Nearly 2 years after it hit the web, Nina Paley’s “This Land Is Mine“ is viral. Honestly I’m not sure if it hasn’t already been viral. Given the topic of the Middle East, it has capacity to go viral every 18 months. Sigh. This Land Is Mine from Nina Paley on Vimeo. Her original blog […]
The New York Times profiles Khalid Albaih, a cartoonist living out of Qatar, who’s become very influential in the Middle East. Lanky, with thick glasses and a nerdy air, Mr. Albaih does not look the part of a rebel. By day, he works in multimedia for the Qatar Museum Authority here, sitting behind a 27-inch […]
From Palestine News Network: On Tuesday 19th March, Salem Military Court requested once again an extension in the detention of cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) in a press release. Jawad Boulus, head of the legal unit at PPS, said that even though the court was supposed to announce its decision Tuesday, […]
The World has posted a slideshow of a female Egyptian editorial cartoonist Doaa Eladl. The editorial cartooning community is largely male dominated and women in the field are even more rare in the Middle East. Visit the slideshow. Hat Tip: Mike Rhode
David E. Miller writes about the changing rules in the Middle East for cartoonists. he winds of change blowing through the Arab world have brought about a dramatic breakthrough in the liberties granted to the Arab media, and political cartoonists are no exception. Once banned from depicting the image of their leaders, today Arab cartoonists […]