Click to Print This Page
January 31, 2007
No. 539

Cartoons from the Middle East

Announcement on the Wall: The Aggression Against Women in Al-Ma'adi (Al-Ma'adi is the name of a region in Cairo)

"Unanimously…. This is the Better Means to Protect the Woman!!"

Source: Al-Ahram, Egypt

The Man on the Right: "Answer me Quickly, Are you Sunni or Shiite?"

The Man on the Left: "I am a Siite, the son of a Shunni"

(It is a play of letters where the S and Sh in Arabic differ by the dots above)

Source: Arabcartoon.net, Iraq

"Are You Going to Fight the Israeli Enemy or the Palestinian Enemy?"

Source: Al-Ittihad, United Arab Emirates

Above the Cell: The Past

On the Man's Shirt: Arab Future

Please recycle
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) is an independent, non-profit organization providing translations of the Middle East media and original analysis and research on developments in the region. Copies of articles and documents cited, as well as background information, are available on request.
MEMRI holds copyrights on all translations. Materials may only be used with proper attribution.

The Middle East Media Research Institute
P.O. Box 27837, Washington, DC 20038-7837
Phone: [202] 955-9070 Fax: [202] 955-9077 E-Mail: memri@memri.org
Search previous MEMRI publications at our website: www.memri.org