Mustafa Hussein, b 1935
Mustafa Hussein is head of the Egyptian Association for Caricature, contributes to Al Akhbar newspaper with a daily caricature on current local, regional and global issues
Unemployment, Al Akhbar newspaper, 2007 Photograph: Mustafa Hussein
“I left the house at the crack of dawn and headed toward the bakery queue but they had already closed. So, I ran to the supermarket but there was no queue. I flew to my son’s school but they had already sent the kids to their classrooms. I can’t live without queues – please doctor prescribe me a queue, any queue!”, Al Akhbar newspaper, 2006 Photograph: Mustafa Hussein
Emad Hajjaj, b 1967
Emad Hajjaj is currently working with Al Ghad and Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspapers.
9/11 fifth anniversary, Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, 2006 Photograph: Emad Hajjaj
TV, 2007 Photograph: Emad Hajjaj
Jalal Al-Rifai is a renowned Jordanian writer and cartoonist. He currently serves as Head of the Jordan Cartoonist Association. Rifai worked in all Jordanian newspapers as well as several Arab newspapers, and has published his works in renowned Arab magazines and publications. He currently works as cartoonist for Al Dustour daily in Jordan.
Shark Photograph: Jalal Al-Rifai
Dictatorship Photograph: Jalal Al-Rifai
Armand Homsi, b 1966
Armand Homsi draws editorial cartoons at Al-Nahar daily newspaper since 1995 and Noun magazine since 1997.
Graduation, Al-Nahar newspaper, 2007. University students have no future in Lebanon, so they leave as soon as they graduate Photograph: Armand Homsi
Landmarks, AnNahar Newspaper, 2008. Beirut’s ‘landmark’ has become a bomb explosion. (Cartoon to be read from right to left.) Photograph: Armand Homsi
ZAN Studio
ZAN Studio (Amer Shomali , b 1981 and Basel Nasr b 1980) was established in October 2005 in Ramallah, as an open space for young professionals, talented artists and technicians to group and work together on innovative ideas in the field of new media and visual arts, in a trial to interact with the social environment and surrounding community.
Peace sign x-ray, poster for streets of Ramallah, 2007 Photograph: ZAN Studio
Palestine’s Summer, poster for streets of Ramallah, 2006 Photograph: ZAN Studio
Wall on the Green Line, book cover, 2007 Photograph: ZAN Studio
Yazeed Alharthi, b 1978
Yazeed Alharthi draws a weekly cartoon for Rotana magazine , and he also does a cartoon for Arriyadi, a Saudi daily newspaper alongside his main job as a pharmacist.
Children and housemaids, Al Watan newspaper, 2004. Saudi children spend more time with their housemaids than their mothers Photograph: Yazeed Alharthi
Donation, Al Watan newspaper, 2003. The difference in donating to a belly-dancer and to the poor Photograph: Yazeed Alharthi
Ali Ferzat, b.1951
Ali Ferzat began publishing Ad-Domari (The lamplighter) in 2001, a satirical newspaper that was heralded as the first independent publication in Syria since 1963. His work has appeared for thirty-five years in major Arab daily newspapers as well as in Le Monde and other international publications. Ferzat has served as the head of the society Arab Cartoonists since 1980 and has won many awards.
untitled Photograph: Ali Ferzat
Untitled Photograph: Ali Ferzat
Untitled Photograph: Ali Ferzat
