Vsauce Explains the Middle East

Text on the meme

MIDDLE EAST Region The Middle East is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabia, Asia Minor, East Thrace, Egypt, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, and the... Chad Ethiopia

What it means

Michael Stevens from Vsauce gestures dramatically in front of a map and a Wikipedia-style page about the Middle East, with the area marked by a red circle and arrow. The joke presents an overly dramatic explanation of a broad and complicated geographic region, making it useful as a reaction to confusion or an unnecessarily elaborate explanation.

Who

Michael Stevens (Vsauce)

Objects

man in yellow shirt / мужчина в жёлтой футболке raised hands / поднятые руки map / карта Wikipedia-style article / статья в стиле Википедии red circle / красный круг red arrow / красная стрелка blue background / синий фон geographic labels / географические подписи black interface / чёрный интерфейс