Udaipur-born artist Mohamed Yunus’s drawing was used on Kuwaiti postage stamp on the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Kuwait Science Club
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid
Since his arrival in Kuwait about a quarter of a century ago, the artist Mohamed Yunus, son of the Indian city of Udaipur, has worked in his field of specialization: cartoons and animation. He has presented his drawings to many magazines, including the monthly of (Al-Arabi Al-Sagheer) and (Saad) magazines, which are published in Kuwait, in addition to a number of projects related to awareness and education through animation in India and Kuwait.
I discovered that one of his drawings, which he presented to the Kuwait Science Club, was used as an icon on a Kuwaiti postage stamp issued on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the club.
The drawing / cover / stamp tells in a short story written by Ibrahim Mandani about the Kuwaiti diving team, the events recall that marine art that Kuwaiti divers and captains knew before the discovery of oil and was their source of livelihood:
“Old Kuwait was a small town that lived on the sea; fishing, diving and traveling.”
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Mohamed Yunus has many projects, but his biggest dream is to implement a series of animated films. He has his own YouTube channel.
From the pictures published here, he holds his copy of my book A River on Travel, which includes two trips for his country; ‘Under the sky of Gujarat’, and the ‘Throne of Sultan Akbar’. I met the artist on my travel to his city, the heart of Rajasthan. I made sure to visit him when I visited Rajasthan with my family in his city Udaipur, which witnessed the filming of one of the James Bond movies. We had lunch on the same street that featured the most famous chase scenes in the movie Octopus. He gave me a portrait he had drawn of me.
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Ashraf Aboul-Yazid is a renowned Egyptian poet, journalist, novelist, travelogue writer and translator. He is author of around three dozen books and Editor-in-Chief of Silk Road Literature Series.
