minhibbakji

plural minhibbakjis

1. governmentIn the Arab World, a loyalist

   … minhibbakji was not a negative word. Like the word shabbīḥa, minhibbakji was thus subverted in the Syrian public space, with posters springing up using the term positively

   2023, Eylaf Bader Eddin, Translating the Language of the Syrian Revolution (2011/12)

   3 more examples

   … minhibbakji[s]”—the name derived from a 2007 presidential “election” slogan designating good citizens' devotion to their leader. On the other hand, the complexities are apparent in the constant poking fun at the president on user …

   2015, Lisa Wedeen, Ambiguities of Domination

   … minhibbakji in reference to the Assad regime sympathizers. The origin of the new word was minhibbak (We love you), a slogan chanted during a campaign organized by the Syrian government. The demonstrators used this slogan and added …

   2016, Mohammed D. Cherkaoui, What Is Enlightenment?

   … minhibbakji, derisively indicating supporters of Bashar Assad, refers back to the image meme of the Syrian president, the word minhibbak lettered underneath. Attention to signs such as the protest cry degage! (get out), addressed

   2020, Larbi Sadiki, Routledge Handbook of Middle East Politics