Cartoonists from Around the World Celebrate the Nile: Meet the Participants

In an unprecedented artistic event, the Adam Henein Hall at the El Hanager Arts Center will host the opening of the first-ever International Cartoon Exhibition dedicated to the Nile at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 13 August 2025, the event is part of the initiative "The Nile Has a Lot .. for the Pride of Egyptian Identity", under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Ahmed Fouad Henno, Minister of Culture, in cooperation with numerous ministries and national institutions.

The exhibition will be inaugurated by Mostafa El-Sheikh, President of the Egyptian Caricature Association, Fawzy Morsy, Secretary-General of the Association, and Shimaa Shafie, the exhibition’s coordinator, in the presence of senior officials from the Ministry of Culture and leading cartoonists from Egypt and around the world.

The event features 52 outstanding works of art created by 40 artists from 22 countries, offering imaginative perspectives that portray the Nile as a source of life, creativity, and civilization — from the era of the pharaohs to the present day.

Participating Artists:

Egypt: Ahmed Elwy, Ahmed Gessea, Amna Saad, Hader Yehia, Hany Abd El-Gawad, Hany Tolbah, Heba Ali, Khaled El-Marsafy, Khedr Hassan, Mostafa El-Shekh, Rabab Ibrahim, Shimaa Shafei.

Argentina: Cornejo Santiago, Nilda Torija

Australia: Louis Pol

Brazil: Silmara Araujo

Bulgaria: Zhivko Tenev

China: Fan Lintao, Izhao Yun Sheng, Yu Shixin

France: Geraid Peigeneux

Germany: Steffen Jahsnowski

Italy: Anrdrea Pecchia, Andra Vassalls, Vladimiro Distefano

Kosovo: Imri Musliu

Lithuania: Vladimiras Beresniovas

Morocco: Derkaoui Abdella

Poland: Tadeusz Krotos, Michal Graczyk, Tomasz Rogowski, Izabela Kowalska-Wieczorek

Romania: Bartis Silviu, Mihai Bobco

Russia: Igor Smmirnov

Serbia: Goran Celicanin

Spain: Javier Zorrilla

Sweden: Nlidhat Ajanovic

Turkey: Mehmet Zeber

Ukraine: Valerii Momot

Uruguay: Luis Haro Dominguez

Uzbekistan: Muzaffar Yulchiboev

The exhibition will run until 17 August 2025, offering the public a unique opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of works that carry deep messages about the value of the Nile and its cultural and civilizational symbolism — in a global celebration that brings together creativity from across the world on the banks of the river.