Andeel is an Egyptian cartoonist. His work has come into the forefront
since the 2011 Egyptian revolution.Andeel was born in Kafr al-Sheikh
in 1986. Andeel would often visit Cairo with his parents despite not
living there. He says he loved Cairo from a young age and decided to
move there when he was seventeen years old after he finished high
school. His first job was with Al Gael newspaper. A year later, he
moved to Al Dostour newspaper where he worked under veteran cartoonist
Amr Selim. From there, Andeel moved to another privately owned paper,
Al Masry Al Youm, and cofounded its quarterly comics magazine,
Tok-Tok.Andeel liked cartoons as a kid. His father showed him the work
of Egyptian cartoonist Salah Jaheen, which he says has had a huge
impact on his work. Many of the work Andeel was exposed to prior to
Jaheen was foreign, so seeing Jaheen’s work about Egypt was a
motivating factor to his getting involved in cartooning. Before
becoming a prominent cartoonist, however, Andeel tried his luck at
script writing and standup comedy.Most of Andeel's work is based on
political satire. His uncle told him that his paternal grandfather was
a filmmaker who made a feature film called “Horses,†which he took
to the Berlin Film Festival. Due to racism it was overlooked for the
big prize though it clearly deserved it, and on the boat back to Egypt
he threw the only copy of the film overboard and retired from cinema.
Knowledge of this outrage compelled Andeel to move to Cairo and become
a professional cartoonist at a very early age, as well as making short
films (such as “Who Knows?†, a psychedelic film noir set in the
wild west), writing TV scripts, designing newspapers, co-founding
“Tok Tok†comics magazine, launching “Radhio Kafril Sheikh el
Habeeba,†and using Facebook a lot. He is studying for a certificate
in social work. In 2012 he was married. Andeel Biography, Weight & Height, Age, Nationality & Ethnicity
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