Caricature gallery in Cairo highlights support for Palestinian cause

Held on Wednesday evening by an Egyptian caricaturists' association in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, the gallery displayed 32 works of at least 25 male and female caricaturists from a number of Arab countries including Egypt, Palestine, Yemen, and Jordan, reported by Xinhua.

"The exhibition addresses the Palestinian cause through caricature," said Howaida Ibrahim, an organizer and head of an Egyptian female caricaturists' association.

The Egyptian caricaturist took part in the gallery with two caricatures, the first depicts Israel as a snake whose tail is tightly around Gaza, which is depicted as a fearless Palestinian woman. The second portrays the Israeli occupation as chains obstructing the advance of Palestine.

Ibrahim explained that some of the participant caricaturists, particularly the Palestinians, sent their works to take part in the exhibition but were unable to show up themselves.

Najy al-Najy, cultural counselor of the Palestinian embassy in Cairo, expressed his happiness to attend the gallery and his appreciation of the stance of the Egyptian and Arab caricaturists in support of the Palestinian question.

The exhibition was held less than two weeks after an 11-day tension between Israel and Gaza militants was ended through a Cairo-brokered truce.

The gallery coincided with a symposium held at the Greater Cairo Library, also on Palestine, along with a group performance by children with special needs of a song and a poem on Al-Quds (Jerusalem).