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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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‘Escape from Syria’: A Graphic Novel
The graphic novel Escape from Syria, written by Samya Kullab and drawn by Jackie Roche, was published in October 2017 and shortlisted for the School Library Association’s Information Book Award and...
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In/for Translation: 7 Graphic Novels by Arab Women
Few graphic novels by Arab women have been translated to English, in part because of the expense involved in translating and re-producing a full-color graphic novel: But here are seven works by women...
View ArticleZainab Fasiki, Fighting ‘Hshouma’
She was also inspired by Algerian cartoon artist Slim, and the Moroccan author Abdellah Taïa, who writes openly about being gay -- and, of course, the Amazigh queen, Kahina.
View ArticleA New Graphic-novel Adaptation of Mohamed Choukri’s ‘For Bread Alone’
A graphic-novel adaptation of Mohamed Choukri's iconic For Bread Alone -- by Moroccan comics artist Abdelaziz Mouride (1949-2013) is finally coming to print.
View Article‘Fatma n’Parapli’: Comix Exploring Women’s Lives, Mental Illness, and Community
In addition to being "mad," she was also very clever, and could compose rhyming poetry off the top of her head. She was also a tragic figure in that her mental illness set in after the death of many...
View ArticleThe Challenges of Algerian Comix and ‘A Beautiful Local Production’
"Dalimen Editions really want to widen comic books’ readership. We want to strip away this image of comix as books for children. We have albums aimed at young readers, of course, but we have others for...
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