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"#gasewsew (a reference to the Egyptian Abla Fahita puppet on spying)" thats the caption one of the artists provided on her blog (last photo) [0]

This is most likely "جاسوس" which translates primarily to "spy" or "agent" depending on context.

So it's most definitely a part of the joke. Thanks! :).

Dammit, why is the reply to this showing as dead?!?

Probably autokilled because of spam filter false positive. Fixed now, though.