Bahgat Muhammad Osman was an Egyptian cartoonist and illustrator, most widely known as for his political cartoons and childrens book illustrations throughout most of the Arab world.
Osman was born in the Boulaq district of Cairo in 1931. Ahmad Shukry, his fourth grade art instructor, discovered Osmans talent and was one of his first supporters until he moved to the secondary school where he met his first mentor Yusuf Raafat. He later enter the College of Fine Arts in Cairo where he studied sculpture. Soon after graduation, Osman worked as an art instructor in the district of AlMansoura.
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