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Teaching a Course on Arabic Graphic Novels
One of my favorite readers wrote in to say that he’s planning a course focused around Arabic graphic novels. Please add your recommendations; my list is very Egypt-centric: Graphic novels or novellas A...
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Library Research Guide to Arab Comic Books and Graphic Novels
In September 2014, the American University in Beirut (AUB) began a new academic program focused entirely on the study, archiving, and promotion of Arab comic art. Now they have an online library guide...
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Recommended: 10 Arab Graphic Novels in French
Friday’s list of graphic novels was limited to those written in Arabic, as it was for a course taught in Arabic. But let’s be honest, some of your favorite graphic novels were written by Arabs in...
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Leila Abdul Razzaq to Launch Graphic Novel ‘Baddawi’ in Spring
This spring, Just World Books will launch what it’s calling the “first book-length graphic work written/drawn in English by a Palestinian”: Author-artist Leila Abdul Razzaq is a Palestinian-American...
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Syrian-French Riad Sattouf Wins Top Prize at the Festival d’Angoulême
The Festival d’Angoulême — the third-largest comics festival in the world – today announced its roster of prizes, including the prestigious “best album” prize: The prizes went to a diverse list of...
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What Does Arab Comics Culture Look Like?
Yesterday at Brown University, scholars and artists met for an afternoon symposium about “Arab Comics: 90 Years of Popular Visual Culture”: In Nadim Damluji’s presentation — “The Violence of Localizing...
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The Return of ‘The Arab of the Future’
The second comic in Riad Sattouf’s award-winning L’Arabe du Futur series, titled L’Arabe du Futur 2,”was released in France on June 11, and is already garnering wide attention: From Sattouf’s Twitter...
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Graphic Novelist Zeina Abirached on Remembering and Forgetting Beirut
The award-winning author-illustrator Zeina Abirached was born in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War and, although she’s made numerous books as a cartoonist and illustrator, she keeps returning to the...
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Another Pop-Literary Comics Magazine Launches in Egypt: ‘Garage’
Following in the footsteps of Samandal and Toktok, among others, “Twins Cartoon” — the pen name of cartoonists Mohamed and Haitham Rafaat — has launched Egypt’s newest collective comic book, Garage:...
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CairoComix Coming Soon: The First Comics Festival in Egypt
Starting September 30 and running through October 3, Egyptian comics artists Shennawy (co-founder of TokTok), Magdy ElShafee (author of Metro), and Twins Cartoon (the force behind Garage) will launch...
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Asia Alfasi’‘Extraordinary Tales’: Bringing Together Libya, Scotland, and Manga
Translator Valentina Viene profiles “Muslim Libyan Arab British graphic novelist” Asia Alfasi, who has moved from writing about her identity to, more broadly, life in Libya and Scotland: By Valentina...
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CairoComix Festival Kicks Off, Women Big Winners on Opening Night
The debut CairoComix Festival has entered its second day, and while some reports have its organization a little rough around the edges, it’s been packed with enthusiasts. Its first set of awards...
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Lena Merhej’s ‘Jam and Yoghurt’ First Graphic Novel Translated from Arabic to...
CairoComix closes today (there are some great photos at @CairoComix), and it’s a heady time for the Arabic graphic novel. Lena Merhej’s Murabba wa laban — or Jam and Yoghurt, or Laban et confiture —...
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‘Lebanese Comic Fights for Survival After Free-speech Sanctions’
Read a rundown of what’s been happening with Lebanon’s Samandal magazine in The Guardian and find the magazine’s crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo: From The Guardian: A Lebanese satirical comic last...
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Beirut To Host First Annual Symposium on Arabic Comics; Mahmoud Kahil Award...
On the heels of the first annual CairoComix festival, the American University of Beirut will host its first annual Symposium on Arabic Comics on Nov. 16, also celebrating the winners of the new Mahmoud...
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Winners of Mahmoud Kahil Awards for Arab Comic Artists and Illustrators...
Thursday, January 28, the winners of the inaugural Mahmoud Kahil Awards were announced in Beirut: Rada Sawwaf speaking about the power of comics at the debut Mahmoud Kahil Award ceremony. The main...
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What’s New: Overviews of Arabic Comix, 2016
Jonathan Guyer’s Oum Cartoon recently ran a discussion between Guyer and Egyptian artist Ganzeer about what’s new in the worlds of Arabic comix. Over at Arab Hyphen, Tasnim Qutait posted up a panel...
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Award-winning Egyptian Artist Ganzeer’s First Graphic Novel To Begin...
The Egyptian artist Ganzeer (the pen name of Mohamed Fahmy), co-winner of a Mahmoud Kahil Award for his work on The Apartment in Bab el-Louk, has announced that his first full-length, solo graphic...
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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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