Two international awards granted for cartoonist Ra’ed Khalil in Romania
Damascus (ST): Syrian cartoonist Ra’ed Khalil won the Excellence Award at the Golden Apple International Festival of Satire and Humor in Romania, whose theme revolved around football.
Khalil also received the honorary award in the second competition section (portrait), which embodies the personality of the late world soccer player Maradona, amid a wide participation of cartoonists from 80 countries.
The first work depicts the state of taming in the world of football, and the idea identifies with the famous game of taming the bulls, while the second work depicts the character of Maradona in a creative style.
It is worth mentioning that Khalil has won dozens of awards from international caricature competitions, and he has been the director of the Syria International Caricature Competition since 2005.
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