In this cartoon there is a sleeping man on a globe representing europe, and in the background we can see Libya which seems to be in turmoil from the looks of the picture.

The artist is trying to say that Europe is basically sleeping/doing nothing while there is all of this chaos going on around them in Libya.

The cartoon is basically a Picture of the dictator of Libya Gaddafi made out of what looks to be missiles and bombs.

It explains how he is ruling his country by bombing the people to put down uprisings, and cleverly uses a play on words in the title: (reign-rain). The events in Libya started after seeing Egypt revolt against their government. This government is trying hard not to let this happen and is going to very extreme measures to do so.

The Camels Nose

This Cartoon is called the camels nose. They used this title because the camels nose is a metaphor that means when something small is permitted it will lead to something big/undesirable, or the entire thing.

"If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow."

In this cartoon the tent represents Egypt and the camel represents democracy.

The camel representing democracy is peeking its nose under the tent, and as the metaphor says once the nose is in the tent, the body will soon follow. The artist is saying that the little bit of democracy peeking through in Egypt led to an entire revolution, ie the entire camel went into the tent.

In class we discussed how the young people empowered with the internet basically started the revolution and ended a 30 year dictatorship.