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Cairo Punch: How One Egyptian Combated Colonialism Through Satirical Cartoons
Image Credit: Library of Congress Archives In the winter of 1907, a former Egyptian army officer of the Orabi Revolt tried to combat colonialism once more – this time through satirical illustrations. When Abdul Hamid Zaki founded his illustrative magazine, he aimed to provide a platform for nationalist commentary and colonial struggle that could reach children and adults, illiterate or literate. To the Egyptians, it was known as Al-Siyasa Al-Musawara (Politics Illustrated). To the colonialists, it was satirically called Cairo Punch, referring to England’s very own satirical magazine, Punch. “In journalism, I noticed an empty space and so I occupied it, and in politics, I saw a lack so I made

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