Ali Dilem is Facing Twenty-Four Trials

That's how they introduce the Algerian cartoonist in this report on yesterday's gathering in Paris of international cartoonists to support the opening of the "Cartooning For Peace" exhibit there, and the casual nature of that description colors the article throughout. There seems to be something about that kind of stark reality that seems to have driven the conversation in directions less fanciful and self-involved than what I remember from a previous opening. In fact, most of the perspectives here, even the ones with which I'd likely disagree, seem thoughtful and considered. It therefore makes for a pretty good survey article about international editorial cartooning perspectives. I did blink twice that the writer expressed surprise that the cartoonists still reference the Danish Cartoons controversy -- an event that climaxed only 14 months ago.
 
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