BOOK REVIEWS
BOOK REVIEWS
Memoirs of a Cartoonist on the
Palestinian Issue
By Ahmed Toughan
Preface: Khairy Shalaby
Publisher: Maglis El-Ala Li El-Sakafa (2002)
Cairo, Egypt
Reviewed by The Ambassadors Research Foundation
This 400-page book is a compilation of some of the cartoons done
by the international cartoonist, Ahmed Toughan, discussing the Palestinian
crisis during the five-year period from 1997 to 2002. Toughan has ten other
books, all of them discussing political and social issues. In the preface of this
book, his eleventh to date, the distinguished novelist, Khairy Shalaby described Toughan
as "an eagle who strikes on the critical issues and portrays them in a very precise
and moving manner." In the Arab world, he is considered the
people's cartoonist.
The Ambassadors Magazine is commends Toughan's work and agrees that global peace cannot be achieved except after the Arab-Israeli conflict is resolved. Here we selected a sample of the cartoons in Toughan's book that emphasize the utmost need for a solid establishment of resolution to the Middle East conflict. In one of his cartoons, Toughan presents how Uncle Sam's peace proposals must be neutral and not influenced by the Israeli agenda.
Peace walks in circles, confused and inconsolable
The Prince of Saudi Arabia raises an olive branch at the
Arab League meeting with his peace proposal
The United Nations sits perplexed in a pool of tears.
Peace during the days of Barak. The angel of peace stands
outside the office
of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak pressing the guard: "Tell him
there's no time!"
The heavy rock of Isreali settlements is rolled down
the hill threatening the possibility of peace.
The Israeli settlers push peace off the edge of a cliff.
The strategic maneuvers of the Israeli government. All doors are blocked.
American peace proposals?
