Moroccan wins first annual Holocaust cartoon contest

[Drake Tungsten]

Iran awarded a Moroccan artist Wednesday the top prize in an exhibition of cartoons on the Holocaust that has received international condemnation, including from UN chief Kofi Annan.

Meant to be a response to the Danish cartoons of Islam's Prophet Muhammad that sparked rage among Muslims around the world, the exhibit appeared inspired by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's tirades calling for Israel to be destroyed...

Abdollah Derkaoui received US$12,000 for his work depicting an Israeli crane piling large cement blocks on Israel's security wall and gradually obscuring Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. A picture of Nazi Germany's Auschwitz concentration camp appears on the wall...

The exhibit curator, Masoud Shojai, said the contest will be an annual event.

"Actually, we will continue until the destruction of Israel," he said.

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Congratulations to Abdollah Derkaoui on his win. I'm sure $12,000 will go a long way in Morocco!

Here's the winning entry...

[Heresson]

12000? Iranians are indeed Scotts of Middle East

[Drake Tungsten]

$12,000 seems like a lot for a cartoon contest.

[Spiffor]

Pretty tasteless, deliberately provocative, and unfunny. What a bore.
I used to think that cartoons are supposed to be thought-provoking, and thus to be a bit out of the usual. This cartoon, however, just concentrates everything that is supposed to appear. You have it all (well almost): the Al-Aqsa, the wall, the Israeli vehicle that looks like a war machine, and Auschwitz. It only lacks a swastika for the cartoon to be complete.
Heck, some of fliers I wrote for the commie party were less conformist than that

But in any case, he sure did earn much more money than any Danish cartoonist (and if you compare the purchasing powers, it's really big ) You must give him kudos for his ability to seize the opportunity

[Heresson]

Damn. I forgot to participate. A couple of holocaust frogs, The Evil Zionist Frog and 12000 bucks would have been mine

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Heresson
12000? Iranians are indeed Scotts of Middle East

This rumor exists in Syria too?

Among Jews, the Iranian Jews have the reputation of being very "savings-oriented" as well

[Heresson]

Actually that's what I have referred to. There aren't many Iranians in Syria. But they have nice embassy and a cultural center, and Syria and Iran are kind of friends thanks to Israel

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Heresson
Damn. I forgot to participate. A couple of holocaust frogs, The Evil Zionist Frog and 12000 bucks would have been mine

Your zionist frog was way too original for that contest. It was excellent, but it was entirely unuseable in propaganda outlets.

Draw something boring like that cartoon, kill your creativity, and you might have some success next year.

[Drake Tungsten]

Pretty tasteless, deliberately provocative, and unfunny. What a bore.

I think being tasteless, deliberately provocative and unfunny kind of goes with the territory in a contest like this. At least he was subtle about it...

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

Pretty tasteless, deliberately provocative, and unfunny. What a bore.

I think being tasteless, deliberately provocative and unfunny kind of goes with the territory in a contest like this. At least he was subtle about it...

The cartoonist might at least want to be funny, or original. Heresson's evil zionist frog absolutely rocks. This cartoon doesn't.

[Barnabas]

I dont understand it

Is that suposed to be the wall of the temple?

[Tattila the Hun]

Originally posted by Heresson
Actually that's what I have referred to. There aren't many Iranians in Syria. But they have nice embassy and a cultural center, and Syria and Iran are kind of friends thanks to Israel

+4 "Our mutual military struggle brings us closer."

I always thought that Israel was a pacifying force in the region. Kumbayah!

[Bill3000]

You know, I don't really see how the cartoon is relevant at all to the danish cartoons...

[Drake Tungsten]

The cartoonist might at least want to be funny, or original.

Why? He did well enough to win the contest without humor or originality...

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Pretty tasteless, deliberately provocative, and unfunny. What a bore.

You don't have to take that much offense at Drake's trolls, you know.