Facts & Figures
Arab Countries
11
Number of Submissions
184
Female Participation
35%
1st Mahmoud Kahil Award Winners
March 2016
Editorial Cartoons
Amjad Rasmi | Jordan
Member of the Visual Artists Association and a founding member of the Cartoonists Association in Jordan. Rasmi won the Arab Journalism Award and was a returning member of its jury thereafter. He is presiding the jury in the Naji Ali International Award.
Graphic Novels
Ahmad Nady | Egypt
Studied Oil Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University. Nady started his career as the designer of Sesame World’s characters in its first season, as well as the creative writer and storyboard illustrator of the Cartoons intervals between episodes. He participated in the production of many animations in studios and production companies, and drew comic strips and illustrations for several comic newspapers.
Comics
Mohammad ElMu’ti | Jordan
After having studied graphic design for two years, I spent five years working in animation as a cartoonist, character designer, and storyboard artist. One day, I took an animation course in Los Angeles, came back to Amman and decided to work in comics and storytelling.
Graphic Illustration
Bahij Jaroudi | Lebanon
Studied graphic design at the Lebanese American University. In 2009, Jaroudi completed MA in animation at Kingston University. He works at the animation department of Future Television, while doing freelance illustration and children’s books. In 2012, he received the “Kitabi” prize for Arab children’s literature. He maintains a zeal for cartooning and animation.
Chilldren’s Book Illustration
Azza Hussein | Lebanon
Studied Fine Arts at the Lebanese University and the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts, and Image Synthesis & Computer Animation at Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (Netherlands). She is a part-time Instructor in Digital Media, Drawing and Sketching at the School of Architecture & Design – Lebanese American University.
Lujaina Assil
Mrs. Assil is a Syrian artist born in Damascus 1946, where she later received her BA in visual communication and Interior Design from Damascus University. Since 1969, she has worked in illustration and art direction in several children’s magazine and books in Syria and in the Arab world., among which is the art direction of Touta Touta Magazine and Ahmad (Lebanon) from 2002 to 2013. She is currently art director at the Arabic advertising institution in Syria.
Mrs. Assil contributed to several animated commercials, and wrote numerous scripts and illustrations for animated children’s series on TV. She participated in specialized workshops on children’s art and is a member of several international, regional and local festivals in this field. A selection of her work is exhibited at the museums & in personal collections. Mrs Assil is the recipient of several awards, notably The Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations award at the (NOMA 2006, Japan) and the Arab Children’s Book Publishers’ Assembly award.
TokTok Magazine
TokTok is the first quarterly Egyptian comics magazine for adults. It is a satire and humor oriented comic. For adults that aims to actively produce comic strips in a free spirit, drawn and edited by its own artists. The founders and contributors are artists Mohammad Shennawy, Makhlouf, Andeel, Hicham Rahma and Tawfiq. Tok Tok won the second prize for Best Fanzine in FIBDA festival in Algeria in 2011, and now reaching its 14th issue it represents more than 15 artists.
1st Mahmoud Kahil Award 2016 Finalists
Editorial Cartoon
- Abdallah Derkaoui | Tunisia
- Doaa El Adl | Egypt
Graphic Novel
- Ibrahim Rais | Morocco
- Omar Ennaciri | Morocco
Comics
- Mohamed Shennawy | Egypt
- Salam Al Hassan | Syria
Graphic Illustration
- Hanan Kai | Lebanon
- Joan Baz | Lebanon
Children’s Book Illustration
- Maya Fidawi | Lebanon
- Lujaina Al Assil | Syria
Meet the Jury
A Graphic Journalist since 1995, and the Editorial cartoonist for The International New York Times since 2001, Chappate’s work has been featured in several of their books. He won the Overseas Press Club of America’s Thomas Nast Award for best cartoons on international affairs.
Renowned Lebanese cartoonist and illustrator, Habib Haddad participated in several national and international exhibitions and has many published works. For the past 3 decades, he has been the editorial cartoonist for the Lebanese newspaper Al-Hayat.
Magdy el Shafei is an Egyptian comics artist known for authoring the first Egyptian graphic novel “Metro” published in ‘08. Mr. Shafei began his career as a cartoonist in ’01 and is considered one of the pioneers of the art of adult comics in Egypt.
Prominent writer and journalist, and the founding Editor-in-chief of the newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat. Currently columnist and editor emeritus for the Pan Arab daily Al-Hayat Mr. El Khazen works and lives in London.
Comics artist and illustrator from Beirut. Standjofski has been teaching comics and illustration at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts since 1992, conducting several workshops and seminars on illustration and comics, and exhibiting internationally.
Celebrated political cartoonist from Jordan known for his regionally popular cartoon character Abu Mahjoob created in 1993. He works for Al-Rai and the Jordan Times and has held several exhibitions of his work.
Renowned Lebanese comics artist. Jad published in daily newspapers since the 1980s, and authored several articles and reviews on comics. He is head of the Animation Department at Future Television since 1993, and teaches at LAU.