Ahmed S. Toughan (1926–2014) was an Egyptian cartoonist and artist.

Career

Toughan was born in Egypt in 1926 and raised in

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. In 1946, he began his career as a

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and cartoonist in many of the Egyptian newspapers, journals and magazines. His earliest and most publicized works came during his period at

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, the famous political weekly magazine and in

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weekly magazine. In 1953, following the revolution that brought President

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to power, Toughan was one of the co-founders of

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daily newspaper. In the 1980s, Toughan created the weekly cartoon magazine, Caricature, along with his fellow cartoonist Mustafa Hussein. Throughout his career, Toughan has published more than 50,000 cartoons in daily

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s and 11

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since 1946. Ahmed Toughan was the recipient of many awards, including the Head of Arab Cartoonists (1987), Human Rights Award (1988), and Grand Medal of Fine Art (1997). Toughan is considered among the most revered of politico-social cartoonists in the Arab World. Toughan died in 2014, at the age of 88.

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Toughan & Toughanism
{{DEFAULTSORT:Toughan, Ahmed 1926 births 2014 deaths Egyptian editorial cartoonists Egyptian caricaturists Egyptian journalists