Tuesday, February 1, 2011

MEMRI.org "The Middle East Crisis Part VII - Cartoons on Wave of Protest in Arab World" #tcot #egypt #cartoons

Cartoons published in the Arab press in response to the current wave of protests in Egypt and in the Arab world at large addressed the causes of the protests, the responses of the Arab leaders to them, and the anticipated fate of these leaders, as well as the reaction of the Americans to the protests and the key role played by the Internet in facilitating them.

The following is a sample of cartoons:

Unemployment, corruption, poverty, violence, ignorance, backwardness and oppression fuel unrest in the Arab street



Al-Arab (Qatar), January 29, 2011


A desperate Arab world puts itself on fire

Filastin (Gaza), January 30, 2011


The demon of unemployment, corruption, and poverty toys with Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Yemen

Akhbar Al-Khalij (Bahrain), January 29, 2011


Having turned its back on reform, the Arab world is on the brink of the abyss

Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), January 31, 2011


Demands for freedom are threatening to burst the bottle

Al-Akhbar (Lebanon), January 31, 2011


Protest Spreads from Country to Country


 The sign, held by Tunisia, calls to spread the revolution to other countries
 
Al-Safir (Lebanon), January 29, 2011


Egypt – the first domino of corrupt regimes to follow Tunisia

Al-Arab (Qatar), January 30, 2011


Tunisia, Yemen, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt burn within the building of the Middle East

Al-Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), January 29, 2011


Two presidents (Ben Ali and Mubarak) down, 20 more to go

Al-Shurouq (Algeria), January 30, 2011


The pilots exchange news: "I've got a fleeing president," "I've got a king," "Mine's a crown prince," "I've got a first lady" 
 
Al-Safir (Lebanon), January 28, 2011


The Arab Leaders Turn a Deaf Ear to the Protests



Al-Jarida (Kuwait), January 31, 2011


The leader tells his flunky: "Cheap gas will enable them all to put themselves on fire, and we'll be rid of them."

Al-Rai Al-'Am (Kuwait), January 29, 2011


Cartoons on the Protests in Egypt


"The Egyptian people says 'No' to Mubarak"

Al-Shurouq (Algeria), January 29, 2011


Egyptian people holds up demand for freedom

Al-Ghad (Jordan), January 30, 2011


Looters run off with stolen goods, carry off the letters making up the word "Egypt"

Al-Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), January 31, 2011

Egypt laments the acts of vandalism, arson and looting

Al-Watan (Saudi Arabia), January 31, 2011


Egypt calls for help

Akhbar Al-Khalij (Bahrain), January 31, 2011


Mubarak: "All these belong to the one percent that did not vote for me. Where are the other 99 percent?!!"

Al-Watan (Qatar), January 31, 2011


Mubarak tries to put out the flames with an eye-dropper

Akhbar Al-Khalij (Bahrain), January 31, 2011


Mubarak hangs on by a thread

Al-Arab (Qatar), January 30, 2011


The army – Mubarak's last hope

Al-Arab Al-Yawm (Jordan), January 31, 2011

The U.S.'s Role in and Reaction to the Protests


"America's help can't stop the revolution of rage"

Al-Binaa (Lebanon), January 31, 2011


The U.S., in a tub labeled "the third world" dragging skulls representing "Palestine," "Afghanistan" and Iraq," demands "freedoms first!!"

Al-Iqtisadiyya (Saudi Arabia), January 21, 2011


The Internet, Facebook and Twitter – Key Players in the Protests


"Internet in Egypt"

Al-Jarida  (Kuwait), February 1, 2011


'The weapons of revolt in the third millennium"

Al-Imarat Al-Yawm (UAE), January 25, 2011


Twitter topples presidents

Al-Qabas
(Kuwait), January 30, 2011