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​The Mahmoud Kahil Award is an award program under the Mu'taz & Rada Sawwaf Arabic Comics initiative at the American University of Beirut that aims to promote comics, editorial cartoons and illustrations in the Arab world through the recognition of the rich talent and creative achievement of comics artists, cartoonists and illustrators in the region. This program was established in 2014 upon the initiative of Mr. Mu’taz Sawwaf to honor and perpetuate the legacy of the late Mahmoud Kahil, one of the leading cartoonists and caricaturists of the Arab world, and a former AUB graduate​​.

George Khoury (JAD)

The Mahmoud Kahil Award is an award program under the Rada and Mutaz Sawaf Center for Arab Comics Studies at the American University of Beirut that aims to promote comics, editorial cartoons, and illustrations in the Arab world through the recognition of the rich talent and creative achievement of comics artists, cartoonists, and illustrators in the region. This program was established in 2014 upon the initiative of Mr. Mu’taz Sawwaf to honor and perpetuate the legacy of the late Mahmoud Kahil, one of the leading cartoonists and caricaturists of the Arab world, and a former AUB graduate.​​

The Mahmoud Kahil Award is an award program under the Mu'taz & Rada Sawwaf Arabic Comics Initiative at the American University of Beirut that aims to promote comics, editorial cartoons, and illustrations in the Arab world through the recognition of the rich talent and creative achievement of comics artists, cartoonists, and illustrators in the region. This program was established in 2014 upon the initiative of Mr. Mu’taz Sawwaf to honor and perpetuate the legacy of the late Mahmoud Kahil, one of the leading cartoonists and caricaturists of the Arab world, and a former AUB graduate.​​ يهدف برنامج جائزة محمود كحيل إلى تعزيز الشرائط المصورة والكاريكاتور السياسي والرسوم التعبيرية في العالم العربي من خلال إبراز مواهب وإنجازات رسامي الشرائط المصورة والكاريكاتور والرسامين في المنطقة. تم إنشاء برنامج الجائزة في العام 2014، تحت مبادرة معتز ورادا الصواف للشرائط المصورة العربية في الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت، لتكريم وتخليد تراث الراحل محمود كحيل الذي كان واحداً من أبرز رسامي الكاريكاتور في العالم العربي، وكان خرجاً من الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت. وتطلق دعوة مفتوحة سنوياً لترشيح أعمال في مختلف الفئات المدرجة هنا للجائزة. ويتم تقييم الأعمال المرشحة والتصويت عليها من قبل لجنة حكم مختارة يعلن عنها خلال مؤتمر صحافي لإطلاق الجائزة، ويتم الإعلان عن الفائزين وتكريمهم في حفل توزيع الجوائز السنوي.

The Mahmoud Kahil Award is an award program under the Rada and Mutaz Sawaf Center for Arab Comics Studies at the American University of Beirut that aims to promote comics, editorial cartoons, and illustrations in the Arab world through the recognition of the rich talent and creative achievement of comics artists, cartoonists, and illustrators in the region. This program was established in 2014 upon the initiative of Mr. Mu’taz Sawwaf to honor and perpetuate the legacy of the late Mahmoud Kahil, one of the leading cartoonists and caricaturists of the Arab world, and a former AUB graduate.​​