 Lurie, the editor in chief had about 60 cartoonists from all over the world working for it.The readership reached 600,000 within a short time.About a year later, at the recommendation of the American Ambassador to Egypt, Ned Walker, President Hosni Mubarak together with the publishers of "Al-Ahram" offered Lurie to publish his cartoons in "Al-Ahram" and print an Egyptian version of his "Cartoon News" in Arabic.