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December 14, 2007


Egypt: “Cartoon Is An Art Of Assault”

Western readers frequently learn about cartooning culture in places other than North America, Europe and Japan when things are in crisis, which I think tends provides a distorted view of things, and sometimes leave one scrambling for the context of the event. I therefore greatly enjoyed this piece on the power that cartoons currently have in Egyptian news publications, both print and on-line, and recommend it highly. Watch all the pictures flashing through in the bottom image!
 
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