Media Type:
Cartoons
Title
The Craftsman
Subject
Political Cartoon
Description
The cartoon depicts a craftsman sculpting a large pharaoh with the face of then General Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi, head of the army. The caption underneath reads, "For shame, sir! I’m really doing a proper job on this one—it’ll work like a charm for thirty or forty years at least! God willing.”
The artist, Andeel, criticises El-Sisi as Egypt's next 'pharaoh', correctly predicting that the then army general was positioning himself to become Egypt's next president. In contrast, many other Egyptians, at this time, were praising him as the 'saviour' of Egypt and were calling on him to become president.
Creator
Andeel
Publisher
Guernica
Date Published
Language
Arabic
Date Created
15/10/2013
Tags
Citation
Andeel, “The Craftsman,” Politics, Popular Culture and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, accessed November 21, 2024, https://egyptrevolution2011.ac.uk/items/show/160.
Media
Original Format
cartoon
Translation
The Craftsman: “Don’t worry sir, I’ve done you a proper job…this should see you through for at least the next 30 or 40 years”.