14 Facts About Alexander Saroukhan

Alexander Saroukhan was an Armenian-Egyptian cartoonist and caricaturist whose drawings have appeared in a number of Arabic and international newspapers and magazines.

Alexander Saroukhan is considered one of the best and most famous caricaturists in the Arab world.

Later on Alexander Saroukhan worked as a translator of Russian, Turkish and English languages in the British army.

In 1924 Alexander Saroukhan left for Egypt with more than 125 pieces of his art work.

Alexander Saroukhan's drawings were published in a satiric magazine called "Armenian Cinema".

Alexander Saroukhan presented some of his works at an exhibition in Cairo and then in Alexandria.

Alexander Saroukhan worked as a caricaturist for the widely circulated Rose el-Yusuf magazine, where El-Tabii was editor.

Alexander Saroukhan's drawing of Rose el-Yusuf was his first to appear on the cover of the magazine in March 1928.

However, because of a dispute between Rose el-Yusuf and Mohamad el-Tabii, Alexander Saroukhan left the magazine and joined the staff of another Egyptian well-known paper, "Akher Sa'a", which el-Tabii published until 1946.

When Mohamed El-Tabii sold "Akher Saa" to "Akhbar El Yom", Alexander Saroukhan moved to the new newspaper and worked for it until his death in 1977.

Alexander Saroukhan established a French-language humor magazine "La Caravane," published between 1942 and 1945.

Alexander Saroukhan contributed to Egypt's foreign language press, with cartoons in "La Presse Egyptienne", "Image" and Armenian daily Arev.

Alexander Saroukhan had many exhibitions in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Romania.

Alexander Saroukhan drew for republications of two classic works by Armenian satirical writers: Hagop Baronian's "The Honorable Beggars" and Yervant Odian's "Comrade Panchoonie".