Mohamed Al Zawawi

Libya

Libyan cartoonist and caricature artist. Worked in several local and international Newspapers

Mohamed Al Zawawi

Libyan satirical artist and cartoonist. He was born on the outskirts of Benghazi in 1936. He studied at Al-Abyar Boarding School until the fourth primary school (in 1951, and graduated in 1956 with a fourth primary certificate). He is considered one of the most important caricature artists in Libya

Work

Worked as a Cartoonist in the audiovisual department of the Ministry of News and Guidance from 1961 to 1963
At the beginning of his life, he worked as a cartoonist in Benghazi and when he moved to Tripoli in 1963, he worked as a cartoonist and a journalistic director for the magazine “Radio” in Tripoli, and on its pages, he formed the first satirical painting.
Journal (Women) 1965
Al-Alam Newspaper 1965
Newspaper (Al-Maidan) 1967
Hope Children’s Magazine 1974
(Sports Echo) His motto was the hedgehog
Revolution Newspaper After the Revolution of the Great Conqueror of 1969
Illustrator in the newspaper “Political Week”
Al, Jamahiriya Newspaper
The newspaper “Green Crawl”
La Magazine, 1991
Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper about a page for twelve weekly issues
Magazine (witness)
Al-Ahram Al-Arabi Magazine
Newspaper (Money and Business) which is published bi-monthly
The weekly newspaper “Sabah Oya” 2010

Awards

The Order of the Conqueror on the twentieth anniversary of 1996
Order of Good Work twice
Gold medal in Kuwait for a personal exhibition
Honoring the Arab League as one of the pioneers in 2005
The Order of Good Example awarded to him by Al-Sawwa Al-Hassanah Magazine on 03.02.2007

Exhibitions & Publications

Exhibitions:

He held many local and foreign exhibitions including

Tunis Fair 1982
Zawawi Exhibition, Culture Division, Libya, 1983

Books & Publications

The Other Face (1966-1972)
You (1973 – 1983)
Bells 2007
“Mohammed al-Zawawi the Pleasure of Irony” edited by Fatima Ghandour, The Experience of the Cartoonist Mohammed al-Zawawi (1935-2011)

Animation

A short story in London entitled (Hajj Nakd) – United Kingdom
Writing and drawing a story entitled “The Diary of Juha” and executed in Japan and its duration (45) minutes 1981

Additional Information

He died on Sunday, June 5, 2011 in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, at the age of 76. The death occurred as a result of a stroke in the heart when the artist was writing his first lines for his unfinished drawing, which led to him falling from his chair, and his death