Alan at Biased BBC was struck by a remarkable article on the BBC News website - a piece about an Azerbaijani Charlie Hebdo from a century ago by Konul Khalilova, editor of the BBC Azeri service.
If you've not read it yet, please do so.
Given Azerbaijan's peculiar relationship to its Islamic heritage, the BBC can probably get away with publishing such things there but, interestingly, they also chose to share it with their general, worldwide readership.
Here's a scene that looks oddly familiar:
Yes. I noticed that. They refrained from showing the figure of the Great Mo himself that appeared in the magazine, but otherwise it was an unbiased, factual and interesting account.
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