Spotlight: How Do Comics Depict the Arab World's History and Future?
Presenter: Ziad Itani
Delivered: Beirut on November 19, 2022
Ziad Itani talks about comics and how they depict the Arab world's history and future. He also talks about some Arab comic book artists, and the influence of comic collectives across the Arab world.
Sources & Future References
Cartoonists in the Arab world: Children of the revolution - Qantara.de
Comics Artists in the Arab World: Swimming against the Tide - Qantara.de
Lina Ghabeih, An Education in Fear - The Arab Comix Project: Arab And Arab-Diaspora Graphic Fiction
From Beirut: The Origin Story of Arab Comix - Oum Cartoon أم كرتون
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