What began as a social media jest by an Egyptian user in the city of Helwan, claiming he was Egypt’s Batman, later escalated into a scheduled joke-battle between a series of Batmen to decide who might be the ‘real caped crusader of Egypt. “There is only one way to solve this: anyone who thinks he’s Batman can meet us in Helwan at 11 PM, and the last man standing is the real Dark Knight,” wrote Anass Zahran on Facebook, regarded by most as the comment that sparked the meme. Helwan, once Egypt’s capital city in the 17th century during Khedive Tawfiq’s rule, is a part of the Greater Cairo area, located on the bank of the Nile. Today, it stands as a densely populated city of 96 square kilometers and over 500 thousand inhabitants. The ‘Helwan Real Batman Battle’ event, scheduled for 13 August 2022, in front of the Helwan Metro Station, took the country’s social media by storm, inducing a plethora of memes, jokes, and even celebrity involvement. Veteran comedian and actor Ahmad Fahmy, hopped on the trend after tweeting a nostalgic image of himself as Enaab Man, a…
