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‘Freedom Hospital,’ Debut Syrian Graphic Novel ‘Being Acclaimed in France and...
Images from Hamid Sulaiman’s graphic-novel debut — released this month in Paris — are on display at Galerie Crone in Berlin through June 18, 2016: In both Paris and Berlin, AFP reports that the Syrian...
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Sunday Submissions: Calls for Arab and Arabophone Graphic Novelists
The Berlin-based CORRECTIV recently announced two graphic novel fellowships for artists; one for artists from the Middle East and one for artists from subsaharan Africa. Also, the Beirut-based Mahmoud...
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Darf Publishers Signs Deal for ‘The Apartment in Bab El-Louk
LitHub can cross one off this list of “10 Books by Arab Writers That Should Be Translated,” published earlier this year; Donia Maher — along with artists Ahmed Nady and Ganzeer — has inked a deal for...
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Friday Finds: Translation of Climate-change Comic ‘8 Minutes’
Last week, The Offing published a short comic-story by Mohamed Saleh, translated by Elisabeth Jaquette, and an interview with the two of them: The piece, which won the Swedish Institute Alexandria’s...
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Mazen Kerbaj To Serialize New Graphic Novel in a Lebanese Newspaper
Celebrated Franco-Arabo-Anglophone comix artist and musician Mazen Kerbaj announced, via his email newsletter, that he’s working on a new graphic novel to be serialized “on a weekly basis” starting...
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5 Must-read Narrative (Arab) Comix Online
If you have an interest in Arab and Arabic comix — in narrative or single-panel form — then I’d hope you follow Oum Cartoon, edited by Jonathan Guyer (@mideastxmidwest). But here, a glimpse of five...
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Sunday Submissions: An Opportunity for Arab Graphic Novelists (Or Those...
If you are a graphic novelist working in “the region,” then Tosh Fesh has an opportunity for you: Tosh Fesh will choose four graphic novels from among those submitted. They’ll fund the projects’...
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Friday Finds: Rawand Issa’s ‘Not from Mars’
The Bigmouth is a project that focuses on “womxn, femmes, and non-binary AMEMSA (African, Middle Eastern, Muslim, South Asian) people in comix and illustration,” and Issa’s Not from Mars is the first...
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Coming in August: Mazen Kerbaj’s ‘Beirut Won’t Cry,’ Finally in English
Lebanese comics artist, graphic novelist, and musician Mazen Kerbaj will finally see Beirut Won’t Cry into English this August: Kerbaj announced the release — which is set for August 31 — via his email...
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New Arab and Arabic Zines, ComicCons, Comix Festivals, and Submission Calls
As usual, there is much going in the Arab and Arabophone comix world: In Beirut, a new graphic novel collective, Zeez, launched their first titles last month: Sharing the common theme of the street,...
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