Ahmed Ragab (satirist)

Egyptian satirist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEgyptian satirist
PlacesEgypt
wasSatirist
Work fieldLiterature
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1928
Death12 September 2014 (aged 86 years)
The details

Biography

Ahmad Ragab (1928–12 September 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.
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.
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."

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