Mohamed Anwar is an Egyptian-Sudanese cartoonist and political caricaturist. Anwar is one of the new wave of young political cartoonists who emerged in the newly established private media in 2006 during the last years of former dictator Hosni Mubarak.
In 2007, Anwar began his professional career as a political cartoonist for Al-Badeel, an Egyptian daily newspaper, while studying biomedical engineering. He then worked for several Egyptian and Arabic newspapers and magazines.
In 2010, he moved to Almasry-Alyoum, the largest-circulation Egyptian daily newspaper.
The Egyptian revolution that broke out in 2011 was a pivotal point in Anwar's development as an artist. His work defends the values of social justice, freedom of expression and equality in Egyptian society, often opposing the voices of political Islam and the military regime that dominated the political scene at the time. As a result, his cartoons attracted international attention.
In 2017, Anwar was awarded one of the most prestigious prizes for Egyptian journalism, the Mustafa and Ali Amin Prize, as the best political cartoonist in Egypt.
In 2019, after the major relapse of political reforms, Anwar was arrested and deported from Egypt. He moved to Lebanon, then settled in Berlin and is currently a fellow at CORRECTIV.
