If you remember this cover sketch here is a finalized version , it is this week's cover of Majid Magazine (issue # 1808) | published Wednesday 16th October 2013 , illustrated by moi :) ..hope you like
غلاف مجلة ماجد لهذا الأسبوع..سعدت و شرفت برسمه :)

The second issue of Shoghlana is out! 
I had posted a couple of illustrations from this issue before so I won't post them again :)
And here is some of the work you can find in the issue..
I had included some info below (under the pictures) about shoghlana  if you are interested to know more.

ما هى شغلانة؟

شغلانة هى أول صحيفة غير هادفة للربح، تسعى لتعزيز و مناقشة المواضيع المتعلقة بالوظائف الفنية و المهنية في مصر. كما تناول شغلانة مواضيع متنوعة و تسعى لتزويد العمال بمعلومات عن فرص العمل و تثقيفهم بشأن حقوقهم، و تقديم للشباب فكرة عن الوظائف الفنية و المهنية و الإعراب عن التقدير لتلك الوظائف. و قد وضعت شغلانة هدفها في إعلام وتثقيف وترفيه قرائها في نفس الوقت. 

? What is Shoghlana

Shoghlana is the first non-profit newspaper that seeks to promote topics related to blue-collar jobs and workers in Egypt. As a newspaper Shoghlana addresses diverse topics and seeks to provide workers with information on employment, to educate them on simple workers’ rights, to give the youth insight on job profiles and express the appreciation towards the work of blue collars. Shoghlana has set its goal to inform, educate and entertain its readers at the same time

Back in 2011-2012 I was lucky to be a part of this wonderful group (and we still have potential work together all the time) : Ketabna

That post was one of our work together
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Now this time it is art used in a short documentary about Al Mawardi  and his important book mainly about ethics Kitab Aadab al-Dunya wa al-Din ..I included the clip if you want to check how it was used..
If you have any questions or feedback let me know..

These are about 2 years old , they were used in a short documentary about Rifa’a al-Tahtawi and his important book “A profile of Paris” at that time (He died in Cairo in 1873)

so these guys, Tayoob and Tayooch are going to be show every once in a while since I do a comic about them every week in Majid Magazine, here is a sneak peak ..I will be posting other stuff and going back to them.

If you happen to be in Renfrewshire, UK with your pets and looking for a professional Dog walking\ pet boarding service- among other services- you might , in your search, see a van with my illustration on it. That is when you know you have found it :  RENFREWSHIRE PET SERVICES , consider their service and tell people how great the van looks :D

Some character sketches..it's a part I enjoy when how they look is still a thought full of potential :)

NEWS!! HeY! I'm on Chirp Magazine ! How exciting! go get your own copy ...I haven't got mine yet but my cousin Stef was nice enough to take a picture of it..thanks Stef  ...Excited to be published via Bayard Jeunesse Canada and Owlkids 
I will share more pictures when I get my copy ..

I did another cover for this week's issue of Majid Magazine :)

I got a copy of a comic book I had illustrated earlier in 2012 :)
Here is a link to a sneak peak :
http://www.rubiconpublishing.com/prototype/weebly/TIV/TIV_CloseToHome.html

good to see it printed :)

I have been publishing a weekly comic strip (sometimes a one panel editorial as well) by the title of "Bateekha Seifi" which means "Summer Melon" in Arabic..so far it's all related to the current Egyptian affairs and all in Arabic..I intend to translate a selected collection later..but I made a section for it on the website and will be updating it every week on Thursdays :
Here is the Link:
http://www.metahatem.com/summer-watermelon.html 
Enjoy! 

Last year I had the pleasure of illustrating 2 stories to be told on the TV program  Driver Dan's Story Train and just recently they were aired for the first time on BBC cbeebies in the UK..
You can watch it only if you live in the UK for now on these links(not available for so long):
-The Super Leap Sheep
-The Wishing Carrot
But the series will be aired again on PBS sprouts in American accent and Baraem TV in Arabic (2012/2013) can't wait to see them on these stations, so exciting !!! :)

I managed to get some captures from the shows..so I'm sharing below some images from the show :)

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From Episode titled: The super Leap Sheep...story title is : Who licked the ice cream... written by Rania Zaghir

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From Episode titled : The Wishing Carrot .. story title is : Marat The Camel ...written by: Georges Estephan

I did the cover for this week's issue of Majid Magazine :)