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[[File:Kahil Portrait.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Mahmoud Kahil]]

'''Mahmoud Kahil''' [[:ar:محمود كحيل|محمود كحيل]] ({{langx|ar|محمود كحيل}}; 1936 - February 11, 2003) was a Lebanese-born British editorial cartoonist.

==Life and career==
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[[File:Mahmoud Kahil drawing (ca. early 1960s).jpg|thumb|Mahmoud Kahil in the 1960s]]

Mahmoud Kahil was born in [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]], North [[Lebanon]] in 1936.

He enrolled at the [[American University of Beirut]], but dropped out in his sophomore year to work as a graphic designer at an advertising agency in Beirut and pursue cartooning.

Kahil joined the weekly magazine ''Al Usbu Al-Arabi'' as a layout designer from 1961 to 1963. While working as an art director for various publications, he also began drawing professional cartoons. From 1963 to 1965 he drew the cartoon strip ''Busat Al Rih'' in the children's magazine ''Shahrazade''. In 1965, he moved to the ''[[Lissan ul Hal|Lissan Al Hal]]'' newspaper and started publishing his first political cartoons editorially, remaining with the paper until 1966. Kahil drew cartoons for ''Mu'assassat Al Hayat'' from 1966 to 1968 before moving to ''Dar Annahar'' from 1968-1971 to work as art director of ''Al Hasna{{'}}'' Magazine. From 1971 to 1973, he was art director for ''Al-Usbu' Alarabi'' while also publishing cartoons in the English-language ''[[The Daily Star (Lebanon)|Daily Star]]'' newspaper and ''Monday Morning'' magazine.

In 1967, Kahil, along with Farid Salman and Roro Breidi, began producing the newsreel series ''Actualitees Libanaises'' exclusively for cinemas in Hamra, Beirut. The artists would film the audience entering the cinemas, develop the footage and then screen the clips back to the audience before the film began.

Kahil had a daughter, Dana, and a son, Nazmi. Nazmi was born on the 13th of April 1975, the day the [[Lebanese Civil War]] broke out.

Mahmoud Kahil died at the age of 66 from complications during a heart surgery in London on 11 February 2003.

== Mahmoud Kahil Award ==
[[File:جائزة محمود كحيل Mahmoud Kahil Award logo.jpg|alt=جائزة محمود كحيل Mahmoud Kahil Award logo|thumb|جائزة محمود كحيل Mahmoud Kahil Award logo]]
[[File:The Lifetime Achievement Hall of fame - Lujaina Assil .jpg|alt=The Lifetime Achievement Hall of fame - Lujaina Assil Recipient Year 1|thumb|The Lifetime Achievement Hall of fame - Lujaina Assil, recipient, Year 1]]
[[File:جائزة محمود كحيل Mahmoud Kahil Award Categories .jpg|alt=جائزة محمود كحيل Mahmoud Kahil Award Categories|thumb|'''جائزة محمود كحيل''' Mahmoud Kahil Award categories]]

On 29 April 2015 an initiative by Mutazz and Rada Sawwaf<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://website.aub.edu.lb/provost/Academic-initiatives/saci/Pages/about.aspx|title=AUB - The Mu'taz and Rada Sawwaf Arabic comics initiative - About Us|website=website.aub.edu.lb|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-24}}</ref> was launched at the [[American University of Beirut]] to create a new comics award for all talent in the Arab world in the field of cartoons, illustrations and graphic design, to be named "The Mahmoud Kahil Award".

The awards categories are:
* Editorial Cartoons ($10,000)
* Graphic Novels ($10,000)
* Comic Strips ($6,000)
* Graphic Illustrations ($5,000)
* Children’s Book Illustrations ($5,000)

Additionally, two honorary awards are made:
* The Lifetime Achievement Hall of fame, recognizing an outstanding dedication and service for a minimum of 25 years in the fields of graphic arts and cartoons
* The Comics Guardian Award, recognizing those who have extensively supported comics  and cartoons in the Arab world through preserving, collecting, promoting, publishing, teaching  or exhibiting this art, and thereby contributing to the cultural heritage of the region.

==Mahmoud Kahil stamp==
LibanPost has released the Mahmoud Kahil Award stamp as recognition to the artist's legacy. The stamp was presented to Mr & Mrs Sawwaf and Kahil's family by Aouni Kaaki.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2018-02-22|title=عوني الكعكي|url=https://ar.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B9%D9%83%D9%8A&oldid=27503262|journal=ويكيبيديا، الموسوعة الحرة|language=ar}}</ref>

==Awards==
1984 - Best Arab Cartoonist of the year by the [[:ar:مصطفى أمين#.D8.AC.D8.A7.D8.A6.D8.B2.D8.A9 .D9.85.D8.B5.D8.B7.D9.81.D9.89 .D9.88.D8.B9.D9.84.D9.8A .D8.A3.D9.85.D9.8A.D9.86 .D8.A7.D9.84.D8.B5.D8.AD.D9.81.D9.8A.D8.A9|Mustapha & Ali Amin journalism award]]
[[File:Arabo - Israelie Bloody Conflict by Mahmoud Kahil.jpg|thumb|Arabo - Israelie Bloody Conflict by Mahmoud Kahil]]

==Media==
*{{YouTube|fSCXQZNEyNU|Only known recording of Kahil, 1992}}
*Mahmoud Kahil Youtube Channel<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/crowcartoonist/_layouts/MyInfo.aspx|title=Mahmoud Kahil|work=YouTube}}</ref>
*My Father<ref>{{cite web|url=http://londonfilmproducer.com/my-father/|title=My Father Mahmoud Kahil By Dana Mahmoud Kahil|work=Dana Trometer}}</ref> - blog/films By Dana Mahmoud Kahil
*Book published in October 2014 by Nazda Ltd: ''According to Kahil''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/provost/Academic-initiatives/saci/press/2014/Pages/kahil.aspx|title=AUB - 2014 - "According to Kahil" Book Launch|work=aub.edu.lb}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* ''[[The Daily Star (Lebanon)|The Daily Star]]'': [http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Oct-30/275848-book-and-prizes-to-honor-cartoonist-mahmoud-kahil.ashx Book and prizes to honor cartoonist Mahmoud Kahil]
*  [http://www.agendaculturel.com/Livre_Mahmoud+Kahil_ou_l_art_de_la_caricature agendaculturel.com, Mahmoud Kahil, ou l’art de la caricature]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130628141957/http://www.world-affairs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/understandingpoliticalcartoons.pdf Understanding the world of political cartoons] - Extracts from the book on Mahmoud Kahil Style p.&nbsp;22 to 28
* [https://archive.today/20130623103857/http://www.topdog08.com/2003/03/late_great_poli.html Late, Great Political Cartoonist Mahmoud Kahil]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/culture/2003/07/big_grin_mahmoud_kahil.shtml The Big Grin] : Nottingham : Mahmoud Kahil Exhibition : July - September 2003
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=m4eodEw7ZvsC&dq=mahmoud+kahil+arab+news&pg=PA87 Pop culture Arab world!: media, arts, and lifestyle], By Andrew Hammond
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdyjIcfc1G0C&dq=mahmoud+kahil&pg=PA241 So Long America] a selection of Kahil cartoons accompany the book
* [http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?issueno=8800&article=152077#.UXf7Eo6LEuI رحيل كحيل.. أبرز فناني الكاريكاتير السياسي العالمي]
* Selection in Arabic of some Kahil on [http://afcartoon.com/afcargal/thumbnails.php?album=38 AFKARTOON]
* Profile of Kahil on [http://www.alcornish.com/node/229 Al Corniche]
* [http://aljsad.com/forum17/thread7900/ Kahil on Eqla3 Forum]
* [http://kootoob.blogspot.co.uk/2008/03/mahmoud-kahil.html KOTOOB] selection of Kahil
* UN Headlines: [http://www.unforum.com/UNheadlines87.htm The last cartoon]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130505222659/http://newspaper.annahar.com/article.php?d=25064&t=makalat&p=13 أصحاب الزوايا by Samir Atallah, Annahar Newspaper]
* [http://www.alwasatnews.com/174/news/read/197946/1.html محمود كحيل إبداع لايغيب]

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