Doaa el-Adl

Doaa el-Adl (; born 6 February 1979 in Damietta) is an Egyptian cartoonist currently working for the Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper, known for her satirical cartoons with strong political, social or religious themes. She has been cited as Egypt's most famous female cartoonist.

In 2016 she was included in the BBC's 100 Women project.

Work After the Egyptian revolution of 2011, her work became strongly critical of President Mohamed Morsi.

el-Adl created controversy in December 2012 when Al-Masry Al-Youm published her cartoon depicting an angel informing Adam and Eve that they could have stayed in the Garden of Eden if they had voted for the right candidate. According to el-Adl, the cartoon was intended as a criticism of "politicians taking advantage of religion and using it to dominate and influence simple people", The suit claimed that the cartoon insulted the role of Adam in Islam.

The same year, she was questioned by prosecutor general Talaat Abdallah for a cartoon in which she criticized Islamists in Egypt and their influence in politics. She was defended by Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff, who depicted el-Adl defending herself against an Islamist with a spear-like pencil.

In February 2013, el-Adl created a cartoon to criticise female genital mutilation, by illustrating a seedy-looking man climbing a ladder and stretching, holding a pair of scissors, to cut off a red flower between a woman's legs. Speaking to Clitoraid in 2013, El Adl explained, "Before the revolution took place, I was casually drawing about women's issues and their problems, but now I am compelled to draw these cartoons about women in order to defend my own existence, my personal freedom that are threatened under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood." Her cartoons depicting the trial of President Hosni Mubarak were also popular. the attack on the Bacha Khan University attack and Stop Violence Against Women.

Awards 2009 Egyptian Journalists' Syndicate's Journalistic Distinction in Caricature 2013 41st Forte dei Marmi Prize for Political Satire, in the category of international satirical drawings.