Ahmed Ragab

Ahmad Ragab (1928-2014) was an Egyptian satirist whose writings appeared in the newspaper Al-Akhbar. Ragab was known by writing "Nos Kelma" ("Half a Word"), usually a few lines of satire. He is sometimes considered a national institution.[1]

In 1974, Ragab began working with cartoonist Mustafa Hussein to provide ideas and captions for the newspaper's cartoon on its last page, but they had a falling out in 2001.[2]

The Anti-Defamation League criticized Ragab for a 2001 Al-Akhbar column called "Thanks to Hitler", in which he thanked the Nazi leader for the persecution of Jews and wrote "revenge on them was not enough."[3][4]

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  2. ↑ Associated Press, January 30, 2003, "Mustafa Hussein's cartoons: drawing what Egyptians are thinking", Rawya Rageh
  3. ↑ http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASInt_13/3848_13.asp
  4. ↑ http://www.adl.org/PresRele/AsInt_13/3818_13.asp

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