Mustafa Hussein
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Mustafa Hussein
is a cartoonist
artist
, painter
and journalist
, who was born in 1935, Cairo
, Egypt
. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, department of photograph
y in 1959.
He received his first award 35 years ago. It was the Silver Award at the Ikshahyr festival in Turkey in 1974. In 1985 Hussein was awarded the Order of Distinction, First Class as well as the State Incentive Award in the Arts of the Supreme Council of Culture (the latter he hold again in 2003). In 2000, he won the second prize in the Global Forum Art of Cartoons in the Emirate of Dubai. The event was attended by more than 100 artist from 30 countries. A year later he was also honored in the International Festival of Cinema and in 2004 he was awarded the State Merit Award.
Hussein has two Certificates of appreciation, one from the University of Menia (1997) and one from the University of Cairo (2001).
is a cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, who was born in 1935, Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, department of photograph
Photograph
A photograph is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of...
y in 1959.
Awards and honors
Due to his achievements in decades of service, Mustafa Hussein stands out in many ways, for example in the Guinness Book of Egyptian figures his is the most prominent name.He received his first award 35 years ago. It was the Silver Award at the Ikshahyr festival in Turkey in 1974. In 1985 Hussein was awarded the Order of Distinction, First Class as well as the State Incentive Award in the Arts of the Supreme Council of Culture (the latter he hold again in 2003). In 2000, he won the second prize in the Global Forum Art of Cartoons in the Emirate of Dubai. The event was attended by more than 100 artist from 30 countries. A year later he was also honored in the International Festival of Cinema and in 2004 he was awarded the State Merit Award.
Hussein has two Certificates of appreciation, one from the University of Menia (1997) and one from the University of Cairo (2001).