Bahgat Osman
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Bahgat Osman | |
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 Bahgat Muhammad Osman بهجت محمد عثمان | |
| Born | June 6, 1931 |
| Died | June 3, 2001 (aged 69) |
| Education | Cairo College of Fine Arts, Cairo |
| Known for | Drawing, Cartoon, Illustration, Writing, Comic, Sculpture |
| Notable work | Illustrations for UNICEF's Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| Awards | Suzanne Mubarak 2001 Award in Best Children Book Illustrator, 2001 and Suzanne Mubarak 2002 Award in Excellence |
| Patrons | Yusuf Raafat |
Bahgat Muhammad Osman (1931–2001) (Arabic: بهجت محمد عثمان) was an Egyptian cartoonist and illustrator, most widely known as for his political cartoons and children's book illustrations throughout most of the Arab world.
Osman was born in the Boulaq district of Cairo in 1931. Ahmad Shukry, his fourth grade art instructor, discovered Osman's talent and was one of his first supporters until he moved to the secondary school where he met his first mentor Yusuf Raafat. He later enter the College of Fine Arts in Cairo where he studied sculpture. Soon after graduation, Osman worked as an art instructor in the district of Al-Mansoura.
Politics
During the 1960s and 1970s, Osman was a political cartoonist. He sought exile in Kuwait from the regime of Anwar Sadat. He returned to Cairo soon after Sadat's assassination in 1981.[1]
