TOW #2 "Stages of the Egyptian Revolution" Satirical Cartoon

This is a satirical cartoon about the Egyptian Revolution drawn by Khalid Albaih, a Sudanese cartoonist. The cartoon shows the progression of leaders who have taken power in Egypt since the revolution in 2011 while demonstrating the seeming lack of actual progress that has been made. The first face represents Mubarak, the leader of Egypt "before #Jan25" when he was overthrown. The second face, identical except for the beard, represents Morsi, who became president "after #Jan25". The third face, identical to the first two but without the beard, represents Mansour, who has been the interim president since the military ousting of Morsi on "#june30th". The hashtags are used to represent the role that social media played in precipitating the revolution. The beard is the only distinguishing feature on Morsi, representing him as an Islamist (traditionally the prophet Muhammad wore a similar beard), but otherwise, all three faces are exactly the same. This cartoon comes almost three years after the revolution in Egypt and ultimately what Albaih argues is that the situation in Egypt has hardly changed. Three leaders have come in and out of power and they have ruled pretty much the same way, the only difference is that there was first a secular leader, then an Islamist, and now a secular leader again.This cartoon definitely appeals to pathos, using humor to make fun of a not-so-humorous situation. He also uses irony to point out that despite the fact that Egypt has been experiencing a revolution, not many revolutionary changes have been made. I think Khalid Albaih has automatically established ethos, by the fact that he is a well-known cartoonist. Albaih's audience is people of the Middle East, probably specifically activists and the educated. I have browsed many other examples of Albaih's work and most of it uses Arabic text, obviously intended for Arab readers. However, some of them, such as the one analyzed here, use English text and may be intended for a wider, more global audience. The ones in a collection from BBC, where I found this cartoon, either are in English or have no text at all: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24142913. They almost all, however, deal with events and circumstances occurring in countries in the Middle East.