti, who drew Cuper as Jesus and the national soccer team players as saints. Mo Salah, the famous soccer player who currently plays for Liverpool, is portrayed wearing a crown, with the inscription “King of Egypt.”
