From Alexander Sarokhan to Salah Jahin, Al Ahram to Rosal Youssef and Al Nafeza, social and political caricatures have been used as social commentary in Egypt for hundreds of years. In the last 100 years of Egyptian history, many major events took place, including multiple revolutions and wars. While history books may have documented these events in one way, history is often written by the victors. Caricatures and comics can be accurately representative of the people’s point of view as well as the general social view of a given time, from social phenomena like fatphobia and objectification, to political commentary on current events. Text: Saad (Zaghloul) Pacha – Here we are in the house of representatives providing you with funds, but you would do good to manage with a budget. Morkos Pacha Hanna – May the Lord protect us (Rabena Yostor). Text: The hypocrites The Egyptian citizen – We can’t work in this noise!! Head of the British delegation – I’m very happy because all of the negotiators are all holding their hands up in a V sign. Town native – No, they mean to say they want two things,…
