My father's position as the head
of the political affairs department
at Rose al-Youssef was of great help to me
when I began my career as a cartoonist.
I was fascinated by the drawings of
Bahgat [Othman], [Ahmed]Hegazy,
Salah Jaheen, Mohieddin al-Labbad
and Ragaee Wanees.
To whoever who wishes
to become a cartoonist I say, 
you have to love cinema.
This blank sheet of paper is my set.
I can make it an indoor or outdoor set.
I can make it a big city or
a small one meter by one meter room.
You have to really get "absorbed"
in you cartoon
meaning that if someone sees
your caricature and feels 
that a thief you have drawn
does not look like one,
you should know there’s 
something wrong.
Every cartoonist should have his set of tools.
Cartoonists should have something like a cabinet
where they keep different shapes of eyes,
noses, mouths and ideas to choose from.
Egyptian caricaturists
must be the luckiest in the world
because every day there are new catastrophes
that give them ideas for cartoons.
Before, we used to draw our caricatures 
to protest corruption.
Today, we protest corruption
undertaken in the name of religion, 
which is more dangerous.
Anyone who wishes to become a cartoonist
should know that he or she needs to be brave.
You have to side with the people,
not the political leadership.
