Departmental paradise

4 August 1926 — A satirical cartoon titled “Departmental Paradise” pokes fun at young Egyptian graduates aspiring to government jobs. The drawing humorously depicts a civil servant’s easy routine of coffee breaks and leisurely work, echoing Wissa Wassef Bey’s criticism of those who favoured government positions over business careers, before cheekily asking, “But who wouldn’t want to be a government official?”