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One Year Without Charges: Poet Ashraf Fayadh
Palestinian poet and artist Ashraf Fayadh was arrested by Saudi authorities on January 1, 2014 — charged with “insulting the Godly self and having long hair” — ……Read More
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Reopening Ceremony for Tripoli, Lebanon’s Burnt ‘Al-Saeh Library’
year after the al-Saeh Library bookshop was burned, and an attempt made on the owner’s life, Tripoli residents gathered for an official re-opening ceremony: From ……Read More
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Leila Abdul Razzaq to Launch Graphic Novel ‘Baddawi’ in Spring
his 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 ……Read More
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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 ……Read More
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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 ……Read More
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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 ……Read More