Mustafa Hussein

Mustafa Hussein (Arabic: مصطفى حسين) is a cartoonist artist, painter and journalist, who was born in 1935, Cairo, Egypt. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, department of photography in 1959.

Awards and honors

Due to his achievements in decades of service, Mustafa Hussein stands out in many ways, for example in the Guinness Book of Egyptian figures his is the most prominent name.

He received his first award 35 years ago. It was the Silver Award at the Ikshahyr festival in Turkey in 1974. In 1985 Hussein was awarded the Order of Distinction, First Class as well as the State Incentive Award in the Arts of the Supreme Council of Culture (the latter he hold again in 2003). In 2000, he won the second prize in the Global Forum Art of Cartoons in the Emirate of Dubai. The event was attended by more than 100 artist from 30 countries. A year later he was also honored in the International Festival of Cinema and in 2004 he was awarded the State Merit Award.^[1]

Hussein has two Certificates of appreciation, one from the University of Menia (1997) and one from the University of Cairo (2001).

See also

• Lists of Egyptians

References

1. ^ http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/696/eg5.htm

External links

• Guardian Newspaper UK
• Guardian Newspaper UK
• Egypt News

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