Ali Ferzat: “My Arms Were Black From The Beating”

The Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat continued his London-centric western press appearances over the weekend with this profile at BBC News. This is the first time I've seen Ferzat say that he couldn't draw after being beaten and instead wrote satirical sketches until he got that ability back. Ferzat adds that he's about 90 percent returned, and that he's changed styles in the months since that attack by pro-government thugs. It's not comics, but it's also very compelling where he talks about the burden that people carry outside the country that they no longer have the luxury of carrying if they're still living there.
 
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