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Gomaa Frahat (or Farahat) (born 1941) is an
Egypt ianpolitical cartoon ist and satirist who publishes under the name "Gomaa".Biography
Gomaa was born in
Cairo onApril 24 ,1941 .He worked at Rose Alyoussef and Sabah El Kher from July 1964Fact|date=February 2007 until July 1999. He also painted for 'Maged' the Emiraty children's magazine from 1972 till 1979. Most of the Egyptian opposition newspaper have published for him such as Al Shaab, Al Ahrar, Al Ahaly, Al Wafd, Al Araby.
He has been published in the following Arabic language newspapers:
*Al Ahram (Daily)
*Al Ahram (The Arabian Edition)
*Al Fagr
*Al Ahram (Economical)He has an agent in New York (Cartoonists and Writer Syndicate) C & W who publishes his work in more than 120 American newspapers and magazines and in about 25 European and Asian magazines and newspapers. Most of the international newspapers, such as the
International Herald Tribune , English Times, El Luvracion, Canadian Garette, and more, have published his works.Some of his works are in exhibits at the German museum in
Bonn and the International Museum for Caricateurs inFlorida .He has been given his own show on the Nile News channel called "With Gomaa Every Friday", which he presents, showing cartoons from all over the world and its reaction towards the current events, whether international, Arab or national.
Exhibitions
He had his own exhibition in
Damascus ,Syria , in 1998. His works were also presented in European exhibitions inBulgaria ,Yugoslavia andCzechoslovakia . He was attributed in group exhibitions in Arab countries such asTunisia ,Libya ,Yemen andDubai . He was also attributed in group exhibitions all over Egypt.Awards
*The Journalists' Union for both 1985 and 1989
*Award winning for the Mustafa Amin and Ali Amin for the best Egyptian caricateur for the year (1999)Other
A member of the board of the Egyptian Caricature Union since 1984.
External links
* [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/441/people.htm Al Ahram Weekly On-line]
* [http://cartoons.nytimages.com/ NY Times Photos & Graphics library]
* [http://cagle.msnbc.com/politicalcartoons/PCcartoons/gomaa.asp Gomaa's work on Daryl Cagle's website]
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